ISO TC 178
GLOBAL HARMONISATION PROJECT
Traditional
approach
New approach
GLOBAL TECHNICAL BARRIERS FREE TRADE
(GTBFT)
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Christian de MAS LATRIE, ISO TC178 Chairman
Harmonisation of codes and standards Status
Worldwide Acceptance of EN 81-1 and EN115 (2009)
Worldwide Acceptance of EN 81-1 and EN 115 Standards (2009)
Moscow
Brussels
New York
Beijing
Mexico
Tokyo
National standards
based on EN 81-1 &
EN 115 in preparation
Dubai
Singapore
Legend:
EN81-1 and EN 115
• As National standard, or
• National standards are based on, or
• Are accepted besides other
international standards
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Sao Paulo
Sydney
Cape Town
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Harmonisation of codes and standards Status
Lifts and escalators worldwide market (2009)
30%
7%
Europe
Russia
Middle East
63%
America
Asia Pacific
New lifts and escalator market ≈ 445,000 units
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The Revision of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
International Cooperation
Unique opportunity for harmonization of regional codes
 Promoting and harmonizing the level of safety around
the world
 Establishing common technical understanding for the
entire profession
 Improving the efficiency of the industry with benefits for
all stakeholders
 Maintaining harmonization is an important factor for
development and growth of the industry
Direct involvement and engagement of the main non-European
users in the revision of EN 81-1&2 is a must
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The Revision of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
International Cooperation
International cooperation working group
 Specific Ad Hoc Group (AH17) has been formed byCEN/TC 10 and ISO/TC
178 resolutions at the beginning of 2008
 Members
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CEN/TC 10 Chairman
CEN/TC 10 Secretary
ISO appointed members
CEN/TC 10/WG1 Convenor
Convenors of the Ad Hoc Groups
 ISO appointed members from
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China
United States
Korea
Japan
PALEA
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The Revision of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
International Cooperation
Objectives of international cooperation working group
 Collect comments, suggestions, requirements and
incorporate those in the revision process
 Exchange information on content and progress of the
revision
 Disseminate the information at the National level
through the ISO participants
 Collect and manage the comments during CEN
Enquiry and Formal Vote
 Coordinate schedule of application of the revised
standards
 Remove the current differences as much as possible
and align the National standards
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The Revision of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
GTBFT: The Aim for the Future
ISO prescriptive standard for lifts
 Success of European New Approach to technical legislations
 Global interest within the lift profession to introduce similar concept in other
regions of the world
 ISO/TC 178 has been developing ISO 22559 series of standards as necessary
tools
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ISO 14798 (Risk Assessment)
ISO/TS 22559-1 (GESRs)
ISO/TS 22559-2 (GSPs)
ISO/DTS 22559-3 & ISO/DTS 22559-4 (GCAP)
 To complete this set of "tools", a prescriptive standard is needed
 The revised edition of EN 81-1/2 provides an ideal basis for the ISO global
prescriptive standard (ISO 22559- XX)
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ADVANTAGES OF NEW APPROACH WITHIN ISO
GTBFT: The Aim for the Future
Such a global harmonization project will
 Allow innovation “under control” from safety point of view
 Avoid redundancy for testing & certification in non EU
countries
 Improve worldwide: safety, quality, accessibility,
sustainable development
 Allow to design, produce, deliver the same product
everywhere
 Avoid de-standardisation of EN 81
 Allow European Lift Industry to enter in non EU markets
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