Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for Environments with Explosive Atmospheres (SIEEE)

55thth Meeting of the SIEEE Meeting of the SIEEE Melbourne – 2 September 2009Melbourne – 2 September 2009

Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for

Environments with Explosive AtmospheresEnvironments with Explosive Atmospheres(SIEEE)(SIEEE)


Overview of PresentationOverview of PresentationUnited Nations Economic

Commission for Europe (UNECE)Working Party on Regulatory

Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)

Sectoral initiative on Equipment for Explosive Environments: aims and current status


United Nations Economic United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeCommission for Europe


UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

S e c u r i ty C o u n c i l

G e n e r a l A sse m b ly

In te r n a t io n a l C o u r t o f J u st ic e

E c o n o m ic a n d S o c ia l C o u n c i l

T ru steesh ip C o u n cil

S e c r e ta r ia t

F U N C T IO N A L

C O M M IS S IO N S :

- H um an rights - N arcotic drugs - C rim e prevention and

crim inal justice - Susta inable developm ent - E tc… ..

R E G I O N A L C O M M I S S I O N S E c onom ic C om m iss ion fo r A fric a

E c o n o m ic C o m m is s io n f o r E u r o p e

E c onom ic C om m iss ion fo r L a tin A m e ric a n a nd C a ribbe a n

E c onom ic & S oc ia l C om m ission fo r A sia a nd the P a c if ic

E c onom ic & S oc ia l C om m ission fo r W e ste rn A sia

P R O G R A M M E S A N D

F U N D S

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Commission for …EUROPE?Commission for …EUROPE?


UNECE StructureUNECE StructureEconomic

Commission for Europe

EnvironmentTransport

Conference of European

Statisticians Sustainable

Energy Trade

Committee

UN/CEFACT

WP. 6 WP. 7

Timber Committee

Housing and Land

Management

Economic Cooperation

and Integration


Forum for dialogue among regulators and policy makers

Open to all UN Member States, business associations, standards-setting organizations, certification bodies, test houses, civil society, consumer organizations

Promotion of Good Governance including dialogue and cooperation with the private sector and NGOs

UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies

(WP.6)


Annual sessionAnnual session24-26 November 200924-26 November 2009

Conference on Risk Assessment and Management – to look at how RM tools can be used in policy decisions like:– Choice of whether or not to regulate– Choice of regulatory objectives and tools– Choice of conformity assessment options– Market survweillance– Cooperation with private sector to achieve

security and safety on markets and in firms


PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE

REGULATORY DIALOGUE

Product design

Harmonizationof regulations

Production Distribution

Conformity assessment

Market surveilance


Sectoral InitiativeSectoral Initiative CROs (common regulstory objectives) address

legitimate government concerns (public health, safety, protection of the environment, interoperability, etc)

Reference to international standards Define:

– how compliance is assessed– which conformity assessment bodies are recognized as

competent,– what competence criteria are to be fulfilled– other flanking issues


In practice:In practice:Authorities decide to work together on a specific

sectorThey agree on CROsThey transpose the CROs into national technical

regulations Then, when products have been assessed in the

exporting country as compliant with the CROs they can automatically be sold in other markets with no further assessment.


Sectoral Initiatives underwaySectoral Initiatives underway

• Telecoms Equipment

• Earth Moving Equipment

• Equipment for Environments with Explosive Atmospheres

• Safety of pipelines


Aims at increasing safety for workers, final users and the environment

Lowering barriers and costs to trade By increasing cooperation among policy

makers

Sectoral Initiative on Sectoral Initiative on Environment for Explosive Environment for Explosive

AtmosphereAtmosphere


For more information:For more information:

Ms. Lorenza JachiaMs. Lorenza Jachia

Secretary , Secretary , UNECE Working Party on UNECE Working Party on

Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)and Chief of Unit, Regulatory Cooperationand Chief of Unit, Regulatory Cooperation

Tel. (+41 22) 917 55 93; Fax (+41 22) 917 00 37Tel. (+41 22) 917 55 93; Fax (+41 22) 917 00 37e-mail : [email protected] : [email protected]

http://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/welcome.htmhttp://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/welcome.htm


Status of the initiattive and Status of the initiattive and next stepsnext steps

Started work in 2007Developed a questionnaire about regulatory

in ex on major markets Collected replies from Australia, Brazil, the

European Union, the Russian Federation, United States

Developed a first draft of CROsPresented to you today for preliminary

discussion

Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for Environments with Explosive Atmospheres (SIEEE)

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