关于世界贸易组织—国际标准化组织

标准信息系统拟议谅解的决定

部长们，

决定建议世界贸易组织秘书处与国际标准化组织(ISO)达成一项谅解以建立一信息系统，据此：

1．ISONET各成员应将《技术性贸易壁垒协定》附件3中的《关于制定、采用和实施标准的良好行为规范》C款和J款所指的通知，按其中指明的方式传送至设在日内瓦的ISO/IEC信息中心；

2． 下列（字母）数字分类系统应使用在J款所指的工作计划中：

(a)标准分类系统：该系统允许标准化机构对工作计划中所指的每一标准分配一个主题的（字母）数字标记；

(b)阶段代码系统：该系统允许标准化机构对工作计划中所指的每一标准分配一个标准制定阶段的（字母）数字标记；为此，应至少区分5个发展阶段：(1)制定标准的决定已经作出，但技术工作尚未开始的阶段；(2)技术工作已经开始，但提交意见期尚未开始的阶段：(3)提交意见期已经开始，但尚未结束的阶段；(4)提交意见期已经结束，但标准尚未采用的阶段；以及(5)标准已经采用的阶段；

(c)标识系统：该系统涵盖所有国际标准，可使标准化机构对工作计划中所指的每一标准分配一个（字母）数字标记，以表明所依据的国际标准；

3．ISO/IEC信息中心应迅速将《良好行为规范》C款所指的任何通知的副本转交秘书处；

4．ISO/IEC信息中心应定期公布其收到的根据《良好行为规范》C款和J款所作通知中的信息；此出版物可在收取合理费用后，使ISONET成员获得，并通过秘书处向WTO成员提供。

                                DECISION ON PROPOSED UNDERSTANDING

                          ON WTO-ISO STANDARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

       Ministers decide to recommend that the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization reach an understanding with the International Organization for Standardization ("ISO") to establish an information system under which:

             1.         ISONET members shall transmit to the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva the notifications referred to in paragraphs C and J of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards in Annex 3 to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, in the manner indicated there; 

            2.         the following (alpha)numeric classification systems shall be used in the work programmes referred to in paragraph J: 

                        (a)        a standards classification system which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme an (alpha)numeric indication of the subject matter; 

                        (b)        a stage code system which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme an (alpha)numeric indication of the stage of development of the standard;  for this purpose, at least five stages of development should be distinguished:  (1) the stage at which the decision to develop a standard has been taken, but technical work has not yet begun;  (2) the stage at which technical work has begun, but the period for the submission of comments has not yet started;  (3) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has started, but has not yet been completed;  (4) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has been completed, but the standard has not yet been adopted;  and (5) the stage at which the standard has been adopted; 

                        (c)        an identification system covering all international standards which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme an (alpha)numeric indication of the international standard(s) used as a basis; 

            3.         the ISO/IEC Information Centre shall promptly convey to the Secretariat copies of any notifications referred to in paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice; 

            4.         the ISO/IEC Information Centre shall regularly publish the information received in the notifications made to it under paragraphs C and J of the Code of Good Practice;  this publication, for which a reasonable fee may be charged, shall be available to ISONET members and through the Secretariat to the Members of the WTO.