tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91314987290336565292024-03-19T02:28:26.564-07:00ISO 9000 Quality Management SystemsISO 9001:2008 is no more just QMS, it is now a Business Management System that requires you to do RISK Management when designing the QMS. You have to understand the Risks to the business, and determine the Processes to be develoed. This may require you to do HACCP studies, if you are a food processor, and understand Product liability and the implications of Product Recall as in ISO/PC 240. For guidance in designing your QMS, you must refer to ISO 9004:2009.Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comBlogger1768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-47600041328081310862011-03-16T19:36:00.003-07:002011-03-16T19:36:59.802-07:00Network Intelligence Services<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="frame" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; width: 960px;"><tbody>
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clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - BCM consulting assignment & BS25999 Audit for a large Software Company in the US</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Network Security Audit conducted for a UN body in Italy</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - VPN Testing & Security Assessment for a South African Financial Institution</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Comprehensive security audit for North African</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Black box PT for one of world’s the largest online gaming websites</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Multiple ISO 27001 Implementations</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; 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width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Forensic investigations including for Law Enforcement Agencies</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Blackberry, WLAN and end-point Penetration Testing</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;">Q1 2011 - Gray box Penetration Testing & Security Assessment for a Top 5 Financial Institution</b><img alt="" class="rp_arro2" height="5" src="http://www.niiconsulting.com/images/rp_arro3.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px;" width="8" /><b class="rp_bxlink" style="color: #333333; float: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: -3px; margin-top: 5px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; 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</tbody></table>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-43116955852375641752011-03-16T02:43:00.000-07:002011-03-16T02:43:21.612-07:00aTTACK ON POWERGRID SCAda<div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The <a href="http://www.isa.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=988&CommitteeID=6821%20" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ISA website</a> notes an ongoing project to develop ANSI/ISA security standards for SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems used to control industrial machinery including large chunks of the critical infrastructure (<i>e.g</i>. power plants, water treatment works). Many old-fashioned SCADA systems pre -date modern thinking on information security controls other than availability, perhaps: the reason old SCADA systems remain a problem is that many of them have continued running more or less unchanged for decades. True information security requires a balance between confidentiality, integrity and availability.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What appears at first to be a simple news story about a <a href="http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18682070?source=Evening%20Standard" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">systems overload</a> caused by people downloading a large video looks somewhat odd on closer inspection. It is reported that the systems concerned belonged to the British armed forces. “Computer screens controlling British air defences and warplanes around the world are reported to have gone blank for five hours” says the London Evening Standard. Um. Well maybe. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The BBC reported that two <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3131512.stm" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">fake banking websites</a>, only one of which was protected by a firewall, were put on the web as a honeypot to attract and monitor hacker attacks. They were both attacked, of course. Apparently, “more than a third of the attacks on the protected website were so severe that they crashed the site and could have resulted in the loss of data”. [Call me a cynic but the fact that the ‘experiment’ was funded by an ISP and a security firm hardly inspire me with confidence in the validity of their scientific methods ...]</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The US State Department’s Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS) for checking visa applications apparently <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030923-1844-state-computervirus.html" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">taken out of service “by a virus”</a> (actually the Welchia worm). Malware could hit any of us but it would appear that contingency arrangements were simply not adequate to keep the service running or get it back in operation before the media picked up the news story. Any problems caused by the unplanned service outage were compounded by the media interest.</span></div><br />
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A few look like fakes or set-ups but, subject to any copyright restrictions, they would make captivating slides for contingency planning/DR presentations.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/43am8" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Click to buy this book through Amazon" border="0" height="140" hspace="11" id="Picture41" src="http://www.noticebored.com/assets/images/Crisis_Control_book_cover.jpg" title="Click to buy this book through Amazon" vspace="0" width="92" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.crisismanagement.com.au/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Ross Campbell & Associates</a> is a crisis management consultancy providing planning, training, resources, risk and threat analysis to control and manage the worst case scenario. Ross is the author of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/43am8" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Crisis control - preventing and managing corporate crises</a> (available secondhand via Amazon).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=Publications1&CONTENTID=7888&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Contingency testing</a> was the subject of an ISACA briefing.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Read the UK Department of Trade and Industry’s guide to <a href="http://www.dti.gov.uk/bestpractice/assets/security/business_continuity_management.pdf" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Business continuity management - preventing chaos in a crisis</a>. <a href="http://www.ukresilience.info/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">UK resilience</a> advises on disaster preparedness. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/dgedra.htm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Definitive Guide to Exchange Disaster Recovery and Availability</a> explains resilience and DR techniques for Microsoft Exchange servers [you are <i>supposed </i>to register to download it].</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.asisonline.org/guidelines/guidelinesbc.pdf" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Business Continuity Guideline: A Practical Approach for Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery</a> has been published by ASIS. ASIS focuses primarily on physical security, complementing many of the other resources listed here covering the information security aspects (such as <a href="http://www.issa.org/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ISSA</a>) and governance (such as <a href="http://www.isaca.org/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ISACA</a>).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.rothstein.com/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Rothstein catalog on disaster recovery</a> lists over 1,000 books, software tool, videos and reports on the topic.</div><h3 style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: left;">Resilience <i>engineering</i></h3><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><img align="top" alt="Recommended reading" border="0" height="17" hspace="0" id="Picture82" src="http://www.noticebored.com/assets/images/New_hot.jpg" title="Recommended reading" vspace="0" width="28" /> Keeping the computer room working is the core role for <a href="http://www.noticebored.com/html/ops.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">IT Operations</a>, requiring a level of <a href="http://www.gideonrasmussen.com/article-10.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">resilience and contingency planning</a>. If you’ve ever had to plan a computer room DR test, or if you are preparing to do so, take a look at the article.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Disk drive manufacturers quote MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) of around a million hours under ideal conditions, suggesting a failure rate of less than 1% per year, but some studies show significantly worse performance (2-10% <i>p.a</i>. failure rate) in the real world. It seems the “bathtub” reliability curve has a <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/fast07/tech/schroeder/schroeder_html/index.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">sharply upward sloping</a> or even <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070225-8917.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">stepped bottom</a>, not the long flat period of stability often assumed. If your data are vital and their availability is critical, monitor drive age, error rates and temperatures carefully.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.npd-solutions.com/fmea.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">FMEA</a> (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) is an engineering discipline with potential applications in systems engineering and information security.</div><h3 style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: left;">Surviving natural & unnatural disasters</h3><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The US <a href="http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry</a> advises on <a href="http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/2p-emergency-response.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">chemical and biological incidents</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Among other things, US CDC (<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control</a> [and Prevention]) advises on preparing for “<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/Features/ClimateChange/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">climate change</a>” - not “global warming” as such, oh no. It wouldn’t do to confuse those two, would it? Anyway, whatever the (alleged) cause, extreme weather events are (allegedly) more (or less) likely so storm and tornado preparations are (potentially, if you believe the “hype”) A Jolly Good Idea.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The offices of <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/recovery/story/0,10801,84579,00.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Aenias Internet and Telephone</a>, a Tennessee-based ISP, were totally destroyed by a hurricane. The company had made contingency plans ... but unfortunately had neglected to take copies of critical backup media off-site. The on-site tapes proved unusable, although fortunately a specialist data recovery firm was able to retrieve the customer database from hard drives rescued from the rubble ... several days later (hard lesson learned).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">A <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html%20" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">space shuttle</a> crew completed the ‘delicate task’ of removing ceramic fabric spacer strips protruding between the shuttle’s tiles by pulling them away rather than using a <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/multimedia/gap_filler_repair_techniques.html%20" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">makeshift tool</a>. The tool, the cutting/pulling instructions and indeed the whole Boy Scout response to this incident were themselves the product of a well-rehearsed contingency process that prepared those involved to deal positively with whatever comes up (the Apollo 13 film with Tom Hanks is a popular case study on contingency and teamworking).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">It is sometimes suggested that you should <a href="http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=39647" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">imagine all the possible disasters</a> in order to prepare comprehensive contingency plans ... but although this might be a fascinating exercise, it’s not actually very helpful in practice. The word “contingency” implies “regardless of the situations we’ve planned for and the controls we have implemented, something else will happen and/or something unexpected will go wrong”. Similarly, some people advise <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/read/060103/briefing_lessons.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">very detailed contingency plans</a>: “Have a DR plan that is so detailed an average person could recover your systems without the IT staff” says Julian Morris, IT Director at DraftWorldwide. Julian’s other tips include having pre-prepared templates and checklists, reliable communications mechanisms and structured plans (it may be useful to tell users “We are step X, your system will be ready at step Z”).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">A <a href="http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/businesschecklist.html%20" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">checklist</a> from HHS and CDC covers just 35 items relating to pandemic planning and risk management. Such a high level assessment makes a good starting point for management to review an organization’s state of preparedness.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> published reliable advice on the anticipated course and effects of a bird flu pandemic, including a page with news on the latest <a href="http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">outbreaks</a>. Another definitive source of scientific, medical and epidemiological information is the US <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Center for Disease Control</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Contingency plans for terrorism should prepare the organization to deal with conventional attacks such as bombings and probably others such as <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93741,00.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">chemical, biological or radioactive attacks</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The repercussions of 9/11 on contingency planning are explored in <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/recovery/story/0,10801,81373,00.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">this article</a>. A consultant specializing in high-availability database systems recounts in <a href="http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=39648" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Security Administrator</a> eZine how he was called upon to help 5 of 12 clients in the World Trade Center recover after September 11<sup><span style="font-size: 10px;">th<span style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2001</span></span></sup>. The other 7 clients no longer existed as viable businesses. In the special circumstances of 9/11, stakeholders were impressed that any recovery was possible. Would <i>you </i>be able to access suitable contractors to help rebuild your organization if you had to? Would <i>you</i> have access to contingency funds to start from scratch?</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">It appears that the <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1143151" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">increased terrorist threat</a>, post <a href="http://web.archive.org/collections/sep11.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">9/11</a>, has prompted more organizations to make contingency plans. Just over a third of firms surveyed said that the threat of terrorism was the biggest reason for boards to assume responsibility for business continuity, whereas a quarter cited growing reliance on IT systems and 23 percent cited forthcoming industry regulations such as the Combined Code of Corporate Governance. “The responses fly in the face of SunGuard’s own research, which suggests that hardware failure is the main cause of business interruption, at 17 percent, followed by power outages at 13 percent.” [Regardless of the reasons cited, we would argue that contingency planning is a legitimate investment in risk reduction.]</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">In <a href="http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch050103mag.htm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning</a>, the SEC specifies that financial institutions should resume vital clearing and settlement operations on the same day as a major incident such as 9/11, ideally within 2 hours. This implies highly resilient systems with dual-live/multiply-redundant or hot standby arrangements and significant investment in IT by the entire [US] financial services industry.</div><h3 style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: left;">Other availability resources</h3><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.isa.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=988&CommitteeID=6821%20" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ISA website</a> notes an ongoing project to develop ANSI/ISA security standards for SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems used to control industrial machinery including large chunks of the critical infrastructure (<i>e.g</i>. power plants, water treatment works). Many old-fashioned SCADA systems pre -date modern thinking on information security controls other than availability, perhaps: the reason old SCADA systems remain a problem is that many of them have continued running more or less unchanged for decades. True information security requires a balance between confidentiality, integrity and availability.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">What appears at first to be a simple news story about a <a href="http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18682070?source=Evening%20Standard" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">systems overload</a> caused by people downloading a large video looks somewhat odd on closer inspection. It is reported that the systems concerned belonged to the British armed forces. “Computer screens controlling British air defences and warplanes around the world are reported to have gone blank for five hours” says the London Evening Standard. Um. Well maybe. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The BBC reported that two <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3131512.stm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">fake banking websites</a>, only one of which was protected by a firewall, were put on the web as a honeypot to attract and monitor hacker attacks. They were both attacked, of course. Apparently, “more than a third of the attacks on the protected website were so severe that they crashed the site and could have resulted in the loss of data”. [Call me a cynic but the fact that the ‘experiment’ was funded by an ISP and a security firm hardly inspire me with confidence in the validity of their scientific methods ...]</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">The US State Department’s Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS) for checking visa applications apparently <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030923-1844-state-computervirus.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">taken out of service “by a virus”</a> (actually the Welchia worm). Malware could hit any of us but it would appear that contingency arrangements were simply not adequate to keep the service running or get it back in operation before the media picked up the news story. Any problems caused by the unplanned service outage were compounded by the media interest.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">For practical advice about performance monitoring on Windows systems, the <a href="http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/HealthCheck/Server_Health_Check.htm" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Computer Performance website</a> includes a range of useful advice for managing Windows, including some interesting “Litmus test” best practice suggestions relating to information security.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Here is some simple advice on <a href="http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/BackupStrategy.html" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">backing-up software and data</a>. Backups are the primary corrective control against system or data corruption and loss. Don’t forget to verify that you can restore successfully from your backups, especially if you change equipment, software or configuration settings. [That little gem of advice comes courtesy of the School Of Hard Knocks, faculty of Once Bitten, Twice Shy].</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Safety-critical systems are specifically designed for high-availability, but the risk of unplanned downtime cannot be entirely eliminated, even at a <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6767" style="color: #00004a; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">nuclear plant</a>. 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<a href="http://www.noticebored.com/html/contingency.html">sOURCE</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-84144706388089133102011-02-11T19:10:00.001-08:002011-02-11T19:10:49.445-08:00Cable Gland fitting GUIDE on VIDEO<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3LQ9l8FZBTQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-39881184917524774902011-02-04T02:35:00.001-08:002011-02-04T02:35:35.906-08:00CTRI<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="simpleindex" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-left-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><td rowspan="4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 7px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;" width="29%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="155" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 220px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" height="197" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 7px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="simple12" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-left-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(107, 162, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 7px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><h6 style="background-color: #bbd6ef; background-image: url(http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/images/stone_21.gif); background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #134a81; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: -10px; margin-right: -10px; margin-top: -10px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;">SIGN IN TO CTRI</h6>Username<br />
<input class="text" name="userName" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" type="text" value="" /><br />
Password<br />
<input class="text" name="passWord" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" type="password" value="" /> <a href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/index.jsp#" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" height="29" src="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/images/go.jpg" width="29" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td height="28" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 7px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><h5 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: -10px; margin-left: -20px; margin-right: -10px; margin-top: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 10px;"> Trial Registration Set<br />
Download: <a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/CTRI_Dataset_and_Description.doc" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">[Word]</a><a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/CTRI_Dataset_and_Description.pdf" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">[Pdf]</a><br />
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<tr><td height="63" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 7px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><h6 style="background-color: #bbd6ef; background-image: url(http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/images/stone_21.gif); background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #134a81; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: -10px; margin-right: -10px; margin-top: -10px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;">SEARCH FOR TRIALS</h6><input class="text" name="searchword" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(127, 157, 185); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" type="text" value="" /> <a href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/index.jsp#" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" height="29" src="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/images/go.jpg" width="29" /></a><a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/do/login1?action=advancesarch" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[Advanced Search]</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><div style="height: 135px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; width: 198px;"><div id="canvas0" style="background-color: #eeeeee; height: 135px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 198px; z-index: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Registration of Observational Trials</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Currently, observational trials are NOT being registered in the CTRI. However, if submitted, such trials are being registered.</span></div><div id="canvas1" style="background-color: #eeeeee; height: 135px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 198px; z-index: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Trial registration made mandatory by DCGI</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">As per DCGI decision, trial registration, before the enrollment of the first patient has become mandatory for all trials initiated after 15th June 2009</span></div></div></td></tr>
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The CTRI is an online register of clinical trials being conducted in India. Any researcher who plans to conduct a trial involving human participants, of any intervention (drug, surgical procedure, preventive measures, lifestyle modifications, devices, educational or behavioral treatment, rehabilitation strategies and complementary therapies) are expected to register the trial in CTRI before enrollment of the first participant. Registration is voluntary but some fields marked<span style="color: red;">*</span> are mandatory for registration to proceed. Some fields marked WHO also need to be filled if the trial is to receive a registration number and fulfill WHO/ICMJE requirements. Incomplete entries will be given a provisional registration number that will not suffice for purposes of publication in journals that endorse the ICMJE recommendations for trial registration. Registration of trials in the CTRI is free. All registered trials will be made publicly available. The CTRI will be searchable by anyone free of charge. The Clinical Trials Registry- India (CTRI) has been set up by the ICMR's National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS) and is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It also receives financial and technical support through the WHO, WHO-SEARO, and the WHO India Country office. <a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/do/login1?action=toReadMore" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[Read more...]</a></td></tr>
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The mission of the Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI) is to encourage all clinical trials conducted in India to be prospectively registered before the enrollment of the first participant and to disclose details of the 20 mandatory items of the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) dataset. <a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/do/login1?action=toReadMore#mission" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[Read more...]</a></td></tr>
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The vision of the CTRI is to ensure that every clinical trial conducted in the region is prospectively registered with full disclosure of the 20-item WHO ICTRP dataset, as well all items of the CTRI dataset, in order to 1) improve transparency and accountability, 2) improve the internal validity (details of the methods of the trial that produce reliable results, primarily the method of random sequence generation, concealment of allocation, blinding of participants and investigators, and inclusion of all participants results) of trials right from the design,through conduct and reporting, 3) conform to accepted ethical standards and 4) lead to reporting of all relevant results of all clinical trials in India and the region. <a class="a2" href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/do/login1?action=toReadMore#vision" style="color: #134a81; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">[Read more...]</a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/index.jsp">Source</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-5809036532834614062010-11-17T21:55:00.000-08:002011-01-23T16:36:50.475-08:00Incentives for NGOs in Education Sector<div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">No.F.8-23/2009-NLM.3</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Government of India</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ministry of Human resource Development</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Department of School Education & Literacy</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">…….</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">New Delhi, the 28th July, 2010.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">CIRCULAR</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Subject: Clarification regarding submission of applications by NGOs</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">for grant in aid under the scheme of Support to Voluntary</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Agencies for adult Education & Skill Development.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Department of School Education & Literacy had issued advertisements</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">in newspapers on 21.10.2009 inviting applications for grant in aid for setting</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">up of State Resource Centres. These applications were required to be</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">submitted within one month from the date of advertisement. The application</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">received in response to this advertisement were considered as per prescribed</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">procedures and the State Resource Centres have already been sanctioned</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">to selected voluntary agencies. However, this Department still continue to</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">receive the applications from NGOs through NGO-PS System and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">otherwise with reference to said advertisement dated 21.10.2009.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Similarly, applications for innovative projects which were invited</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">through advertisement dated 10.12.2009 and were required to be submitted</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">within one month from the date of publication, still continue to be received</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">through NGO-PS System and otherwise.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is clarified that there are three components of the Scheme of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education & Skill Development viz.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">“State Resource Centres, Jan Shikshan Sansthans and Assistance to</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voluntary Agencies for Innovative Project”. Applications are invited from</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">NGOs for these components through advertisements issued in newspapers</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">from time to time and the applications are required to be submitted in</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">response to such advertisements and within the period prescribed therein. It</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">may be noted that only such applications which are received in response to</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">such advertisements and within the time specified therein are to be</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">considered. The other applications are not being entertained without any</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">notice.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">All NGOs are requested to take specific note of this procedure and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">submit applications for grant in aid through NGO-PS System or otherwise</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">strictly in response to, and in accordance with time frame indicated in the</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">advertisements issued from time to time. Applications received otherwise will</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">not be entertained without any notice.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(M.L.Bhatia)</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Under Secretary (NLM.3</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://education.nic.in/Elementary/clarification%20note.pdf">Source</a></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">SAAKSHAR BHARAT</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">GOVERNMENT OF INDIA</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">NLM.4 Section</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">***</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Proposals from Non-governmental Organisations for Innovative</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Proposals in the field of Adult Education.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ministry of Human Resource Development, of School Education and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Literacy invites applications in prescribed format (annexure) from nongovernmental</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">organizations viz., Registered Voluntary Societies, Public</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trusts and Non-profit making Companies in existence for three or more</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">years for implementing innovative proposal in the field of Adult</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Education. The NGOs should be registered with the NGO Portal of the</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Planning Commission. The scheme shall be in operation till 31.3.2012</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">unless decided otherwise by the Government of India. The grant of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">financial assistance will be subject to the guidelines of the scheme.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">National Literacy Mission Authority retains the right to reject any</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">application, withdraw the proposal or change the guidelines at any time</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">without any notice in this regard. Details of the Scheme of Support</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development could be</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">obtained from the website of the Ministry at www.nlm.nic.in .</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Application complete in all respects may be sent to the Under</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Secretary (NLM.4), National Literacy Mission Authority Ministry of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Literacy, Room No. 407 ‘C’ Wing, Fourth Floor, Shastri Bhawan, New</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Delhi – 110 001 in the prescribed format within one month from the date</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">of publication of the advertisement by Registered Post/Speed Post (not by</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">hand or courier). A copy of the proposal may also be sent to Education</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Secretary dealing with Adult Education of the concerned state</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">government for onward transmission to this Ministry with the comments</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">including capability & credential of the Non-governmental Organization</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(NGO) of the state government on the proposal. Those who have</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">submitted their proposals earlier are required to submit a fresh proposal.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Annexure</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">APPLICATION FORM</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Name of the Voluntary Agency ……………………………………………</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Post Address of the voluntary Agency …………………………………..</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">……………………………………………………………………………………</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">2.1 District and State/UT where situated …………………………………..</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pin ……………………………….</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Contact Person: (Name) …………………………………………………….</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">3.1 Telephone ………………………(O) …………………………………… (R)</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fax No. ………………… Telex ………………….. Gram ……………….</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">e-mail ……………………………….</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Nature of Voluntary Agency</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(i) Public Trust</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(ii) Association</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(iii) Non Profit Organization</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(iv) Others</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. i) Registration Number ………………………………………………..</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">ii) Year of Registration ………………………………………………..</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. Whether All India Organization Yes or No</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">If yes, please furnish information as per guidelines</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">7. (a) Does the organization have any previous experience in adult</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">literacy work ?</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(b) If yes, was any grant sanctioned from Government of India ?</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(c) If yes, give details as shown below</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sanction</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Date</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Area of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Operation</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">i. Block</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">ii. No. of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Panchayat</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">iii. No. of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Villages/</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Programmes</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. of Adult</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Education</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Centre, if</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Center</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">based</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">programme</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Period of</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Implemen</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">-tation</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whether</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">accounts</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">sent or</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">not</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">8. Whether the office of the organization is located in own building or</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">rented building? Please indicate the accommodation available.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">9. If the headquarters of the voluntary agency is far away from the</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">proposed project area, complete address of the place where the</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">sub-office or branch office will be located in the proposed project</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">area.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">10. List of documents to be attached:</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(a) Attested copy of Registration Certificate</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(b) Copy of Memorandum of Association</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(c) Copy of Articles of Association</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(d) List of members of Governing Body with address and</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">occupation (latest)</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(e) Audited account for the last three years namely receipt &</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">payment Account and Income & Expenditure Account</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(f) Copy of latest Balance Sheet</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(g) Copy of latest Annual Report</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(h) Proceedings of Board of Management/Executive Committee</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">during the preceding year.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">(i) Proof of Registration with the NGO Portal of Planning</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Commission.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">11. Brief History of the Agency, list objects and activities.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">12. Brief summary of the activities taken up and the esults achieved</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">during previous year.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">13. Additional papers/information, if any.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">CERTIFICATE</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Certified that information furnished is correct to the best of my</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">knowledge.</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Signature of the Authorized Signatory</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">of the Voluntary Agency</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Place ………………</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Date ………………. </span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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FOR STANDARDIZATION (NITS)</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 157.5pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 157.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://www.bis.org.in/images/nitsgate.jpg" width="347" /></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue;">ABOUT NITS, BIS</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 183pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 183pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body is a Statutory Organization under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India and is engaged in the following activities: -</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Formulation of Indian Standards</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certification (Product & Management Systems)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Product Testing</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Enquiry Point for WTO</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Training</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To meet the growing needs & expectations of the Industry, NITS was set up under the aegis of BIS in 1995. Since then NITS has been organizing various types of training programmes for industry as indicated in the training calendar. These programmes are conducted by a team of more than 250 well-experienced, qualified, trained and able officers of BIS. NITS has also been organizing International Training Programmes for Developing Countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Keeping in view its expanding activities, NITS started functioning from its new premises in Noida from May 2003.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue;">LOCATION</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 26.25pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NITS is located in NOIDA, about 20 Km from BIS Head Office. The campus is spread over an area of 4 acres and has built-up area of 7200 sq. m. The campus is well connected from New Delhi Airport & Railway Station. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 119.25pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 119.25pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <img border="0" height="239" src="http://www.bis.org.in/images/nitslocation.gif" width="516" /></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue;">FACILITIES AT NITS, NOIDA</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 25.5pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 25.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">An Auditorium with a capacity to accommodate 100 persons & 3 Lecture Rooms equipped with State of Art training aids. Well-furnished Hostel Block with 48 Rooms and fully equipped Computer Center to take care of Software & IT related training programmes.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue;">TYPES OF PROGRAMMES</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 7.5pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 7.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NITS organizes following types of training programmes: -</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 43.5pt;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 43.5pt; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In house training programmes for industry (at industry premises)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Open training programmes for Industry</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">International Training Programmes for Developing Countries</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">Ø</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Training Programmes for BIS employees</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue;">QUALITY, ENVIRONMENT, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, LABORATORY, HACCP RELATED PROGRAMMES</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 4.5in;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 4.5in; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NITS organizes various <a href="http://www.bis.org.in/trg/table.htm"><b>In-House and Open Training programmes</b></a><b>. </b>The <a href="http://www.bis.org.in/trg/tiform.htm"><b>nomination form</b></a> for these programmes can be downloaded. The schedule for Open programmes is planned in advance and In-House programmes are conducted on request from the organizations at their premises. These programmes are designed to sharpen skills of Managers/Executives associated with the development and implementation of Quality, Environment, occupational Health and Safety, Laboratory, occupational Health & Safety Management Systems or Food Safety Systems under HACCP in an organization.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Under Open programmes a fee of Rs 5,000/- + Service Tax per participant has been fixed for the two days programme. The charges for the three days programme are Rs 6000/-+ Service Tax per participant. This fee covers the cost of venue, course material, stationery, tea/coffee and lunch during the programme.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Apart from this BIS also organizes Lead Auditor Training Courses for five days duration as per IS/ISO 9001, IS/IS 14001, IS/ISO 22000 and IS 18001. Fee per participant is Rs 15,000/- (Non-residential) + Service Tax.<span> </span>However, there is a provision to give<span> </span>discount for two or more nominations from the same organization. The Courses are accredited with IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors), UK </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The fee mentioned above is for non-residential programmes.<span> </span>However, programmes organized at NITS, Noida are residential.<span> </span>The boarding and lodging charges<span> </span>@ Rs. 750/- + Service Tax per day is to be paid which includes (double bed single occupancy, air-conditioned room, including breakfast and dinner).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In-House programme are normally of two days duration and the charges for each of these programmes is Rs. 35,000/- + Service Tax for a group of 20 participants. In case the number of participants is more than 20 but up to 25 (Max), additional prorata charges are payable.<span> </span>For In-house programmes of one-day duration, the charges are Rs. 20 000/- + Service Tax for 20 participants and for 3-day duration, these are Rs. 55 000/- + Service Tax (for 20 participants).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In addition to the above training programmes, Training Institute organizes the International Training Programme in Standardization and Quality Assurance for Developing Countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America every year. This programme is being organized by BIS since 1968.<span> </span>NITS has also started an additional Training Programme on Management Systems for Developing Countries of 4-weeks duration.<span> </span>The Govt. of India offers limited number of fellowships to the nominees of many Developing Countries under its Technical Assistance Plans for attending the programmes. Besides the fellowships, the seats are also available on Self-Financing basis in which case the expenditure is met either by the sponsoring Governments/Organizations or by the candidates themselves. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Information regarding the different countries covered under the various Government of India Fellowship schemes is available in the Indian Mission in each of the countries. The schemes are:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">SPECIAL</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> COMMONWEALTH</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> AFRICAN ASSISTANCE PLAN (SCAAP)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">INDIAN TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION (ITEC)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">COLOMBO</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> PLAN (CP)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
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<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The fellowships include the following:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cost of International air travel (one way or both ways, as applicable) </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cost of hostel accommodation </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cost of internal travel for industrial and technical visits</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cost of tuition fee </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Boarding and miscellaneous expenses as per Govt. of India rules</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Book allowance</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cost of medical expenses in India as per Govt. of India rules</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></li>
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<tr style="height: 0.75in;"> <td colspan="2" style="height: 0.75in; padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For Self-Financing Candidates, apart from meeting expenses on to and fro international air travel, the sponsoring organization has to pay US$ 2 500/- for Training Programme on Standardization and Quality Assurance and US$ 2000 for Training Programme on Management Systems as fee which covers expenditure for boarding, lodging, internal travel in India, and tuition fee. The fee may be paid by the sponsoring organizations or the candidates themselves.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NITS also organizes other short term training programmes for overseas participants, the details of which are given below:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 33.75pt;"> <td style="height: 33.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 12%;" valign="top" width="12%"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> <td style="height: 33.75pt; padding: 0.75pt; width: 88%;" valign="top" width="88%"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SPECIAL SHORT-TERM PROGRAMMES AT BIS</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - Based on specific requests from the various countries, BIS also organizes short-term programmes in standardization and allied activities of different durations as per their needs.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TRAINING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY BIS EXPERTS</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - In response to requests from developing countries, BIS also deputes senior officers for short duration to countries desirous of organizing the training in standardization and allied activities locally. Such training programmes have so far been organized by BIS in several countries in collaboration with their respective Governments and National Standards Bodies.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;">ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Lead Auditors' Courses</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- NITS can also organize IRCA accredited courses in BIS or in overseas locations. For further details please contact: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
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</div></td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" valign="top"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Scientist F & Head</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">National Institute of Training for Standardization (NITS)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bureau of Indian Standards</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A-20&21, Institutional Area</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sector – 62, Noida 201 307</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Telephone: 0120-2402203 and 0120-4670232</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Telefax: 0120-2402202, 2402203</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Email: <a href="mailto:nits@bis.org.in">nits@bis.org.in</a> ; hnits@bis.org.in </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></div></td> </tr>
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border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; clear: both; margin-top: 10px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="views-field-iid" style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/antibiotics-honey-0" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="honey_test.jpg" class="image image-section main image " height="168" src="http://www.cseindia.org/sites/default/files/images/honey_test.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 8px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" title="honey_test.jpg" width="220" /></a></span></div><div class="views-field-title" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/content/antibiotics-honey-0" style="color: #094e7f; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;">Antibiotics in honey</a></span></div><div class="views-field-teaser" style="font-size: 11px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="field-content"><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px;">Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf is incomplete without a jar of this amber liquid. But without quality and safety controls, this gift of nature has been contaminated. CSE laboratory tests find high levels of antibiotics in well-known brands of honey sold in the market.<br />
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CSE busts the myth about ‘natural and pure’ honey</a></div></li>
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overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="views-field-tid" style="display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/category/topics/food-safety-and-toxins/endosulfan-poisoning-padre-village-industrys-dirty-tactics" style="color: #534741; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Endosulfan poisoning in Padre village: Industry's dirty tactics</a></span></div><div class="views-field-iid" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/node/505" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Endosulphan.jpg" class="image image-section other image " height="200" src="http://www.cseindia.org/sites/default/files/images/Endosulphan_0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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font-weight: bold;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/node/527" style="color: #094e7f; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;">Pesticides in soft drinks</a></span></span><span class="views-field-teaser" style="font-size: 11px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="field-content"><div style="color: #414141; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Adopting dual standards is a practice large multi national corporations follow especially when it comes to developing countries. 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A laboratory report prepared by CSE detailed some astonishing facts about the extent of pesticide contamination in soft drinks sold in India.</div></div></span><div class="views-field-tid-1" style="display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 10px;"><label class="views-label-tid-1">Tags: </label><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.cseindia.org/taxonomy/term/7609" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;">CSE Study</a>, <a href="http://www.cseindia.org/taxonomy/term/7599" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;">Food Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.cseindia.org/taxonomy/term/45" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;">Story</a>, <a href="http://www.cseindia.org/category/topics/food-safety-and-toxins/pesticides-soft-drinks" style="color: #094e7f; text-decoration: none;">Pesticides in soft drinks</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="C1R2C2" style="float: left; padding-right: 5px; width: 207px;"><div class="block block-views" id="block-views-Air_Pollution_Feed-block_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><h2 style="background-color: #eef1f1; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 231, 231); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(226, 231, 231); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(226, 231, 231); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(226, 231, 231); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: black; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px;">Latest Clippings</h2><div class="content"><div class="view view-Air-Pollution-Feed view-id-Air_Pollution_Feed view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; clear: both; margin-top: 10px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="views-field-title" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="field-content"><a href="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/waste-based-power-plant-sparks-debate" style="color: #094e7f; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;">Waste-based power plant sparks debate</a></span></div><div class="views-field-description" style="color: #414141; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="field-content">Recent agreement by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) to buy half the power generated by the 16 mw municipal solid waste-based power plant being set up by the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management Company Private Limited (TOWMCL) in Delhi has triggered off a fresh debate on how to dispose off the city’s waste. <a href="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/waste-based-power-plant-sparks-debate" style="color: #094e7f; 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<a href="http://cseindia.org">Source</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-88185011082090695722010-10-07T22:21:00.001-07:002010-10-07T22:23:37.650-07:00Sea Food Safety FAQs<h1 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Frequently Asked Questions About Seafood from the Gulf Coast and the Oil Spill</h1><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Advisory prepared by <a href="http://flseagrant.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=55:statewide-faculty&id=157:steve-otwell" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">Steve Otwell, Ph.D.</a></strong><strong>Seafood Specialist, Florida Sea Grant College Program<br />
<a href="http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu/index.shtml" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida</a></strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">(Last updated June 25, 2010)</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Is seafood from Florida’s Gulf coast safe to eat?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">All seafood sold in Florida retail stores, supermarkets and restaurants will remain safe to consume prior to and during any potential exposure to contamination from the pending oil spill. Traditional food safety controls have been supplemented with additional emergency response plans by the pertinent federal, state and county authorities. Control measures include monitoring of the harvest waters and products, cautionary closures of certain waters and fisheries, analytical and sensory monitoring of products, and public advisories. Likewise, seafood will be provided from many areas that are not subject to potential exposure to the oil spill.</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">How do authorities determine the safety of seafood that may be exposed to an oil spill?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Standard analytical tests involving sophisticated laboratory instrumentation are used to detect a variety of potential chemical contaminants associated with water, sediments and seafood that have been exposed to oil spills. Likewise, special sensory methods have been developed and successfully used by trained experts to detect certain aromas in seafood exposed to oil spills. The associated contaminants emit strong and easily detected aromas such that sensory monitoring can be cost-effective and more immediate than the more prolonged analytical procedures. Together, the analytical tests and sensory methods have provided proven measures for product safety. These methods are available through the responsible federal and state programs and various academic research programs that are being positioned for response about the Gulf region.</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Should I eat seafood that I catch for myself and family?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">In the event of any contamination, state authorities will try to restrict local harvest and recreational activities to coastal waters that are declared open and approved. Public advisories will be posted and broadcast through many agencies, radio stations and televised news. Progressive updates and contact information will be posted on various websites such as the site maintained by the<a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;"><strong> Florida Department of Environmental Protection</strong></a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Recreational fishermen should avoid areas with obvious signs of oil contamination on the surface of the water, or on the neighboring beaches and vegetation. Also it is not prudent to eat fish that look distressed, are behaving in a strange manner, or have been found dead. The contaminants associated with an oil spill can be detected with simple sensory checks for odors. Any fish or seafood with an oily, fuel-like odor, either when raw or cooked, should not be eaten, and should be reported to authorities.</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Will local seafood be contaminated by the oil spill?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong><em>UPDATE 6/25/2010:</em></strong><em> While oil has reached some Florida shores, local seafood </em><a href="http://www.fl-seafood.com/" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;" title="Florida Seafood Information Page"><em><strong>remains uncontaminated</strong></em></a>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">There is no contamination at this time (May 20, 2010), but predictions suggest the leaking oil could accumulate and reach the Florida coasts. If exposed to the various types of chemicals associated with the oil spill, certain coastal marine animals can be killed or contaminated. The amount of exposure will vary depending on the type of oil present and type of seafood involved. Previous experience from other oil spills about the world indicates that some of the more mobile species can detect and avoid the contaminants, but other slower, burrowing and bottom-dwelling species are more susceptible to exposure. Exposure can be directly from the water, through the aquatic food chain, and/or from contaminated sediments.</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Will all exposed seafood remain contaminated?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Once exposure ceases, many marine animals can gradually eliminate the contaminants encountered in an oil spill. The rate of elimination can vary from days to months depending on the amount and type of oil exposure and the metabolism of the particular animals. The levels of contamination will be progressively monitored by authorities before, during and after exposure to assure seafood safety before allowing commercial and recreational harvest.</div><h3 style="color: #0a2157; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">What are the typical contaminants found in seafood exposed to oil spills?</h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">A large variety of chemicals can be involved in an oil spill. The most common contaminants associated with seafood are collectively known as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_aromatic_hydrocarbon" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;"> <strong>polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</strong></a><strong> </strong>or<strong> PAHs.</strong> These are more common because of their water-soluble characteristics, allowing more exposure to aquatic animals. Interestingly, PAHs are found throughout our environment including our food supply, both raw and cooked. There have been no recorded illnesses due to PAH exposure at most levels encountered in our environment or other foods, but elevated levels will require controls to prevent excessive exposure. There are no established limits for PAH exposure to assure food safety, but from prior experience with other oil spills, guidelines have been calculated for consideration. These guidelines account for both the amount and duration of exposure, and they vary by type of seafood. The guidelines are based on highly sensitive analytical detection of contaminants at concentration levels as low as parts per billion (ppb; one part contaminant per one billion parts of edible seafood). Federal and state authorities will use these guidelines to determine the safety level for seafood and the associated advice for harvest and consumption.</div><h2 style="color: #328fbd; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Additional Resources</h2><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Florida Seafood Availability Hotline: 1-800-357-4273</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Seafood Information Page: <a href="http://www.fl-seafood.com/" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.fl-seafood.com/</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Oil Spill Seafood Safety Information page: <a href="http://www.fl-seafood.com/deepwater_links.htm" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.fl-seafood.com/deepwater_links.htm</a> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.fl-seafood.com/deepwater_links.htm" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;" title="FLDACS Seafood Safety Information"></a></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/press/2010/05032010.html" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">Bronson Emphasizes Safety of Florida Seafood</a></strong></em>Florida Department of of Agriculture and Consumer Services, <strong>May 3, 2010</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/organize/oilspills.htm" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sea Grant Extension Seafood Network Information Center</strong></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/libraries/hazard_shipping.html" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>National Sea Grant Library</strong></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong><a href="http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants.html" style="color: #123b9b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">EPA website on oil dispersants</a></strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<tr><td>March 2004</td><td style="text-align: right;">EPA-823-R-04-005</td></tr>
</tbody></table><h2 style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-size: 1.35em; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;">2004 EPA and FDA Advice For:<br />
Women Who Might Become Pregnant<br />
Women Who are Pregnant<br />
Nursing Mothers<br />
Young Children</h2><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Fish and shellfish are an important part of a healthy diet. Fish and shellfish contain high-quality protein and other essential nutrients, are low in saturated fat, and contain omega-3 fatty acids. A well-balanced diet that includes a variety of fish and shellfish can contribute to heart health and children's proper growth and development. So, women and young children in particular should include fish or shellfish in their diets due to the many nutritional benefits.</div><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">However, nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury. For most people, the risk from mercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern. Yet, some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child's developing nervous system. The risks from mercury in fish and shellfish depend on the amount of fish and shellfish eaten and the levels of mercury in the fish and shellfish. Therefore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are advising women who may become pregnant, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children to avoid some types of fish and eat fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury.</div><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">By following these 3 recommendations for selecting and eating fish or shellfish, women and young children will receive the benefits of eating fish and shellfish and be confident that they have reduced their exposure to the harmful effects of mercury.</div><ol style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Do not eat Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel, or Tilefish because they contain high levels of mercury.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Eat up to 12 ounces (2 average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury.</div><ul style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; height: auto; list-style-image: url(http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@system/documents/system/img_fdagov_orangebullet.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Five of the most commonly eaten fish that are low in mercury are shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Another commonly eaten fish, albacore ("white") tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna. So, when choosing your two meals of fish and shellfish, you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of albacore tuna per week.</li>
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<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Check local advisories about the safety of fish caught by family and friends in your local lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. If no advice is available, eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) per week of fish you catch from local waters, but don't consume any other fish during that week.</li>
</ol><div style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Follow these same recommendations when feeding fish and shellfish to your young child, but serve smaller portions.</div><h3 class="center" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; font-size: 1.25em; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Frequently Asked Questions about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish:</h3><ol style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">"What is mercury and methylmercury?"<br />
Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and can also be released into the air through industrial pollution. Mercury falls from the air and can accumulate in streams and oceans and is turned into methylmercury in the water. It is this type of mercury that can be harmful to your unborn baby and young child. Fish absorb the methylmercury as they feed in these waters and so it builds up in them. It builds up more in some types of fish and shellfish than others, depending on what the fish eat, which is why the levels vary.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">"I'm a woman who could have children but I'm not pregnant - so why should I be concerned about methylmercury?"<br />
If you regularly eat types of fish that are high in methylmercury, it can accumulate in your blood stream over time. Methylmercury is removed from the body naturally, but it may take over a year for the levels to drop significantly. Thus, it may be present in a woman even before she becomes pregnant. This is the reason why women who are trying to become pregnant should also avoid eating certain types of fish.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">"Is there methylmercury in all fish and shellfish?"<br />
Nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of methylmercury. However, larger fish that have lived longer have the highest levels of methylmercury because they've had more time to accumulate it. These large fish (swordfish, shark, king mackerel and tilefish) pose the greatest risk. Other types of fish and shellfish may be eaten in the amounts recommended by FDA and EPA.</li>
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If you want more information about the levels in the various types of fish you eat, see the<a href="http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/Seafood/FoodbornePathogensContaminants/Methylmercury/ucm115644.htm" style="color: #0f2a8c; text-decoration: none;" title="Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish">FDA food safety</a><sup class="footnotes" id="1"></sup> website or the <a href="http://www.epa.gov/ost/fish" style="color: #0f2a8c; text-decoration: none;" title="EPA Fish Advisories">EPA website</a><sup class="footnotes" id="2"></sup>.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">"What about fish sticks and fast food sandwiches?"<br />
Fish sticks and "fast-food" sandwiches are commonly made from fish that are low in mercury.</li>
<li style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">"The advice about canned tuna is in the advisory, but what's the advice about tuna steaks?"<br />
Because tuna steak generally contains higher levels of mercury than canned light tuna, when choosing your two meals of fish and shellfish, you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of tuna steak per week.</li>
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One week's consumption of fish does not change the level of methylmercury in the body much at all. If you eat a lot of fish one week, you can cut back for the next week or two. Just make sure you average the recommended amount per week.</li>
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Before you go fishing, check your Fishing Regulations Booklet for information about recreationally caught fish. You can also contact your local health department for information about local advisories. You need to check local advisories because some kinds of fish and shellfish caught in your local waters may have higher or much lower than average levels of mercury. This depends on the levels of mercury in the water in which the fish are caught. Those fish with much lower levels may be eaten more frequently and in larger amounts.</li>
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<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">QICID: 10262</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Title: ISO 9000 and Product Liability</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Copyright: 1995, ASQC</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Author:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Scott, Gregory G.; Kerwin, Sheila T.</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Organization:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN 55402</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Subject: Certification,Documentation,ISO 9000,Product liability,Negligence,Prevention,Legal actions;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Series:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Annual Quality Congress, Cincinnati OH</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">, Vol. 49, No. 0, May 1995, pp. 509-514</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Abstract:</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The relationship between ISO 9000 and product is often unclear. ISO 9000 is a quality standard, not a liability shield. Although ISO 9000 certification is not a defense in product liability cases, many of the documents developed during the registration process may become court documents in product liability lawsuits.</span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Negligence, strict liability, and breach of warranty are the three claims an injured person may make when suing a manufacturer for a defect in the design, manufacture, or warnings and instructions accompanying the product. Negligence results from the failure of a manufacturer to exercise reasonable care in product design, development, testing, or construction. Strict liability focuses on product design and reasonable care in the manufacturing process. Breach of warranty cases focus on a failure to comply with an express or implied warranty.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The plaintiff's counsel may request any and all documents generated during the ISO 9000 registration process. These documents could pose a problem if they do not address legal connotations such as defects or if they contain remarks that could be interpreted as a lack of concern for defects. A manufacturer's best defense is product liability prevention measures and data analysis by safety experts. </span></div><hr style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; height: 1px; line-height: 13px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Number of pages: 6</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession planning</span></span></h1><div id="bodyContent" style="line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 815px;"><div id="siteSub" style="display: inline; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</span></div><div id="contentSub" style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: auto;"></div><table class="toc" id="toc" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><tbody>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_planning#The_Field_of_Succession_Management" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span class="tocnumber"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">2</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="toctext"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Field of Succession Management</span></span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_planning#Process_and_Practices" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span class="tocnumber"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">3</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="toctext"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Process and Practices</span></span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_planning#References" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span class="tocnumber"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">4</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="toctext"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">References</span></span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_planning#Further_reading" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span class="tocnumber"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">5</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="toctext"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Further reading</span></span></a></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Provide critical development experiences to those that can move into key roles</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Engage the leadership in supporting the development of high-potential leaders</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Build a data base that can be used to make better staffing decisions for key jobs</span></li>
</ul><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">In other companies these additional objectives may be embedded in the succession process:</span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/vector/images/bullet-icon.png?1); list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Improve employee commitment and retention</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Meet the career development expectations of existing employees</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Counter the increasing difficulty and costs of recruiting employees externally</span></li>
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</span> <a href="http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/1997/05/19/smallb6.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Form a business succession plan in seven steps -- Business First of Louisville -- 1997-05-19</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.bizmonthly.com/12_1997/hepple.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Planning: Preparing The Next Generation To Lead Your Business</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</span> <a href="http://emergingleader.com/article5.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A Different Leadership Yardstick - EmergingLeader.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</span> <a href="http://www.nickols.us/CEOTransitions.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Planning</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.softscape.com/pdf/us/whitepapers/Softscape_eb_FG_succession.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HR Field Guide: 5 Tips To Effective Succession Planning</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/021/succession.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Choose Tomorrow's Leaders Today - Succession Planning Grooms Firms for Success</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.toolkit.com/small_business_guide/sbg.aspx?nid=P11_1100" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Planning for Succession</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.management-issues.com/2008/7/16/research/heads-in-the-sand-on-succession-planning.asp" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Heads in the Sand on Succession Planning</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/term/82656.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Plan</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/successplan.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Strategy of Succession Planning</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://managementhelp.org/blogs/nonprofit-capacity-building/2010/06/17/succession-planning-is-it-a-staffing-matter-no/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Planning: Is It a Staffing Matter? No</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</span> <a href="http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/fall97/fh.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Leader to Leader: Fall 1997</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v18/i06/06000601.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Planning Successful Transitions</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.managementhelp.org/chf_exec/chf_exec.htm#anchor1527151" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Transitioning to New CEO (detailed procedure)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/66081/leadership_transition_in_nonprofit.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Leadership Transition in Nonprofit Management</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</span> <a href="http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NPLibrary/NP_Bd_SuccessionPlanning_Art.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_BLANK"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Planning: Elephant in the Room</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.transitionceo.com/article.php?id=2" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">10 Reasons Why Nonprofits & Associations Engage Professional Interim Executives</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span> <a href="http://www.transitionceo.com/pdfs/CEO%20Succession%20March%202008%20Associations%20Now.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession SOS</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #747475; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">R Jagannathan</span></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">When Dhirubhai Ambani died in mid-2002, he had already created India’s most successful business empire: Reliance Industries. In less than 30 years, he made Reliance the biggest Indian private sector company after almost single-handedly creating the equity cult and cultivating the most powerful business lobby in the country. Vibrant equity markets and strong lobbying powers were critical to his success.</span> <br />
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</span> </div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">But this is merely the backdrop for explaining his biggest failure: his farsightedness ended with his business. When it came to family, he was short-sighted. Given the size of the inheritance he was leaving behind, the least he could have done was leave a will.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">But he didn’t. Perhaps it was the tangled nature of his shareholdings that prevented a clean division of assets between two ambitious sons, neither of whom was willing to kowtow to the other. Perhaps, he thought—as other fond parents do—that his sons would work out brotherly arrangements.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Whatever the reason, Dhirubhai flunked the most important of a leader—ensuring the continuity of business by finding someone to run it after him. He had all the time in the world to ensure a clean succession, or even two successions. But he didn’t do it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Whether you are running a political party or a company or a social service organisation, success cannot endure without succession planning. We can see this in the BJP today.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Despite being widely touted as Vajpayee’s successor, the latter did not ensure a smooth transition to Advani till it was too late. The right time to hand over the party to a chosen successor is when you are still in saddle, not when you are on life support. If Advani had the grace to hand over the party’s leadership to Vajpayee after building it up in the late 1980s and 1990s, Vajpayee did not return the favour to help Advani establish his leadership when he was still powerful. Vajpayee too failed the succession test.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession usually happens in one of three ways: one is the corporate style, where a successful CEO creates a raft of choices for his board to select the best man for the job. The second is the dynastic way, where leadership passes from father to son (sometimes daughter). This is what happens in Indian politics and family-owned businesses. This is a hit-or-miss affair. Your son may be competent or incompetent.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Which is why some leaders opt to do nothing. They leave it to the Aurangzebs to establish control after eliminating the Dara Shikohs. This is essentially a Darwinist approach, where success goes to the fittest. Its downside is that it is usually preceded by struggle and bloodletting.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Dhirubhai’s failure to leave a will has resulted in the biggest corporate fight in Indian history—a fight that hasn’t ended even after the two brothers signed a deal brokered by mother Kokilaben in 2005. But deal, we now know, was merely the end of the beginning. Sibling wars, especially those that are born of mistrust, never end unless the break is clean.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Unfortunately, the Ambani agreement left so many loose ends, that it enabled one sibling to beat the spirit of the deal. Which is why the matter has ended up in court. If newspaper reports are to be believed, the bitterness has reached such levels that even the prime minister’s office is worried. When businessmen fight, ministers and bureaucrats in government have to take sides, and when that happens you can be sure that the business of government itself will be impacted negatively.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Around the time Dhirubhai was making his mark, India Inc saw both messy and clean family breakups. Everyone, from the Birlas to the Piramals, Mafatlals, Walchands, Goenkas and Singhanias, was splitting, and many managed to do it without washing too much dirty linen in public.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Of course, there was no 24x7 TV and the business media was quite tame, so this could have helped keep things under control. But the lessons could not have been lost on Dhirubhai.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">As one of the most ambitious men India has ever produced, Dhirubhai could not have expected his sons to be docile me-toos. In fact, he should have known that he was leaving behind two Dhirubhais. Why didn’t he do something about it when he could?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">One explanation for Dhirubhai’s failure to make his succession plan clear is that, as a fighter himself, he wanted one of his sons to establish his ascendancy through the Darwinian route.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">But the more likely explanation is that he was victim to the usual parental reluctance to anoint one son as heir, or, in the alternative, to break up his life’s work into two. He didn’t want to choose either of the heartbreaking alternatives. This was his real failure: his failure to choose</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div></td></tr>
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KOLKATA, 1 JULY: Birla clan patriarch, Mr BK Birla has finetuned the succession plan for Kesoram Industries, the flagship company of his Rs 13,000 crore group, with daughter Ms Manjushree Khaitan tipped to take over as vice-chairman and grandson, Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla as chairman after him.<br />
“Since Kumar Mangalam is not based in Kolkata, the day-to-day affairs of Kesoram will be looked into by Manjushree under Kumar's guidance,” Birla told reporters on the sidelines of Kesoram's AGM here today.<br />
“Kumar will be the chairman and she the vice-chairman of the company,” he said.<br />
In the previous scheme of things, no specific role had been delineated for Manjushree in the Rs 5,000 crore Kesoram Industries, except that she was assigned to take the reins of Manjushree Plantations.<br />
Mr BK Birla, 90, said: “Manjushree is my daughter while Kumar is my grandson. I have lost my son, Aditya. But in business, Kumar is better than me and will guide her.”<br />
Replying to a query, Mr Birla said that he had been asking Kumar for long to join the Kesoram board. “He smiles and says that he will not do that till I am alive,” Mr Birla said.<br />
Besides Kesoram, Kumar (Aditya's son) will also get the reins of BK Birla group firms Century Textiles and Century Enka.<br />
His other daughter, Ms Jayshree Mohta, was already in charge of Jayshree Tea & Industries.<br />
On his other two group firms, Mangalam Cement and Mangalam Timber, Mr Birla said that he was in favour of merging the two outfits.<br />
He said that while Mangalam Cement was making good profits, Mangalam Timber was in the red.<br />
“I want to merge the two firms, but others are not willing,” he said.<br />
Mr Birla said that he was willing to talk to the directors of Mangalam Cement who were not in favour of the merger.</span> <br />
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</div><div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mumbai, February 10::</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The Tata group — which has an employee strength of about 2,80,000 — is putting in place succession planning at different levels within various group companies and a new performance management module to accelerate growth across the group.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">“We want to raise the bar on performance management across the group to improve the standards. We want to first set the basics right and build on the successful foundation,” said Tata Sons Ltd executive vice president (group human resources) Satish Pradhan.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is in direct correlation to the changing business environment, and is an attempt to accelerate the charm of “Tata Inc”.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">With a clear mandate to HR of attracting good people, retaining the better people and advancing the best people — in a departure from the earlier system of performance management — the group will now follow a four-box rating approach.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This approach comprises sharp distinctions such as, ‘not met objectives’, ‘met objectives’, ‘significant overperformance’ and ‘outstanding’.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">“The new performance management will not spring any surprise. It will be an ongoing process, and not the conventional once-a-year kind,” said Mr Pradhan.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Since a strong thrust is being laid on earnings culture and not entitlement culture, poor performance will clearly be a career stopper at the group.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">“The Tata name is a unique asset representing leadership with trust. Leveraging this asset to enhance group synergy and become globally competitive is the route to sustained growth and long term success,” justified Mr Pradhan.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession planning across different levels in the group will also be given a renewed thrust this year.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Tata group, which is said to be the country’s largest employer in the private sector, is highly diverse and spread across wide sectors such as materials, chemicals, energy, engineering, communications and information systems, services and consumer goods.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Thus, a greater need was felt to speed up the growth process, as these industries are spread out in over 90 group companies.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Since a multi-layered organisation will have less headroom for people to unleash their capabilities, Tata work levels have been defined as six work levels in larger companies and four in the smaller ones.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">There will be a business and company-specific implementation and application with freedom within the framework.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Without intruding into the independence of these companies, the group has undertaken a people planning framework to match work challenges with capabilities and to build on these capabilities.</span></div><div style="padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">As an extension to the new scheme of things, Tata Administrative Services (TAS) has for the first time gone...</span></div></div><div></div></div><div class="story_div" style="clear: right; font-family: Arial; margin-left: 171px; text-align: justify; width: 514px;"><div class="rel_sec" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #8b5330; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">More from</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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<div class="s" style="max-width: 42em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">9 Aug 2010 </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession Planning</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> - Are </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Indian Companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Ready ?? The tallest leader from the Tata Group for him is Jamsetji Tata. "JRD Tata is a legend, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><br />
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<div class="s" style="max-width: 42em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ranked </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> in the US discuss their CEO </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">succession</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> at least once in a year, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Noting that </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Indian</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> business groups were failing to </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">plan</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> for successor, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><br />
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<div class="s" style="max-width: 42em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">3 Sep 2010 </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Latest news, breaking news - </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession plan</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">: Sunil Mittal's son joins </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">either in BAIN or any of the </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> in which he's an employee. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><br />
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<div class="s" style="max-width: 42em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">In </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">India</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> like Thermax have • It guides the promotion policies and helps to ensure faced crises because of poor </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">succession planning</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><br />
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<div class="s" style="max-width: 42em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">26 May 2008 </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Succession planning</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> becomes relatively straightforward in such</span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">. Unfortunately, most </span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Indian companies</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> have not reached this stage </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...</span></b><br />
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width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">1</span></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=10&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">2</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=20&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">3</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=30&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">4</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=40&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">5</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=50&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">6</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=60&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">7</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=70&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">8</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=succession+planning+indian+cos&hl=en&client=gmail&rls=gm&prmd=iv&ei=__-aTLGiF4vsvQOIwuj2BA&start=80&sa=N" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="csb ch" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.google.com/images/nav_logo16.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -74px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">9</span></a></td><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; 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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Indian Family Business and Succession, go </span><a href="http://iso9000and9001.blogspot.com/2010/08/indian-family-bushiness-and-succession.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">here</span></a></div>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-50075822558932745522010-09-21T23:27:00.000-07:002010-09-21T23:27:55.804-07:00Wanted QA Manager and MR<div class="post hentry category-job-postings category-news-announcements" id="post-1238" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><h1 style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Job Posting - Quality Assurance Manager</span></span></h1><div class="entry"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Large St. Louis Promotional Marketing and Fulfillment Company is seeking a qualified, energetic and dedicated person to join our dynamic team. We provide our customers with sophisticated solutions for implementing and fulfilling strategic marketing programs. Our services include program management, kitting and assembly, inventory management, order fulfillment, database management and direct mail services. We pride ourselves on exemplary service and are dedicated to constructing quality processes to insure our client’s programs are implemented flawlessly.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In an effort to continue improving both our processes and our tracking mechanisms , we are looking for someone to lead our Quality Assurance Program, including our efforts to obtain ISO 9001:2008 certification.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Essential Functions:</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Complete evaluation of current processes and procedures along with a gap analysis related to ISO certification efforts..</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Research and develop formal ISO and QA implementation plan.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Oversee, track and report ISO certification activities against target plan. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Develop formal training plan to communicate and administer ISO training.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Serve as company’s primary interface with selected ISO certifying body.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Facilitate new quality process techniques and continuous improvement programs designed to maintain the highest level of quality standards throughout our business processes.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Review, track and analyze quality control data.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Establish best record keeping practices.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Manage all aspects of the Quality Assurance program and insure continuous compliancy throughout the company.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Required Skills:</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Minimum 2 years college or technical training and 3+ years relevant work experience. College degree and 5+ years relevant experience highly desired.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· A minimum 2 years leadership experience in implementation and administration of ISO, TQM or Six Sigma programs.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Preferred experience in quality control in a production / labor intensive environment.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Analytical with strong math and statistical skills.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Strong communication, planning, organization and project management skills.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Excellent computer skills, including Excel and Word.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Proven leader, team builder, mentor and coach. Creative and innovative approach to problem and conflict resolution.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >· Demonstrated ability to implement new quality process techniques and continuous improvement programs.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Contact Information:</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Please submit resume’s to </span></span><a href="mailto:jmoses@novamktg.com" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >jmoses@novamktg.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > with QA in the subject line. </span></span></span></div><div class="postmetadata alt" style="margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em; "><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 4:42 pm and is filed under </span></span><a href="http://www.asqstlouis.org/category/job-postings" rel="category tag" style="text-decoration: underline; " title="View all posts in Job Postings"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Job Postings</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >,</span></span><a href="http://www.asqstlouis.org/category/news-announcements" rel="category tag" style="text-decoration: underline; " title="View all posts in News & Announcements"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >News & Announcements</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >. 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Conformity and what is their liability in court?<br />
The following should at least help to clarify matters a bit.<br />
The Declaration has two purposes. The first is to provide the recipient (generally the user of the<br />
machine, or an enforcement officer such as customs or HSE) with some information about who was<br />
responsible for the CE marking of the equipment, what directives they CE marked it under and<br />
which standards they applied in order to do this.<br />
The second purpose is to concentrate the mind of the 'responsible person' and make them consider<br />
whether the process of attestation to the Directive has been properly completed. As you are aware,<br />
the CE mark directives all contain duties for the supplier of equipment which can generally be<br />
summarised as follows:<br />
1. Ensure the product complies with the essential health and safety/protection requirements of the<br />
Directive (usually achieved by the application of appropriate standards);<br />
2. Where series production is envisaged, ensure that manufacturing controls are in place so as to<br />
make sure that all products manufactured are compliant;<br />
3. Maintain appropriate technical documentation;<br />
4. Apply the CE mark to the product and complete the Declaration of Conformity.<br />
Only when all of the above have been properly completed is is legitimate for the product to bear the<br />
CE logo. The person who signs the Declaration should have the knowledge that these things have<br />
been done, and it would be appropriate for it to be someone whose management responsibility<br />
includes the processes that the above duties entail.<br />
In signing the Declaration, the signatory makes a binding commitment on behalf of the Responsible<br />
Person (which may be a corporate body, etc.) that the above processes are properly completed.<br />
They sign as a representative of the Responsible Person, and their personal liability is dependent on<br />
their responsibilities within the company. Both individuals and companies can be held responsible<br />
for the activities of a corporate body. Normally the director(s) of a company are held liable for any<br />
activities of that company, but if the directors can show that they fulfilled their duty to provide good<br />
management and adequate resources to their staff, and it was the actions (or inactions) of a junior<br />
staff member which caused a breach, the junior staff member will have to answer for their personal<br />
actions rather than the Director. Directors have certain specific duties which is why they have to be<br />
formally appointed and notified to Companies House, but all members of staff have other legal<br />
duties which are appropriate to their position, and just because someone is not a Director does not<br />
mean that they cannot be hauled into court and asked to account for themselves in the event of the<br />
company making a major error in which they were involved.<br />
It's an important point of law that you cannot re-assign your criminal obligations by contract,<br />
although you may be able to subcontract the actions which fulfillment of those obligations entails. A<br />
company Director has many duties under the law, and most of the actions which those duties<br />
require are actually delegated to junior staff. CE marking obligations are just further such duties,<br />
which a Director will assign to appropriately qualified staff. However, the duties remain the legal<br />
responsibility of the Director and just because he tells someone else to sign the Declaration of<br />
Conformity does not mean that he is not liable if the work is not done correctly.<br />
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In practice, I would make two further comments which should be borne in mind. Firstly, the CE<br />
marking regulations all permit a defence of due diligence, which means that if you took all<br />
reasonable precautions to discharge your obligations under the law, although you may be found<br />
guilty of a prima facie breach of the Regulations the consequences are unlikely to be a serious<br />
penalty, particularly where there has been good co-operation with the enforcing authorities.<br />
Secondly, I would observe that actions taken under the CE marking regulations are exceedingly rare<br />
- there have been less than a handful where the legal action was solely with respect to a CE<br />
marking non compliance, and even cases where the CE marking issue is part of a larger set of<br />
charges are pretty unusual. Furthermore, in my experience, when due diligence has been applied,<br />
such cases usually turn on the smallest and most unpredictable matter. This is law and politics, not<br />
engineering!<br />
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<a href="http://www.conformance.info/kb/pdf/39.pdf">Source</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-86973735771111562632010-09-19T02:55:00.000-07:002010-10-05T09:00:19.176-07:00CE Marking and Liability<h2 align="center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The CE marking: separating fact from fiction</span></span></strong></h2><h3 align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">David Lohbeck, TUV Rheinland of NA Inc</span></span></strong></span></h3><hr /><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">As a designer and user of European electronic products, you should be aware that a product's CE marking does </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">not</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">imply a particular level of quality; it simply indicates that a product conforms to relevant European directives and standards.</span></span></strong></em></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The European Union's (EU) goal of single-market access has finally arrived and, for the most part, appears to be working. The EU's new approach reduces, or in many cases eliminates, the legal and technical differences among the member-state countries that existed under the old approach. The new approach is based on four principles: harmonized directives, harmonized standards, harmonized conformity-assessment procedures, and CE marking.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig1.htm"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" height="65" src="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/thumb/01m1972.gif" width="100" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The CE (European Conformity) marking is a symbol that manufacturers affix to products or machines to indicate that a product conforms to all relevant European directives and standards (</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig1.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Figure 1a</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=8697373577111156263" name="fig1"></a></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">). The CE marking is generally based on compliance with European standards, some of which have been in place for decades. Various directives and standards contain the requirements for this marking, including the Low-Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC), the Machinery Directive (89/392/EEC), and the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive (89/336/EEC). These directives, along with the appropriate European standards, cover all safety, EMC, health, and environmental concerns. CE marking of machinery became effective in January 1995, EMC conformity has been a requirement since January 1, 1996, and electrical products must bear the CE marking as of January 1, 1997 (</span><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/01df_06.htm#Reference 1"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Reference 1</span></strong></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">).</span></span><br />
<h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Clear up the confusion</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Unfortunately, confusion still surrounds the CE marking in countries outside the EU, especially in the United States. Furthermore, the value of the CE marking for selling products has been overstated, and the associated risks of nonconformity are generally not well-understood.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The purpose of the CE marking is to allow manufacturers to place products on the market and ensure the free movement of goods. The CE marking is primarily for market control by customs inspectors and enforcement authorities. The EU did not intend the CE marking to be a sales or marketing tool.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The CE marking simply indicates that the product conforms to the relevant directives' safety and EMC requirements and that the manufacturer has performed all the necessary evaluation procedures. The "CE" symbol is not a registered trademark and is, in principle, the manufacturer's responsibility. Except for some high-risk products, most manufacturers can perform a self-assessment of their products to meet the essential requirements of the directives. In doing so, the manufacturer has a choice of meeting the minimum legal requirements or meeting the market expectations as well. In Europe, expectations vary considerably among countries.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> You should not confuse CE marking with another mark, certificate, or approval issued by an accredited certification body, as listed in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). Regardless of the presence of a CE marking, and to achieve a higher level of quality and ensure safety/EMC compliance, customers can also demand an approval mark, certification, or test report from a European third party (a testing laboratory referred to as a "notified body" for safety or a "competent body" for EMC) (</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig1.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Figure 1b</span></a></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The following list clearly states what the CE marking is and is not:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The CE marking is a declaration for customs inspectors and allows the product to be placed on the market;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">It is not for sales, marketing, or promotion, and it cannot guarantee sales;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">It is not a quality marking;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">It is not a mark of certification or approval;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And it is not for components (with a few exceptions).</span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> All products covered by the directives must by assessed for conformity by either the manufacturer or an accredited body and bear the CE marking before entry into the EU. Neither the quantity of products or machines nor the nature of the transfer relieves the manufacturer of performing the conformity assessment and affixing the CE marking. The marking applies to all products and machines (paid for or free) put into service in a public or private capacity for professional or nonprofessional use. In certain circumstances, such as at trade shows, you can bring products into the EU for a limited time with the proper warnings on the product. In this case, only the manufacturer may operate the product.</span></span><br />
<h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Follow steps to assess conformity</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig2.htm"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" height="93" src="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/thumb/page.gif" width="100" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Figure 2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=8697373577111156263" name="fig2"></a></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> lists the steps necessary to affix the CE marking. An important step is "conformity assessment." The objective of the conformity-assessment procedures in the 93/465/EEC directive is to enable the authorities to ensure that products placed on the market conform to the directive's requirements and that products meet the high level of safety for a given product or product sector. There are seven procedures, or modules, in 93/465/EEC, but the applicable generic or product-specific directive sets the range of conformity choices as follows (</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig3.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Figure 3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=8697373577111156263" name="fig3"></a></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">):</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Self-declaration:</span></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The self-declaration route is available for products or machines that don't require a mandatory examination, which is the case for most products and machines. The manufacturer takes complete responsibility for the assessment, testing, documentation, declaration of conformity, and application of the CE marking. A technical file must be available on demand for national enforcement authorities. Keep in mind that this process is an internal self-assessment that results in issuance of the manufacturer's own declaration of conformity and the CE marking. The buyer may demand proof of safety/EMC compliance from a European notified/competent body in the form of a mark, certificate, or test report.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Voluntary certification:</span></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Manufacturers often have a European body, such as a notified/competent body, assess the product and apply a mark and certification for marketing purposes and as a defense of due diligence, in case there is a challenge to the product's conformity. This certification route provides confirmation of the testing accuracy and documentation to help support the manufacturer's declaration of conformity and CE marking.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mandatory certification:</span></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The EU does not require most products and machines to undergo mandatory certification. However, some high-risk machinery requires type examination by a European notified body. After successful testing, the EU body issues a "type-examination certificate" for machine safety or a "certificate of conformity" for EMC. The manufacturer then affixes the CE marking to the product and issues a declaration of conformity.</span></span></li>
</ul><a href="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/graph/df_06fig3.htm"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" height="100" src="http://www.edn.com/archives/1997/010297/thumb/01ms1243.gif" width="100" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Note that the low-voltage and machinery directives include no provisions for CE marking of components. The directives define components as any items used in the composition of the finished product. Manufacturers need to affix the CE marking only to finished products, such as electrical equipment, apparatus, systems, or machines, that are intended for the final user and placed on the market as one commercial unit. (One notable exception to this components rule under the EMC Directive are computer cards sold directly to the end user.) Components must comply with the relevant requirements but do not need CE marking because they have no autonomous use. To ensure safety compliance, product designers and manufacturers often demand third-party "type-approval marks" from notified bodies on components that the designers and manufacturers specify. These component marks help to ensure compliance with EU standards and reduce testing costs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> A product's technical file consists of the documentation necessary to demonstrate the product's conformity to the essential requirements of the directives. The file must cover the design, manufacture, and operation of the product. The file is for market-surveillance purposes and must be at the disposal of national enforcement authorities for inspection and control. The file must be readily available and can be in English or another EU language.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The necessary contents of the file depend on the applicable directive but in general consist of the following: declaration of conformity, name and address of the manufacturer, general description and identification of the product, list of the applied harmonized standards, solutions adopted to satisfy essential requirements and rationales, examination results and design calculations, test reports, designs and drawings, parts lists, operation manual, and measures adopted to ensure ongoing compliance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The declaration of conformity is the procedure that the manufacturer or authorized representative uses to ensure and declare that the products satisfy the requirements of the applicable directives. The declaration of conformity contains the following: name and address of manufacturer or representative, description of the product, directives declared, list of applied harmonized standards, additional standards and specifications where appropriate, place and date of issue, and name and signature of authorized person.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> When harmonized standards do not exist or are applied only in part, the EMC Directive sometimes mandates the use of a competent body for mandatory certification and a special file called the "technical construction file" (TCF). The TCF is common for large machines or for products that have numerous variations. The manufacturer generates the TCF in conjunction with a competent body. This process is commonly called the "TCF route" and is a certification process that requires the competent body to issue a certificate of conformity. Under the TCF route, the manufacturer may place the CE marking on the product only after satisfactory testing, completion of the TCF, and receipt of the certificate from the competent body.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td width="100%"><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">IDENTIFY ALL THE APPLICABLE EU DIRECTIVES AND STANDARDS FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PERFORM THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO THE RELEVANT EU STANDARDS AND ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIRECTIVES.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MANUFACTURER CORRECTS ANY DEVIATIONS FOUND AND INCORPORATES THE NECESSARY CHANGES INTO THE PRODUCTS AND THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ESTABLISH A TECHNICAL FILE (TEST REPORTS, DOCUMENTATION, CERTIFICATES, ETC).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PREPARE AND SIGN THE EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">AFFIX CE MARKING TO THE PRODUCT. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Notified bodies can subcontract certain testing activities to private laboratories. The rules concerning subcontracting of work by notified bodies to outside laboratories are strictly limited to specific tasks and stipulate that the notified body itself must perform the assessment, appraisal, and certification. Notified bodies can subcontract testing to audited laboratories, but the notified body must directly supervise the procedures and tests. Only the European body certificate and validated test report have the support of the notified or competent body. Some test labs improperly issue so-called EC "certificates." In Europe, this right is exclusively reserved for European accredited certification bodies.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td width="100%"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The European Parliament posed written questions concerning the CE marking to the European Commission. Martin Bangemann, vice president of the European Commission, published answers in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC; 95/C 326/50). A summary of the first four questions and answers are as follows:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Question:</span></strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Does the CE mark on a product guarantee free access to the whole internal market for the product concerned?</span></span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Answer: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yes. The CE marking can be described as a "passport for industrial products," allowing them to circulate freely throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). It is a mandatory conformity marking that shows the compliance of products with all provisions of 16 directives that relate to safety, public health, consumer protection, or other essential requirements of Community interest.</span></span></dd></dl><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Question: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Is the CE verification mark recognized in all countries of the European Union?<strong></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Answer:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Yes. The CE marking addresses the market-surveillance authorities of the member states and aims to facilitate their surveillance tasks by visibly demonstrating conformity.</span></span></dd></dl><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Question: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Is the Commission aware that, in some countries in the Union, other seals of approval are still used in addition to the CE verification mark?</span></span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Answer:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Yes. Other product marks are prohibited only if they are likely to deceive third parties as to the meaning and form of the CE marking or if they are liable to cause confusion with the CE marking. Quality markings, as opposed to the CE marking, are voluntary...and thus have a different function from the CE marking. These other marks are therefore acceptable.</span></span></dd></dl><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Question: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Is the Commission aware that such national seals of approval are held in higher esteem?</span></span><br />
<dl><dd><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Answer:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Yes. The CE marking is not a quality marking, although it is often wrongly perceived as such and then compared to other quality marks.</span></span></dd></dl></td></tr><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The primary directives clearly state that a member state can restrict a product's market access for any of the following reasons: The product fails to conform to standards, the manufacturer faultily applies the standards, the product fails to comply with good engineering practice, the product is likely to endanger a person's safety, the product does not comply with the protection requirements (EMC), or the manufacturer unduly affixed the CE marking.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> The General Product Safety Directive (92/59/EEC) gives member states the authority to control nonconforming products and take appropriate measures. The severity of the action depends on the situation and the nonconformity of the product. When a member state ascertains that a product does not comply with the requirements, the manufacturer must do one or more of the following with the product: restrict or prohibit its sale, make it comply, withdraw it from the market, or destroy it. The member state must inform the commission, which in turn informs the other member states. These states can also take appropriate action and may impose financial penalties.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Under the old approach, a manufacturer was required to show only that it took reasonable measures to ensure a safe product. The new approach in directive 85/374/EEC changes the emphasis to strict liability: Consumers can initiate civil actions themselves and don't need to prove negligence. Also, the consumer can take simultaneous action against all parties involved in the supply chain.</span></span><br />
<h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"Due diligence" reduces risk</span></strong></span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Manufacturers can use certification and inspection bodies and testing laboratories to reduce the risks and hence the likelihood of damages. The EU and member states sanction notified and competent bodies to interpret directives and standards and issue test reports and certificates on conformity. Various member states, such as Germany, provide accreditation for their own bodies at the national level, which then are accredited at the European level.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Be clear on one thing: Such testing and reporting doesn't change or reduce the manufacturer's liability. However, a mark, certificate, or test report from a notified body can reduce the risk and ensure a defense of "due diligence" in the event of challenge. Due diligence means taking all reasonable steps to ensure conformity. Using testing and certification, the role of the notified body is to accurately interpret directives and standards and thereby ensure conformity.</span></span><br />
<hr /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Reference</span></span><br />
<ol><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=8697373577111156263" name="Reference 1"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Strassberg, Dan, "Learn to live with the European EMC Directive," EDN, Oct 24, 1996, pg 63.</span></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">David Lohbeck was a manager at TUV Rheinland of NA Inc, where he worked for 11 years. He has conducted seminars and training on European Union safety and EMC standards and published the </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">CE Marking Handbook</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> (available at </span><a href="http://www.bh.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">www.bh.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">). He holds a BS from Arizona State University and an MA from the University of Phoenix. He is currently a regulatory manager at Dell Computer Corporation.</span></em></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">It is ABB’s position that CE’s asbestos-related liability can only be asserted against CE. Some claimants have named other entities in connection with claims against CE, including ABB Inc. and ABB Ltd., but there has been no adjudication that any other entity within the ABB Group has liability for claims against CE.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ABB acquired CE in 1990. Historically, asbestos containing insulation materials were used to insulate CE boilers. CE has paid out US$865 million to claimants from 1990 to end 2001.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Many factors will affect the ultimate cost of resolving CE’s liability, and it is not possible now to determine the magnitude of those costs. Because the ultimate cost of resolution is uncertain, the current reserve is not being increased, but it no longer represents an estimate of the expected cost to CE of continuing to resolve current and future claims under its historical settlement policy.</span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Do you feel comfortable having your distributor represent you in front of the Competent Authorities? The Competent Authority is the equivalent to the FDA for medical devices and OSHA for machinery in the USA.</span></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Do you feel that your distributor stays up to date on regulatory changes in Europe and will provide you with timely warning when changes affect your devices?</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">4) Do independent Authorized Representatives sell medical devices or machinery in Europe?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">No, they do not sell products; they do not compete with your distributors and/or agent.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">5) How do we select an Authorized Representative?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">First you choose an Authorized Representative that is experienced and well versed in the areas of the related directives. Then you draw up an agreement clearly outlining the essential duties of the Authorized Representative in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate Directive.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">6) Which of the Authorized Representative's essential duties are listed in the Medical Device Directive and what should we ask for in addition?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Essential Duties required by Law:</span></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Declaration of Conformity clarifies who the European Authorized Representative is to any distributor, agent or other interested party.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">8) What does the Authorized Representative expect from us, the manufacturer?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">To enable the Authorized Representative to respond to inquiries from the Competent Authorities within an allocated time period.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">10) How do we keep this technical file up to date?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">An Authorized Representative should, at a minimum, provide you with an annual review of your technical file and remind you what to update. You should have access to your documentation in Europe when traveling for a personal review. Your Authorized Representative should visit your facility at regular intervals and assist you with the update.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">11) Is all the information that we place with the Authorized Representative confidential?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Confidentiality should be covered in the agreement between your company and the Authorized Representative in accordance with the Medical Device Directive which states that all parties, authorities included, are bound to observe confidentiality with regard to all information.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">12) What are the Authorized Representative's obligations and liabilities if the manufacturer's devices are not in compliance?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Authorized Representative and the manufacturer are both obligated to end the infringement under conditions imposed by the member state such as: a letter of warning, penalty, sales ban etc.. Plus the producer i.e. manufacturer and other entity placing its name on the device, is liable for damages caused by defective devices. This is outlined in the product liability directive.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">13) Is product liability covered by the Authorized Representative agreement?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The product liability directive refers to any entity placing its name on the device. The medical device directive requires that the manufacturer plus the Authorized Representative names be printed on the device label, with the result that both parties are held liable. To prevent duplication of liability insurance for the same device the Authorized Representative becomes an additional insured under the manufacturer's worldwide policy.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">14) Why do Authorized Representative agreements include a penalty clause in case of a contractual violation by the manufacturer?</span></b></li><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Authorized Representative is subject to EU law. The device manufacturer however resides outside the EU Legal Jurisdiction and may decide not to cooperate with the EU authorities. To minimize the Authorized Representative's exposure of being on the receiving end of a manufacturer's liabilities, the penalty clauses provide recourse.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">15) If we cancel our Authorized Representative agreement do all duties stop immediately?</span></b></li><br />
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This document is intended to be a guide for those manufacturers not located in the European Union or other countries forming the European Economic Area in their responsibilities for legal compliance with the requirements of the new approach directives listed below and the appointment of an Authorised Representative to act on their behalf. The Authorised Representative in the European Union, means a person established within the Community appointed by the manufacturer (whether or not established in the Community) to act on his behalf in fulfilling his obligations under the provisions of....... the directive being applied. This person must legally fulfil the role of retaining the conformity documentation and issuing the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for products that carry the CE marking. In this position the person is known as the "responsible person". This person may also fulfil other responsibilities beyond that of being the responsible person. The actual person fulfilling this role can vary from someone specifically appointed to do this, to the importing agent, or even the user. It is also dependent on the directive being applied.<br />
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2. For the purpose of this brief description the directives being considered have been confined to the following:<br />
EMC Directive<br />
Low Voltage Directive<br />
Machinery Directive<br />
Medical Devices Directive<br />
Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment Directive<br />
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3. In addition, consideration is also given to the role played by the Authorised Representative in the EU with respect to EC Type Examination and National Type Approval for certain product types.<br />
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4. This review also covers the responsibility for retention of documentation and the role of the user if the manufacturer has not appointed an Authorised Representative in the EU. All reference to the European Union (EU) also includes the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) and the old European Community (EC). This does not include Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU, EEA or EC.<br />
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5. The general principles applied to being the discussion of the appointment of the Authorised Representative are applicable to all directives, but there are minor differences between directives and these will be highlighted.<br />
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6. The EMC directive requires in Article 10 that the "manufacturer or his Authorised Representative established within the Community" issue a DoC and hold it at the disposal of the competent authority for ten years following the placing of the apparatus on the market. This has been interpreted by the European Commission to mean that should the manufacturer not be located in the European Union then he should appoint an "Authorised Representative" to issue the DoC on his behalf (alternatively he can produce the DoC, sign it and have the name of the Authorised Representative included on the document. In this case the Authorised Representative still issues it in the EU). Annex I of the Directive states that the DoC must identify the signatory empowered to bind the manufacturer or his authorised representative....... This means that the Authorised Representative must be legally bound by the signatory. Where the signatory is a manufacturer outside the EU, and where the manufacturer does not have a formally appointed Authorised Representative to act as his responsible person in the EU, then it becomes the person who supplies the equipment that is the responsible person. The responsible person is therefore simply the person who holds the documentation and issues the DoC in the EU. If he has other functions to perform, as with certain classes of medical devices then he must be appointed as the Authorised Representative. Where there is no formally appointed Authorised Representative, this becomes the importer and where the importer is the user, the user himself. This is a default position, as this person may not have been appointed by the manufacturer to do this, but nevertheless the role is his. If the manufacturer has not told the importer that he has no Authorised Representative in the EU and there is a legal problem with the product then the user may have recourse in law to seek damages from the manufacturer. The manufacturer should not simply ship the product to the EU and forget about the appointment of the Authorised Representative.<br />
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7. As has been pointed out above, it is not mandatory for the manufacturer to appoint an Authorised Representative and indeed he may not wish to do so. However, it will seem obvious that it is to the manufacturers advantage to have a formally appointed Authorised Representative in the EU to fulfil this role. This is particularly the case where the manufacturer is located outside the EU and is supplying a product to only one end user in the EU. Someone becomes the de facto responsible person if an Authorised Representative is not formally appointed. This is the first person causing the product to be imported into the EU. He takes on the responsibility for issuing the manufacturers DoC and holding the technical documentation that supports the claim for conformity (in the case of the TCF route being used, or EMC Type Examination having been performed). This may be an importing agent, acting on behalf of the user, or the user himself (when he is importing something for his own use). The DoC, under these circumstances, may be prepared by the manufacturer, wherever he is located, but it is formally issued in the EU by the Authorised Representative (when legally appointed), the importing agent, or the user. It, and the documentation confirming conformity of the product, must be retained in the EU for ten years after the last product has been imported and taken into service. The appointment of the Authorised Representative is confirmed in the European Commissions guidelines for the EMC directive where it states that the Authorised Representative must be located in the EU.<br />
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8. The procedures are the same for the TCF route, but differ where EC Type Examination is performed. In the latter case the Notified Bodies in the EU require that the application for EC Type Examination be made by the Authorised Representative of the non-EU manufacturer. This means that unless the importer or end user agrees to be formally bound by this requirement, and be duly appointed, the manufacturer must appoint an Authorised Representative of his own. However, with the introduction of the Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment Directive there is a much reduced requirement for EC Type Examination for radio equipment.<br />
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9. The LVD is similar to the EMC Directive although the CE marking requirements are specifically detailed in Annex III and Annex IV of the amended directive. The technical documentation supporting the claim for conformity is also required to be held for a period of ten years after the last product was produced and imported and it is specifically stated that it be held in the EU (Annex IV).<br />
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10. Where product is supplied directly to the end user or is imported via an importing agent it is the person importing the product whom holds the DoC. In the absence of there being an importing agent the DoC is held by the user. Issuing the DoC and making available of the technical documentation remains the responsibility of the manufacturer or his Authorised Representative established in the EU. When appointed the Authorised Representative is responsible for holding the technical documentation in the EU.<br />
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11. When the product is supplied directly to the end user and that person holds only the DoC he may be requested to provide additional information as to the conformity of the product. In this case he should be able, with the assistance of the manufacturer, to assemble the technical documentation detailed in Annex IV. Some competent authorities in the EU view this as also meaning the technical documentation must always be held as an assembled document, whilst others view it as meaning that the documentation must be able to be assembled, but only when requested. The user or importing agent is not authorised to issue the DoC. When issued, however, the user may be asked to supply a copy. This will only be to either an enforcement agent or competent authority that may query the conformity of the product being used.<br />
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12. Electrical safety is viewed as being of extreme importance in the EU. There are far more court cases for infringement of electrical safety than for all other legal charges for product non-conformity. It is therefore extremely important that manufacturers get their documentation correct. Failure to do so can be extremely expensive in terms of legal fees and lost sales.<br />
</span> <span class="subheading" style="background-image: url(http://www.techintl.com/images/arrow_subhead.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-weight: bold; left: -20px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 18px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 500px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MACHINERY DIRECTIVE</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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13. The Machinery Directive, also commonly known as the Machinery 'Safety' Directive or MSD, again varies slightly from the other two directives. Because of the specific design nature of many machines the MSD permits the manufacturer to be the responsible person, even though the manufacturer may be located outside the EU. This is because the nature of machines and the certification requirements for safety are such that many are only finally constructed and certified after installation by the end user. Therefore if the manufacturer is responsible for holding the documentation then the user or installer must accept responsibility for making the equipment safe. This includes ensuring the correct installation and use of the machinery to comply with the conformity requirements and the responsibility for assembling the technical file describing the safety of the product, where the competent authority requests that this be done, and holding the DoC.<br />
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14. If the manufacturer, located outside the EU, wishes to appoint an Authorised Representative in the EU he may do so and the provisions and services of this person are the same as for the other directives. Where he is does not do so and uses the services of the importer or user for assembling the technical file, it is the responsibility of that person to ensure that the equipment is in conformity. If it does not initially comply, then it is the importer or users responsibility to bring it into conformity.<br />
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15. As stated above, it is the responsibility of the manufacturer or his Authorised Representative to issue the DoC and affix the CE marking. Therefore it is considered that the Authorised Representative should have a detailed knowledge as to the conformity of the equipment before it is taken into service. This equally applies where the user is responsible for assembling the technical documentation and bringing the machinery into conformity, (when the manufacturer is the responsible person and is located outside the EU).<br />
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16. The MSD is also different from other directives in that a DoC must be issued with each machine. If the manufacture has applied this directive for a series production of machines each machine must be accompanied by a DoC that covers that specific machine. The DoCs generally have the serial number of the machine on them (where serial numbers are available).<br />
</span> <span class="subheading" style="background-image: url(http://www.techintl.com/images/arrow_subhead.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-weight: bold; left: -20px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 18px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 500px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MEDICAL DEVICES DIRECTIVE</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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17. The Medical Device Directive (MDD) specifically requires that the manufacturer, or his Authorised Representative established in the Community, make the technical documentation required available to the national authorities in the EU. Where neither the manufacturer nor his Authorised Representative is established in the Community this obligation to keep the technical documentation available must fall to the person who places the product on the Community market. Again these provisions mirror the requirements of other directives. However, the MDD differs from other directives in the product classification requirements and the procedures that accompany the certification for different product classes.<br />
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18. The MDD classifies products into Class I, Class IIa, Class IIb and Class III. The lowest risk products are Class I, and the highest risk Class III. The choice of class is dependent on the end use of the product and hence the risk to either the person using it or the patient. All products in Classes IIa, IIb and III must come under the supervision and certification by an EU Notified Body. The Notified Body has specific responsibilities for surveillance of quality systems associated with the products manufacture. This is only applicable to Class I products where the product is sterilised. In this case the Notified Bodys examination is limited to those aspects of the manufacture of the product that are concerned with securing and maintaining sterile conditions.<br />
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19. For all classes of product the manufacturer must prepare a technical dossier or file for the product providing details of the information on the product, as required by the provisions of the Annexes in the MDD, being applied. Where Notified Body approval is required this information is lodged with the application for assessment of the quality system with the notified body. The Notified Body will then examine the system and all the documentation supplied and after agreement will issue the appropriate reports or certificates. For Class III products the manufacturer must have a full quality assurance system or apply for EC type examination and apply the procedures of a lesser quality system. For class IIa and IIb the requirements are less onerous.<br />
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20. Essentially the manufacturer is responsible for meeting the requirements of the Notified Body with respect to both the product performance, and the quality procedures being used. EC type examination procedures, as well as the other routes available for other classes of product, require that a design dossier be kept in the EU by the manufacturer. This is by his Authorised Representative, the person responsible for placing the device on the Community market, or the importer. Experience leads one to the conclusion that all Notified Bodies require either the manufacturer to be located in the EU or for him formally to appoint an Authorised Representative. Reliance on the person responsible for placing the product on the community market or the importer does not seem to be acceptable.<br />
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21. The provisions of Annex VII of the MDD are applied to Class I products. This is the EC Declaration of Conformity route. It may also be applied in conjunction with the quality assurance surveillance procedures in Annexes IV, V and VI. These cover EC type Examination, production quality assurance and product quality assurance.<br />
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22. The provision of Annex VII require that the manufacturer or his Authorised Representative established in the Community must make available to the national authorities, for inspection purposes, the technical documentation required by Section 3 of Annex VII. This documentation must be retained for at least 5 years after the last product has been manufactured. This obligation falls to the person who places the product on the Community market, should the manufacturer (located outside the Community) not appoint an Authorised Representative. This latter approach is difficult in the case of manufacturers with a number of sales representatives in the EU. In addition Article 14 of the MDD requires that, where the manufacturer does not have a registered place of business in a Member State he shall designate the person(s) responsible for marketing them who is (are) established in the Community. These person shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which they have their registered place of business of the registered place of business and the category of devices. This is generally performed by the Authorised Representative in the EU, on behalf of all organisations selling the products. However some competent authorities also want sales organisations in their countries to register products as well. This is not demanded by all Member States.<br />
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23. As the requirements of Annex I, Section 13.3 require that the label on the product includes, for devices imported into the Community, the name of the person marketing the product (as in Article 14) or the Authorised Representative, or the importer. In the event that there are more names under Article 14 provisions or more than one importer then it is usual to include the name of the Authorised Representative.<br />
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24. Having completed all the certification requirements and met the needs of the registration procedures, for Class I products, manufacturers must ensure that their vigilance schemes are maintained. It is an essential requirement for the maintenance of the CE marking that all manufacturers of medical devices has a post-production surveillance and corrective actions system in place that ensures any malfunctions or deterioration in characteristics associated with the product are recognised and reported to the competent authorities.<br />
</span> <span class="subheading" style="background-image: url(http://www.techintl.com/images/arrow_subhead.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-weight: bold; left: -20px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 18px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 500px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">RADIO AND TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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25. The R&TTE Directive is a relatively new directive and it replaces the existing Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive, 98/13/EEC, which superseded the Satellite Earth Station Equipment Directive, 93/97/EEC, and the old Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive, 91/263/EEC. The R&TTE Directive has now been transposed into UK law by Statutory Instrument 2000, No. 730. It was created by the commission to facilitate free trade and free movement of goods and to speed up the emergence of new technologies throughout the European Union (EU). Its main objective is to harmonize the radio and telecommunications industry, simplify the conformity process, and reduce time for the introduction of new equipment. The R&TTE Directive ended its 1-year transitional period, on 7th April 2001. All R&TTE products now being produced must comply with the provisions of the R&TTED.<br />
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26. The certification provisions of the R&TTED are such that manufacturers must apply the requirements of the EMC Directive and Low Voltage directive. These rules are applied differently, as follows:<br />
</span> <strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For both Radio equipment and TTE:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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the protection of the health and safety of the user and any other persons, including the objectives with respect to safety requirements contained in Directive 73/23/EEC (the LVD), but with no voltage limits applying; and<br />
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the protection requirements with respect to electromagnetic compatibility contained in Directive 89/336/EEC (the EMC Directive).<br />
</span> <strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For Radio equipment only:</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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radio equipment shall be so constructed that it effectively uses the spectrum allocated to terrestrial/space radio communications and orbital resources so as to avoid harmful interference.<br />
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Additional requirements, which may be applied to equipment if the Commission make a decision to apply them to certain types of equipment. For these refer to the R&TTED itself.<br />
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27. As with the other directives detailed in this document, it is the responsibility of the manufacturer or his authorised representative to ensure that the CE marking is correctly affixed. In the case of this directive, the name of the responsible person must be identified on the apparatus. Where it is not possible to do this, because of the size of the apparatus, the name must be made available on the accompanying documentation.<br />
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28. The R&TTED is a directive that really has been designed to simplify the certification of products, but in doing so a lot of new requirements are placed on manufacturers. It is the first directive of this type in the EU and there is considerable concern that it will not be adequately applied. Therefore a committee has been established to oversee its application. If it prove to be inadequately applied there may be pressure on the EU Commission to rescind its provisions and return to a more controlled form of directive. Therefore, the benefits of the directive should not be wasted by not complying with its provisions, particularly those concerning product certification and marking.<br />
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29. Where a number of directives apply to a product the provisions of each directive must be applied. DoCs may be issued for each directive or a single DoC may be issued to cover all directives applied. The rules governing the appointment of the Authorised Representative must also be obeyed. Therefore where a person has been appointed as an Authorised Representative for a specific directive there is an assumption that that person will cover all other applicable directives as well. The actual arrangements are dependent on the contract between the manufacturer and the Authorised Representative.<br />
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30. Where the manufacturer, outside the EU, sells to a specific customer in the EU and does not appoint an Authorised Representative the importer or user of the product must accept responsibility for holding all the appropriate documentation covering all the applicable directives. For the MSD this may also include affixing the CE marking and bringing the machinery into conformity.<br />
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31. Should third party assessment be required then some authorities insist on the appointment of an Authorised Representative as a prerequisite for certification. This is the case in UK for the EMC Directive and the MDD, where a DoC issued in the UK must state the name of the Authorised Representative or the responsible person. Where there is no formally appointed Authorised Representative, the end user or importer is to be responsible for holding the DoCs. If there is no formally appointed Authorised Representative then the importer, user, or person placing the product on the market, should be informed that this is the case. He should be informed that he is to be the de facto responsible person, is responsible for issuing the DoC and, where used, the third party assessment body should be informed accordingly.<br />
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32. The retention of documentation, for a period of ten years (five years for the MDD) after the last product was produced is a requirement of all directives. Manufacturers must therefore accept that, subject to them still being in business, that they should appoint an Authorised Representative for at least this period. Should they wish to appoint an alternative Authorised Representative during the ten year period instead this is acceptable, but the DoCs will have to be reissued and possibly all customers previously supplied informed. Should they wish to cease having an Authorised Representative then some legal responsibilities for their products devolve to the importer or the first person placing that product on the market (or taking it into service) in the EU. That person should be informed of this fact as he is automatically accepting a legal responsibility which may not have been part of the original contractual arrangements with the manufacturer.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">33. This is not a CE marking requirement. National type approval bodies in the EU require that a formal application be made for approval of all transmitters. In many cases licenses to operate these are then required. Application must be made nationally, as there is no cross EU agreement on this. This is being worked on and some provisions are coming into place. Practically, all national bodies require that the application be made by a person authorised on behalf of the manufacturer, who may then be held liable if the equipment fails to meet the accepted standards. This is the manufacturers Authorised Representative in the EU. This person may be the same as the person who fulfils the role for the CE marking directives.</span> </div></td></tr>
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A required component is the CE Technical File (called a Design Dossier for Class III devices).</div><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/contact" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Request Technical File Proposal"></a></h2><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/files/uploads/brochures/EUROPE-regulatory-process.pdf" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="European CE Mark medical device certification process"><img alt="European CE Mark medical device certification process" height="53" src="http://www.emergogroup.com/files/uploads/medical-device-regulatory.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="European CE Mark medical device certification process" width="250" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A CE Technical File is a comprehensive collection of information and documents that details everything about your medical device. Understanding how to assemble this information and present the information properly is essential. If you manufacture a Class I device, a less complex CE Marking Technical File may be required. In the case of Class IIa, IIb and Class III devices, a more complex CE Technical File or Design Dossier must be prepared.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">EU Technical File construction is subject to review by a Notified Body if the medical device is Class I with measuring or sterile function, Class IIa, IIb, and III (Design Dossier). Once placed on the market, national Competent Authorities have the right to review EU Technical Files regardless of classification at any time. An incomplete or improperly completed Technical File may result in unexpected delays or even prevent market entry. To learn how the Technical File fits into the CE Marking process, watch our 7 minute Flash presentation that fully explains the <a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/sites/all/themes/emergo/flash/animation/index.html" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="European CE Marking process for medical devices">European regulatory process</a> (requires audio).</div><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The components of a CE Mark Technical File include:</h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Description of the product family and justification for why each product falls within the product family.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Detailed account of the intended use of the device(s) including how the medical device(s) functions, what it does, where the device is used, what it is used with, and who uses it.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Description of components, specifications, packaging and literature.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The manufacturing process.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Listing of accessories.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Location of design responsibility and manufacturing facilities.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Classification of the device and rationale for classification.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The chosen route to compliance according to the applicable Directives.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Declaration of Conformity that states the manufacturer's compliance with applicable Directive(s).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lifetime/shelf life of products and environmental limitations.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Retention of QA, Competent Authority and Notified Body records.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Vigilance reporting and Medical Device Reporting procedure.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How and when to contact Competent Authorities.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Name of, and contract with, your Authorized Representative in Europe.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Subcontractor names and addresses, if applicable.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Essential Requirements.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Design input specifications.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Application and references to Standards and Guidelines.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Testing results and clinical evaluations.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Risk analysis.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Instructions for Use and Labeling.</li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Emergo Group has compiled and reviewed CE Technical Files and Design Dossiers for hundreds of medical device and IVD companies. You can also read our in-depth article about the <a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/articles/technical-file-format-guidance" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">format and components of a Technical File</a>.</div><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As part of our CE Technical File or Design Dossier construction services, we will:</h2><ul style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Compile the EU Technical File or Design Dossier.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Help you determine exactly which materials need to be assembled.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Completely review all existing documentation in support of meeting the applicable Essential Requirements of the Directive(s).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Determine applicable standards.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Facilitate Risk Assessment.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Review labeling and Instructions for Use.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Develop and implement risk management process.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Assist in writing the clinical evaluation summary.</li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Our European Technical File preparation services are handled on a fixed price basis.</div><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Please contact us to learn more about our Technical File preparation services.</h2><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/contact" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="CE Technical File construction"><img alt="Contact Emergo for a free technical file preparation proposal or for more information" height="45" src="http://www.emergogroup.com/sites/all/modules/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/imagemanager/files/request_button.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Contact Emergo for a free technical file preparation proposal or for more information" width="175" /></a></div></div></div></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.emergogroup.com/services/europe/technical-file-preparation">Source</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-75393209085407468572010-09-19T02:38:00.000-07:002010-09-19T02:38:32.518-07:00CE Guide by EU<div id="path" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #074a8b; background-image: url(http://ec.europa.eu/wel/template_2007/images/grade-path.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; width: 1347px; z-index: 0;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="color: #dbe1e6; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><li class="first-child" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 4px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm" id="firstTab" style="color: #dbe1e6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> </li>
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Real estate developers are becoming conscious about the environment and are promoting 'green buildings'.<br />
In India and across the globe, the 'green building' movement will lead the way in developing environment friendly homes and Gujarat is not lagging behind.<br />
Registration of green buildings in the state is on the rise and in this respect, the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA) organised a symposium, 'Beyond Copenhagen: Voice of the Community,' as part of Nirman 2010.<br />
"The movement is all about getting back what we have lost," Dr Prem Jain, chairman of Indian Green Building Council, Noida said. The world over the focus is on constructing environmental friendly buildings and the concept is spreading across various countries, said Jain.<br />
Green buildings will go a long way in addressing national priorities such as water conservation, energy efficiency etc, he added.<br />
Sameer Sinha, chairman of Indian Green Building Council (Gujarat), said that demand for green buildings in Gujarat is increasing. A couple of years ago there were only one or two registered green buildings in the state. This has now reached 35, out of which around a dozen are in Ahmedabad."Majority of the buildings are under construction and will get certification in a couple of months," he said.<br />
The availability of green material has increased in the last two years, reducing the cost difference between green and normal buildings. "Earlier, the difference was around 15%, which has now come down to only 5% because of reducing cost of green material and increased availability," said Sinha.<br />
The Gujarat chapter of IGBC has also conducted various educational programmes in schools and colleges to create awareness about the green building concept. Bob Van Bebber, director of Boogertmen & Partners from South Africa said, "I believe that the concept, its story and execution is very important in creating anything revolutionary. India has a great road ahead in terms of this movement."<br />
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UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS<br />
OF THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
SYSTEM CERTIFICATION<br />
A DISCUSSION AbOUT THE CHAllENGES, IMpACTS AND<br />
OppORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY<br />
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AUGUST 2010<br />
AUTHOR<br />
Eric G.T. Huang<br />
Global Product Manager, Energy/ Sustainability, SGS<br />
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AbSTRACT<br />
The purpose of this document is to provide an introduction to the Energy<br />
Management System (EnMS) certification requirements. This document<br />
is not intended to be a full explanation of the certification standards and<br />
related requirements or of its implementation. Rather, it aims to promote<br />
understanding of the standard and to enable organisations to establish the<br />
systems and processes necessary to improve energy performance.<br />
<br />
CONTENTS<br />
<br />
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1<br />
II. GlObAl ENERGY MANAGEMENT 2<br />
III. ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS 3<br />
IV. GlObAl SOlUTIONS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT 8<br />
V. CONClUSION 10<br />
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />
“Energy efficiency is the most promising<br />
means to reduce greenhouse gases<br />
in the short term,” said Yvo de Boer,<br />
former Executive Secretary of the<br />
United Nations Framework Convention<br />
on Climate Change (UNFCCC).<br />
Energy conservation technology and<br />
facilities/equipment are only part<br />
of the approach to improve energy<br />
efficiency. Systematic management and<br />
the behaviour approach have become<br />
the core efforts to improve energy<br />
efficiency today. The purpose of BS<br />
EN 16001 and ISO 50001, the EnMS<br />
standards discussed in this paper, is to<br />
enable organisations to establish the<br />
systems and processes necessary to<br />
improve energy performance. They are<br />
based on the continual improvement<br />
and Plan-Do-Check-Act approaches<br />
utilised in the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001<br />
management systems standards to<br />
provide compatibility and integration<br />
opportunities. Implementing these<br />
Standards should lead to reductions in<br />
energy cost, greenhouse gas emissions<br />
and minimise the negative impact on<br />
the environment.<br />
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II. GlObAl ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
1 Economist Intelligence Unit Report. Countdown to Copenhagen.<br />
Available at: http://graphics.eiu.com/marketing/pdf/copenhagen/Sustainability_2009.pdf<br />
2 McKinsey Global Institute Report: Productivity of growing global energy demand:<br />
A microeconomic perspective. Available at: http://www.fypower.org/pdf/McKinsey_Global_Energy_Full.pdf<br />
3 McKane, et al. Industrial Energy Efficiency As Standard Practice.<br />
Available at: http://www1.cetim.fr/eemods09/pages/programme/083-McKane-final.pdf<br />
IMpROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND<br />
A report, “Productivity of growing global<br />
The barriers to improving industrial<br />
REDUCING WASTE<br />
energy demand: A microeconomic<br />
energy efficiency have been highlighted<br />
With energy costs and the importance<br />
attributed to climate change having<br />
risen over the past several years, energy<br />
efficiency has become paramount.<br />
According to a report by the Economist<br />
Intelligence Unit, energy efficiency<br />
management is critical to businesses<br />
perspective”, published in 2006 by the<br />
McKinsey Global Institute asserted that<br />
“there are sufficient economically viable<br />
opportunities for energy-productivity<br />
improvements that could keep global<br />
energy-demand growth at less than one<br />
percent per annum”.2<br />
because they need to be seen to be1:<br />
As pressures mount on businesses<br />
to include3:<br />
Lack of information regarding<br />
energy efficiency;<br />
Limited awareness of the financial or<br />
qualitative benefits arising from<br />
energy efficiency measures;<br />
Inadequate skills to implement<br />
such measures;<br />
Keeping costs under control during<br />
economic recession;<br />
Capital constraints and corporate<br />
culture leading to more investment in<br />
new production capacities rather than<br />
energy efficiency; and<br />
Greater weight given to addressing<br />
upfront (first) costs compared to<br />
recurring energy costs, especially if<br />
these costs are a small proportion of<br />
production costs.<br />
A change in the organisational culture<br />
is needed in order to realise industrial<br />
energy efficiency potential. An EnMS<br />
standard can provide a supportive<br />
organisational framework necessary<br />
to move beyond an energy saving<br />
project approach to an energy efficiency<br />
approach that routinely and methodically<br />
seeks out opportunities to increase<br />
energy efficiency, no matter how large<br />
or small.<br />
to become more energy efficient,<br />
managing resources effectively is<br />
proving more essential than ever. In<br />
Positioning themselves and their<br />
addition, customers are increasingly<br />
brands as green product providers;<br />
asking for assurance from organisations<br />
Meeting increasingly stringent<br />
that they treat the environment<br />
compliance requirements;<br />
responsibly and are able to demonstrate<br />
Improving the environmental footprint<br />
energy efficiency.<br />
of their products/services; and<br />
Implementing stronger<br />
A MAJOR OppORTUNITY<br />
controls over suppliers of<br />
Efficient energy management requires<br />
environmental standards.<br />
the identification of where energy is<br />
Businesses that are wasting energy<br />
are reducing profitability and causing<br />
avoidable pollution, primarily through<br />
increased carbon emissions, which<br />
contributes to both climate change<br />
and dwindling fuel reserves. Making<br />
businesses more energy efficient is<br />
seen as a largely untapped solution<br />
to addressing global warming, energy<br />
security and fossil fuel depletion.<br />
used, where it is wasted and where<br />
any energy saving measures will have<br />
most effect. The key feature of a<br />
successful EnMS is that it is owned<br />
and fully integrated as an embedded<br />
management process within an<br />
organisation, energy management<br />
implications are considered at all stages<br />
of the development process of new<br />
projects, and that these implications are<br />
part of any change control process.<br />
Energy productivity (the output and<br />
quality of goods and services per unit of<br />
energy input) can be improved by either<br />
reducing the amount of energy required<br />
to produce something or increasing the<br />
quantity or quality of goods and services<br />
produced from the same amount<br />
of energy.<br />
The key question for energy<br />
management practitioners is how to<br />
provide the best case for successful<br />
energy management within their<br />
organisation, achieve the desired<br />
buy-in at top management level,<br />
and implement a successful<br />
management system.<br />
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III. ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
SYSTEMS STANDARDS<br />
THE bS EN 16001 ENERGY<br />
and can be used independently of, or<br />
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM<br />
integrated with, any other management<br />
BS EN 16001: 2009 provides the<br />
requirements and guidance intended<br />
to assist organisations in reducing<br />
both costs and greenhouse gas<br />
emissions. This is achieved through the<br />
development and implementation of an<br />
EnMS. The Standard also specifies the<br />
requirements of an EnMS to allow an<br />
organisation to develop and implement<br />
an energy policy, establish objectives,<br />
targets, and programmes, which take<br />
into account legal requirements and<br />
information pertaining to significant<br />
THE bS EN 16001 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODEl<br />
Source: BS EN 16001:2009 standard<br />
system. The structure of BS EN 16001<br />
is similar to that of the Environmental<br />
Management Systems (EMS) standard<br />
ISO 14001.<br />
The level of detail and complexity<br />
of individual EnMS will depend on a<br />
number of factors, including the size of<br />
the organisation, the scope of its energy<br />
management system and the nature of<br />
its activities and products/services.<br />
The same is true of the documentation<br />
and resources required to implement<br />
the EnMS.<br />
energy use. It is intended to apply to<br />
BS EN 16001 recognises that energy<br />
all types and sizes of organisations<br />
management encompasses a range<br />
Continuous<br />
Improvement<br />
Internal Audit<br />
Energy Policy<br />
Planning<br />
Management Review<br />
Implementation<br />
and Operation<br />
Checking and<br />
Corrective Action<br />
Corrective and<br />
Preventive Action<br />
<br />
of issues, including those with both<br />
strategic and competitive implications.<br />
Demonstration of successful<br />
implementation of this Standard can<br />
be used by an organisation to assure<br />
clients and stakeholders that it has an<br />
appropriate EnMS in place.<br />
Whilst BS EN 16001 does not specify<br />
particular performance criteria with<br />
respect to energy management, it<br />
does provide a framework for continual<br />
improvement of an organisation’s<br />
energy efficiency and sustainable use.<br />
It enables an organisation to take a<br />
systematic approach to the continual<br />
improvement of its energy efficiency.<br />
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Monitor and Measure<br />
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BS EN 16001 comprises both the<br />
requirements of an EnMS together with<br />
guidance on the use of the Standard.<br />
The requirements identified are<br />
as follows:<br />
The need for an official, publically<br />
available energy policy which includes<br />
a commitment for achieving improved<br />
energy performance;<br />
The identification and review of<br />
an organisation’s energy aspects<br />
which highlight those elements of<br />
an organisation’s activities, goods or<br />
services that can effect energy use<br />
or energy consumption, as well as its<br />
legal obligations; and<br />
The establishment of energy<br />
objectives and targets which detail<br />
how the organisation plans to improve<br />
energy efficiency, including the tasks<br />
and resources required.<br />
Resources, roles, responsibilities and<br />
authorities necessary to establish and<br />
maintain an EnMS have to be defined.<br />
There also needs to be the level of staff<br />
awareness and training necessary to<br />
ensure that personnel performing tasks<br />
which can cause significant impacts on<br />
energy consumption are competent<br />
to do so.<br />
Organisations are required to have the<br />
necessary operational controls in place<br />
to ensure that operations associated<br />
with significant energy aspects are<br />
conducted in such a way that will control<br />
and improve their energy performance.<br />
Additionally, there need to be sufficient<br />
monitoring and measurement in place<br />
to verify achievement with, or deviation<br />
from, its stated energy objectives and<br />
targets, and the compliance of its EnMS<br />
to legal and other requirements.<br />
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bS EN 16001 ApplIES THE<br />
“plAN-DO-CHECK-ACT” (pDCA)<br />
METHOD<br />
Plan: Establish energy management<br />
policy, objectives, targets, processes<br />
and procedures relevant to managing<br />
risk and improving energy efficiency to<br />
deliver results in accordance with an<br />
organisation’s overall policies<br />
and objectives.<br />
Do: Implement and operate the<br />
energy management policy, controls,<br />
processes and procedures.<br />
Check: Monitor and measure<br />
process performance against energy<br />
management policy, objectives and<br />
targets, and report the results to<br />
management for review.<br />
Act: Take corrective and preventive<br />
actions, based on the results of the<br />
management review, to achieve<br />
continual improvement of the<br />
EnMS. This supports consistent<br />
and integrated implementation and<br />
operation with related management<br />
systems such as ISO 14001.<br />
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NEW ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM<br />
STANDARD – ISO 50001<br />
Realising the importance of energy<br />
management, ISO 50001 was<br />
developed as the future International<br />
Standard for energy management<br />
by the International Organization for<br />
Standardization (ISO) in 2008. Due<br />
to be released in 2011, ISO 50001 is<br />
anticipated to affect up to 60 percent of<br />
the world’s energy consumption and has<br />
the potential to become a global trade<br />
catalyst for industrial energy efficiency in<br />
the same way that ISO 9001 has<br />
for quality.<br />
ISO 50001 specifies requirements<br />
for an organisation to establish,<br />
implement, maintain and improve<br />
an energy management system,<br />
which enables that organisation to<br />
take a systematic approach in order<br />
to achieve continual improvement of<br />
energy performance, energy efficiency<br />
and energy conservation. It helps<br />
organisations to manage energy supply<br />
and energy uses and consumption,<br />
including measurement, documentation<br />
and reporting, design and procurement<br />
practices for energy using equipment,<br />
systems, processes, and personnel.<br />
Implementation of this Standard<br />
should lead to reductions in energy<br />
cost, greenhouse gas emissions and<br />
other environmental impacts, through<br />
systematic management of energy.<br />
ISO 50001 will establish an international<br />
framework for industrial, commercial<br />
or institutional facilities, or entire<br />
companies, to manage their energy,<br />
including procurement and use. It<br />
is applicable to all types and sizes<br />
of organisations irrespective of<br />
geographical, cultural or<br />
social conditions.<br />
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Conformance with ISO 50001 will<br />
demonstrate that a plant or company<br />
has sustainable EnMS in place, has<br />
completed a baseline of energy use, and<br />
has committed to continuously improve<br />
energy intensity.<br />
The framework of ISO 50001<br />
encompasses a combination of technical<br />
and strategic management aspects,<br />
which are expected to give this Standard<br />
wide acceptability. The Standard will be<br />
based on the continual improvement and<br />
PDCA approaches utilised in ISO 9001<br />
and ISO 14001 to provide compatibility<br />
and integration opportunities.<br />
DEVElOpING ISO 50001<br />
The U.N. Industrial Development<br />
Organization (UNIDO) was one of the<br />
earliest entities to recognise the industry<br />
need to develop an effective response<br />
to climate change and to the proliferation<br />
of national energy management<br />
standards. In March 2007, UNIDO<br />
hosted a meeting of experts which led<br />
to the submission of a formal request to<br />
the ISO Central Secretariat to consider<br />
undertaking work on an international<br />
energy management standard.<br />
In February 2008, the Technical<br />
Management Board of ISO approved<br />
the establishment of a new project<br />
committee (PC 242 – Energy<br />
Management) to develop the new ISO<br />
Management System Standard for<br />
Energy. The project committee consists<br />
<br />
of 35 participating countries and 5<br />
observing countries. The Associação<br />
Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)<br />
and the American National Standards<br />
Institute (ANSI) jointly serve as the<br />
Secretariat. The U.S. Council for Energy-<br />
Efficient Manufacturing and the U.S.<br />
Department of Energy are supporting<br />
ANSI’s role in developing the standard.<br />
The first ISO/PC 242 committee<br />
convened in Washington, DC in<br />
September 2008 and again in Brazil in<br />
March 2009. The Draft International<br />
Standard (ISO/DIS 50001) was released<br />
in March 2010, and the publication is<br />
planned to take place before mid-2011.<br />
ISO 50001 REQUIREMENTS<br />
General ISO 50001<br />
requirements include:<br />
Establishing, documenting,<br />
implementing and maintaining<br />
an EnMS in accordance with the<br />
requirements of this Standard;<br />
Defining and documenting the scope<br />
and the boundaries of the EnMS; and<br />
Determining and documenting how<br />
it will meet the requirements of this<br />
Standard in order to achieve continual<br />
improvement of its energy efficiency.<br />
It is the responsibility of management<br />
to demonstrate commitment to and<br />
support of the EnMS, and continually<br />
improve its effectiveness.<br />
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WHAT DOES ISO/DIS 50001 COVER?<br />
The ISO/DIS 50001 Standard includes<br />
four main clauses:<br />
1. Scope<br />
2. Normative References<br />
3. Terms and Definitions<br />
4. Energy Management<br />
System Requirements<br />
Annex A: Guidance on clause 4 Energy<br />
Management System Requirements<br />
Clause 4 of the Standard is further<br />
broken down into 7 sub-clauses. Details<br />
of these sub-clauses are as follows:<br />
4.1 General Requirements<br />
The organisation must:<br />
Establish, document, implement<br />
and maintain an EnMS in accordance<br />
with the requirements of<br />
this Standard;<br />
Define and document the scope and<br />
the boundaries of its EnMS; and<br />
Determine and document how it<br />
will meet the requirements of this<br />
Standard in order to achieve continual<br />
improvement of its energy efficiency.<br />
4.2 Management Responsibility<br />
Top management must demonstrate its<br />
commitment and support to the EnMS,<br />
and continually improve its<br />
effectiveness by:<br />
Establishing, implementing, and<br />
maintaining the energy policy;<br />
Appointing a management<br />
representative and approving<br />
the formation of an energy<br />
management team;<br />
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Providing the resources needed to<br />
establish, implement, maintain and<br />
improve the EnMS;<br />
Ensuring energy performance<br />
objectives and targets are<br />
established; and<br />
Ensuring EnPIs are appropriate to<br />
the organisation.<br />
4.3 Energy Policy<br />
Top management must ensure that the<br />
energy policy:<br />
Is appropriate to the nature and scale<br />
of, and impact on, the organisation’s<br />
energy use;<br />
Includes a commitment to continual<br />
improvement in energy performance;<br />
Includes a commitment to ensure<br />
the availability of information and<br />
of necessary resources to achieve<br />
objectives and targets;<br />
Includes a commitment to comply<br />
with applicable legal and<br />
other requirements;<br />
Provides the framework for setting<br />
and reviewing energy objectives<br />
and targets;<br />
Supports the purchase of energy<br />
efficient products and services;<br />
Is documented, communicated,<br />
and understood within the<br />
organisation; and<br />
Is regularly reviewed, and updated<br />
as necessary.<br />
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4.4 Energy Planning<br />
The organisation must conduct and<br />
document energy planning covering:<br />
Legal and other requirements;<br />
Energy review;<br />
Energy baseline;<br />
Energy performance indicators;<br />
Objectives and targets; and<br />
Action plans.<br />
Energy planning should lead to activities<br />
to improve energy performance.<br />
4.5 Implementation and Operation<br />
The organisation must:<br />
Use the energy management action<br />
plans (a result of the planning process)<br />
for implementation and operations;<br />
Ensure any person involved with<br />
significant energy uses are competent<br />
in education, training, skills and<br />
experience;<br />
Establish, implement and maintain<br />
procedures to approve documents;<br />
Identify and plan those operations<br />
which are consistent with its energy<br />
policy, objectives, targets and<br />
action plans;<br />
Communicate internally its energy<br />
performance and EnMS, as<br />
appropriate for the size of<br />
the organisation;<br />
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Consider energy performance<br />
improvement opportunities in<br />
the design of new, modified and<br />
renovated facilities, equipment,<br />
systems and processes; and<br />
Inform suppliers that procurement is<br />
partly evaluated on the basis of<br />
energy performance.<br />
4.6 Checking Performance<br />
The organisation must:<br />
Ensure that the key characteristics<br />
of its operations are monitored,<br />
measured and analysed at<br />
planned intervals;<br />
Define and periodically review its<br />
measurement needs;<br />
Ensure that the equipment used in<br />
monitoring and measuring of key<br />
characteristics provides data which is<br />
accurate and repeatable;<br />
Investigate and respond to significant<br />
deviations in energy performance;<br />
Conduct internal audits at planned<br />
intervals; and<br />
Establish, implement and maintain a<br />
procedure(s) for dealing with actual<br />
and potential nonconformity(ies),<br />
making corrections, and taking<br />
corrective or preventive action.<br />
4.7 Management Review<br />
Top management must review the<br />
organisation’s EnMS to ensure it is<br />
continuing its suitability, adequacy and<br />
effectiveness at planned intervals.<br />
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THE ISO 50001 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODEl<br />
MANAGEMENT Management system for energy<br />
TECHNICAl<br />
plAN<br />
• Policy/goals/targets<br />
(4.3, 4.4.6)<br />
• Resources (4.2.1)<br />
ACT plAN<br />
CHECK DO<br />
DIFFERENCES bETWEEN bS/EN 16001 AND ISO/DIS 50001<br />
The main differences between the requirements of BS EN 16001:2009 and<br />
ISO/DIS 50001 exist in the areas of energy policy, the scope of ‘Energy’<br />
(energy characterisation), energy performance, purchasing, metering systems<br />
and improvement opportunities, as follows:<br />
Theme Differences<br />
Energy Policy ISO 50001 requires a commitment related to the purchase of energy efficient<br />
products and services.<br />
BS EN 16001 only requires the consideration of energy consumption when buying<br />
energy consuming equipment.<br />
Energy characterisation ISO 50001 considers energy supply in the EnMS scope.<br />
BS EN 16001 only concerns energy efficiency.<br />
Energy performance improvement<br />
opportunities<br />
plAN<br />
• Energy baseline (4.4.4)<br />
• Energy Performance<br />
Indicators (4.4.5)<br />
DO<br />
• Training (4.5.2)<br />
• Communication(4.5.5)<br />
• Control equipment system<br />
& processes (4.5.4)<br />
DO<br />
• Design(4.5.6)<br />
• Energy purchasing<br />
(4.5.7)<br />
CHECK<br />
• Corrective/preventive<br />
action (4.6.4)<br />
• Internal audit (4.6.3)<br />
CHECK<br />
• Monitoring (4.6.1)<br />
• Measurement (4.6.1)<br />
ACT<br />
• Management review (4.7)<br />
ACT<br />
• Energy performance<br />
and EnPIs review (4.7.1)<br />
ISO 50001 states that energy performance improvement opportunities should be<br />
considered in the design, modification and renovation of significant energy consuming<br />
facilities, equipment, systems and processes.<br />
BS EN 16001 considers installations, equipments, buildings and facilities.<br />
Purchasing BS EN 16001 considers energy performance criteria in the purchase of equipment.<br />
ISO 50001 concerns renewability and carbon intensity related to energy supply.<br />
Metering systems BS EN 16001 requires organisations to have a metering plan.<br />
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IV. GlObAl SOlUTIONS FOR<br />
ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
WHY ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
SYSTEM STANDARD?<br />
EnMS Standards provide the<br />
following benefits:<br />
Strategic planning that requires<br />
measurement, management, and<br />
documentation for continuous<br />
improvement for energy efficiency;<br />
Addressing policies and procedures<br />
based on all aspects of energy<br />
purchase and use;<br />
Demonstrating continuous<br />
improvement in energy efficiency;<br />
Creating an Energy Manual, a living<br />
document that evolves over time as<br />
additional energy saving projects and<br />
policies are undertaken<br />
and documented;<br />
Identifying key performance<br />
indicators, unique to the<br />
company, that are tracked to<br />
measure progress;<br />
Assisting organisations in making<br />
better use of their existing<br />
energy-consuming assets;<br />
Offering guidance on benchmarking,<br />
measuring, documenting, and<br />
reporting energy intensity<br />
improvements and their projected<br />
impact on reductions in greenhouse<br />
gas emissions;<br />
Creating transparency and facilitating<br />
communication on the management<br />
of energy resources;<br />
Promoting energy management best<br />
practices and reinforcing good energy<br />
management behaviours;<br />
Assisting facilities in evaluating and<br />
prioritising the implementation of new<br />
energy efficient technologies;<br />
Step D – This is ‘Stage 2’ of the<br />
initial audit process. The audit<br />
includes interviews with you and<br />
your colleagues and examination<br />
of records. Observation of your<br />
working practices determines how<br />
compliant your actual processes are<br />
with the standard and with your own<br />
documentation system. At the end of<br />
this stage, we will present the findings<br />
of the audit classified as either<br />
major or minor non-conformances<br />
along with other observations and<br />
opportunities for improvement.<br />
Once you have addressed the non-<br />
conformities, a technical review of<br />
the audit will then be conducted by an<br />
authorised SGS Certification Manager<br />
to confirm the issuance of<br />
a certificate;<br />
Step E – Our surveillance visits will<br />
be scheduled at either six or twelve<br />
month intervals depending on the<br />
contract. During the visits, we review<br />
the implementation of the action plan<br />
addressing the past non-conformities<br />
and examine certain mandatory and<br />
other selected parts of the system in<br />
line with an audit plan that we provide<br />
you before each visit; and<br />
Step F – Shortly before the third<br />
anniversary of the initial certification,<br />
our routine visit will be extended<br />
to enable a re-certification audit.<br />
Surveillance visits will then continue,<br />
as before, on a 3-year cycle.<br />
* Please note that SGS can provide a stand-alone pre-audit (gap analysis), which can be carried out<br />
independently of any certification activity.<br />
Providing a framework for promoting<br />
energy efficiency throughout the<br />
supply chain; and<br />
Facilitating energy management<br />
improvements in the context of<br />
greenhouse gas emission<br />
reduction projects.<br />
HOW DOES THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT<br />
SYSTEM CERTIFICATION<br />
pROCESS WORK?<br />
The BS EN 16001 and ISO 50001<br />
certification process, which is similar<br />
to ISO 14001:2004, consists of the<br />
following six steps:<br />
Step A – SGS provides you with a<br />
proposal based on the size and nature<br />
of your organisation. You can then<br />
proceed with the audit by accepting<br />
the proposal;<br />
Step B – You may ask SGS to perform<br />
a ‘pre-audit’* to give an indication of<br />
the readiness of your organisation for<br />
the audit. This stage is optional, yet it<br />
is often found useful in identifying any<br />
weaknesses in your systems and in<br />
building confidence before the<br />
formal audit;<br />
Step C – The first part of the formal<br />
audit is the ‘Stage 1 – Readiness<br />
Review’. This lets us evaluate the<br />
compliance of your documented<br />
system with the requirements of the<br />
standard to better understand the<br />
nature of your organisation, to plan<br />
the rest of the audit as effectively<br />
as possible and to initially examine<br />
key elements of the system. You<br />
will receive a report after this stage<br />
identifying any concerns or observed<br />
non-compliances so that you can take<br />
immediate action if required;<br />
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8<br />
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9<br />
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bS EN 16001:2009 AND ISO 50001 CERTIFICATION pROCESS<br />
Step A<br />
Agree<br />
Contract<br />
Step B<br />
Optional<br />
Pre-Audit<br />
Surveillance Visits typically<br />
Assessment and certification<br />
At 6 to 12 month intervals<br />
Step C<br />
Stage 1<br />
Audit<br />
Certificate<br />
Step D<br />
Issue on<br />
Stage 2<br />
Completion<br />
Audit<br />
of Successful<br />
Audit<br />
Step e<br />
Surveillance<br />
Visits<br />
Action and Closure of Identified<br />
Non-Conformities<br />
Action and<br />
Closure of<br />
Identified<br />
Non-Conformities Certification Cycle Typically 3 years<br />
<br />
Step F<br />
Recertification<br />
Audit<br />
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<strong>How can you continuously improve energy efficiency? </strong><br />
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Realizing the importance of energy management, <strong>ISO 50001</strong> was developed as the future International Standard for energy management by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2008. Due to be released at the end of 2011, ISO 50001 is anticipated to affect up to 60% of the world’s energy consumption.<br />
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<strong>ISO 50001 energy management standard </strong>specifies requirements for an organization to establish, implement, maintain and improve an <strong>Energy Management System (EnMS)</strong>, enabling the organization to take a systematic approach to achieving continual improvement of energy performance.<br />
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This new Standard will establish an international framework to help manage the energy supply, uses and consumption of industrial, commercial, or institutional organizations, including measurement, documentation and reporting, design and procurement practices for energy using equipment, systems and processes. ISO 50001 energy management standard applies to all aspects affecting energy use, which can be monitored and influenced by an organization.<br />
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Having a certification against BS EN 16001 will help adopt ISO 50001 faster, when the final version of the standard is launched.<br />
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<strong>The benefits of ISO 50001 energy management standard</strong><ul style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><li style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Enables organizations to establish the systems and processes necessary to improve energy performance, including energy efficiency, use, consumption and intensity;<br />
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<li style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Reductions in energy cost, GHG emissions and other environmental impacts, through the systematic management of energy;<br />
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<li style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Demonstrate that the organization implemented sustainable energy management systems, completed a baseline of energy use, and committed to continuously improve their energy intensity.</li>
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<a href="http://www.sgs.com/iso-50001-energy-management-standard.htm?serviceId=10190605&lobId=5554">Source</a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131498729033656529.post-39476142053859593142010-09-12T01:03:00.000-07:002010-09-12T01:03:52.059-07:00CE Marking and LIABILITY for defective products exported to EUROPE<h3 style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Defective products: liability</span></h3><div class="shortContentText" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><div class="header_block" style="background-color: #f1f2f7; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="header"></a></span><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >European legislation has approximated the laws of the Member States concerning liability for products in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection against damage caused to health or property by a defective product. The injured person has three years within which to seek compensation.</span></div></div><div class="references_block" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="references"></a></span><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >ACT</span></h4><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Council Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EEC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products [Official Journal L 210 of 07.08.1985] [</span><a href="http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/l32012_en.htm#AMENDINGACT"><span class="Apple-style-span" >See amending acts</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >].</span></div></div><div class="summary_block"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="summary"></a></span><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >SUMMARY</span></h4><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EEC</span></a></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Scope</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the Directive applies to movables which have been industrially produced, whether or not incorporated into another movable or into an immovable.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Excluded, except by derogation of the Member States, are primary agricultural products and game products which have not undergone processing and products put into circulation before 30 July 1988. However, Directive</span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1999%CE%BD_doc=34" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >1999/34/EC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > subsequently amended the scope of Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EEC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > (see Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1999%CE%BD_doc=34" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >1999/34/EC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > below).</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Principle of liability without fault</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the Directive establishes the principle of objective liability or liability without fault of the producer in cases of damage caused by a defective product. If more than one person is liable for the same damage, it is joint liability.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Producer is taken to mean:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >any participant in the production process;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the importer of the defective product;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >any person putting their name, trade mark or other distinguishing feature on the product;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >any person supplying a product whose producer cannot be identified.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Burden of proof</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the injured person must prove:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the actual damage;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the defect in the product;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the causal relationship between damage and defect.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >As the Directive provides for liability without fault, it is not necessary to prove the negligence or fault of the producer or importer.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lack of the safety which the general public is entitled to expect determines the defectiveness of a product. Factors to be taken into account include:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the presentation of the product;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the use to which it could reasonably be put;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the time when the product was put into circulation.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The fact that a better product is subsequently put into circulation cannot be taken into consideration in determining the defectiveness of the product in question.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Exemption of producers from liability</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the producer is freed from all liability if he proves:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that he did not put the product into circulation;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the defect causing the damage came into being after the product was put into circulation by him;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the product was not manufactured for profit-making sale;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the product was neither manufactured nor distributed in the course of his business;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the defect is due to compliance of the product with mandatory regulations issued by the public authorities;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the time when the product was put into circulation was not such as to enable the defect to be discovered. On this point, the Member States are permitted to take measures by way of derogation;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >in the case of a manufacturer of a component of the final product, that the defect is attributable to the design of the product or to the instructions given by the product manufacturer.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The producer's liability is not altered when the damage is caused both by a defect in the product and by the act or omission of a third party. However, when the injured person is at fault, the producer's liability may be reduced.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Damage covered</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: for the purposes of the Directive, "damage" means:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >damage caused by death or by personal injuries;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >damage to an item of property intended for private use or consumption other than the defective product, with a lower threshold of 500 euros.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Directive does not in any way restrict compensation for non-material damage under national legislation.<br />The Directive does not apply to injury or damage arising from nuclear accidents covered by international conventions ratified by the Member States.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Expiration of liability</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the injured person has three years within which to seek compensation. This period starts from the date on which the plaintiff became aware of the damage, the defect and the identity of the producer.<br />The producer's liability expires at the end of a period of ten years from the date on which the producer put the product into circulation.<br />No contractual clause may allow the producer to limit his liability in relation to the injured person.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >National provisions governing contractual or non-contractual liability are not affected by the Directive. Injured persons may therefore assert their rights accordingly.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Derogation clauses</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: the Directive allows each Member State to set a limit for a producer's total liability for damage resulting from death or personal injury caused by identical items with the same defect. This limit may not be lower than 70 million euros.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Reports</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >: in 1995, ten years after the date of notification, the Directive provided for the Commission to submit to the Council a report on the effect on consumer protection and the functioning of the internal market:</span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >of the provisions governing the producer's non-liability when it is proved that the state of scientific and technical knowledge was not such as to enable the defect to be discovered before the product was put into circulation;</span></li><li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >of the application of any financial limit set for the producer's total liability.</span></li></ul><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In addition, the Directive provides for the Commission to report every five years to the European Institutions on its application of the Directive and, where applicable, on any proposed changes.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1999%CE%BD_doc=34" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >1999/34/EC</span></a></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In the aftermath of the "mad cow" crisis, this Directive extended the scope of Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EEC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > to primary agricultural products (such as meat, cereals, fruit and vegetables) and game products, eliminating any possibility of derogation. Consequently, the producer or importer is required to pay compensation if there is a causal link between the damage sustained and the defect, without the injured person having to prove negligence on the part of the producer or importer.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Directive helps to increase the level of consumer protection and to restore consumer confidence in the safety of food products by encouraging producers and importers to comply strictly with the applicable standards and safeguard measures, and to adopt a responsible attitude with regard to the safety of primary agricultural products.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Moreover, the extension of the scope of Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > allows the principle of liability without fault to be applied to primary agricultural products in all the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), thereby removing any risk of distortion of competition within the single market deriving from disparities between the rules governing liability in respect of primary agricultural products. It also puts an end to difficulties which may arise in determining the dividing line between primary agricultural products and processed products.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This Directive stems from the </span><a href="http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/other/l32040_en.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Green Paper</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > launched by the Commission in 1999.</span></div></div><div class="referencestable_block"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="referencestable"></a></span><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >REFERENCES</span></h4><table class="tableDefault" style="background-color: #f1f2f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 2em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 749px;"><thead><tr valign="middle"><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Act</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Entry into force - Date of expiry</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Deadline for transposition in the Member States</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 172px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Official Journal</span></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td align="left" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EEC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >[Consultation:</span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=128771" target="_blank" title="CNS/1976/1020"><span class="Apple-style-span" >CNS/1976/1020</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >]</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >30.07.1985</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >30.07.1988</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >OJ L 210 of 07.08.1995</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a class="bookmark" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" id="AMENDINGACT" name="AMENDINGACT" title="AMENDINGACT"></a></span></div><table class="tableDefault" style="background-color: #f1f2f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(140, 89, 174); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 2em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 749px;"><thead><tr valign="middle"><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Amending act(s)</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Entry into force</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 173px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Deadline for transposition in the Member States</span></th><th align="center" class="data1" scope="col" style="background-color: rgb(126, 93, 158); border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; width: 172px; " width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Official Journal</span></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td align="left" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1999%CE%BD_doc=34" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >1999/34/EC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >[Codecision:</span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=108000" target="_blank" title="COD/1997/0244"><span class="Apple-style-span" >COD/1997/0244</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >]</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >04.06.1999</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >04.12.2000</span></td><td align="center" class="data2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(154, 154, 146); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="25%"><span class="Apple-style-span" >OJ L 141 of 04.06.1999</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="linkedacts_block"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="linkedacts"></a></span><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >RELATED ACTS</span></h4><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Commission reports pursuant to the Directive and Council resolutions</span></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Report of 14 September 2006 [</span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2006%CE%BD_doc=496" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >COM(2006) 496</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > final - Not published in the Official Journal].</span></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Commission does not consider it necessary to propose an amendment of the Directive to bring about further harmonisation in this area. Further harmonisation can also be achieved by other means, such as through the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the power of control of the Commission and continuous analysis within the working groups.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >For this reason, the Commission is not going to follow the Council resolution (see below), which would involve a derogation from the objective of harmonisation, the basis of the Directive.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 on the amendment of the Directive concerning liability for defective products [Official Journal C 26 of 04.02.2003].</span></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Council raised the question of introducing rules on the liability of suppliers, in view of the existing situation whereby a supplier may be held liable for a product only if the producer cannot be identified.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >Report of 31 January 2001 [</span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000%CE%BD_doc=893" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >COM(2000) 893</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > final - Not published in the Official Journal].</span></strong></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This second report analysed the effects of the Directive based on the response to the Green Paper on liability for defective products of 28 July 1999. It concluded that the impact of the Directive was limited owing to its belated transposition in certain countries, the possibility given to the Member States to apply their national law alongside the Directive, and the lack of available data.<br />In these circumstances the Commission could not propose amendments to Directive </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=1985%CE%BD_doc=374" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >85/374/EC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >. However, it was planning follow-up measures in the area of product liability (for example, setting up an expert group to gather information) as well as in related areas such as general product safety or environmental liability.</span></div><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >First Commission report of 13 December 1995 [</span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995%CE%BD_doc=617" target="_blank" title="full text of the act"><span class="Apple-style-span" >COM (95) 617</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > final - Not published in the Official Journal].</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" >According to this report, most of the Member States had taken measures to incorporate the Directive into their legislation, although the impact was still limited.</span></div></div><div class="DateUpdate" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Last updated: 05.03.2007</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9131498729033656529&postID=3947614205385959314" name="seealso"></a></span><div class="seealso_block" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f1f2f7; background-image: url(http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/images/picto-seealso.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 30px;"><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >See also</span></h4><div><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Additional information on </span><a href="http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/l21253_en.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/images/picto-extlink.gif); background-origin: initial; padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Product safety</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > and the </span><a href="http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/c11503b_en.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/images/picto-extlink.gif); background-origin: initial; padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Community action programme in the field of public health 2003-2008</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >.</span></h4><div style="padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >For more details, see the website of the </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cons_safe/prod_safe/defect_prod/index_en.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/images/picto-extlink.gif); background-origin: initial; padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " target="_blank" title="Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" > and that of the </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/regulation/goods/liability_en.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/images/picto-extlink.gif); background-origin: initial; padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " target="_blank" title="Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >.</span></div></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span><a href="http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/l32012_en.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Source</span></a>Jimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com0