Development process

Proposal stage

New Work Item Proposal (NP) (FormNP)

A proposal for new work generally originates from industry via a National Committee. It is communicated to the members of the appropriate TC or SC accompanied by a form.

A new work item proposal is approved after a 3 months commenting and voting period, if :

• a simple majority of the committee’s P-members approve the new work item and
• if the minimum number of experts are nominated by P-members’ approving the new work item proposal. For committees with 16 or less P-members, a minimum of 4 experts and for committees with 17 or more P-members, a minimum of 5 experts.

A new work item proposal (NP) is a proposal for:

• a new standard;
• a new part of an existing standard;
• a Technical Specification

A new work item proposal may be made by:

• a national body;
• the secretariat of that technical committee or subcommittee;
• another technical committee or subcommittee;
• an organization in liaison;
• the technical management board or one of its advisory groups;
• the Chief Executive Officer.