Parallel voting

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Name
Parallel voting
Source
CEN.
Description
"Procedure under the Vienna Agreement for draft standards developed with either CEN- or ISO-lead which permits approval of the draft standards by both organizations within the same time period."
Stages
Parallel approval is considered to take place at two stages:

Although no vote is taken within CEN at the Enquiry stage, the CEN Enquiry equates to the ISO/DIS vote.
The CEN Formal vote equates to the ISO/FDIS vote.

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Name	Parallel voting
Source	CEN.
Description	"Procedure under the Vienna Agreement for draft standards developed with either CEN- or ISO-lead which permits approval of the draft standards by both organizations within the same time period."
Stages	Parallel approval is considered to take place at two stages: Although no vote is taken within CEN at the Enquiry stage, the CEN Enquiry equates to the ISO/DIS vote. The CEN Formal vote equates to the ISO/FDIS vote.

See also:

De Facto Standardization
Formal Standardization
Standardization in the EU
European Standard (EN)