The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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SC - Subcommittee

Identification
Identification

Subcommittee

Acronym

SC

Definition (1)
Source

Henk de Vries, 1999. Standards for the Nation: Analysis of National Standardization Organizations. Kluver Academic Publishers, 1999.

Description

"Standardization committee responsible for carrying out standardization activities in specified sub-area."

Definition (2)
Source

CEN.

Role/Definition

"Authorized agent of the General Assembly (AG) to direct CEN's business and accomplish all administrative actions and measures to achieve its objective."

Responsibilities

  1. Represents CEN in all writs and extra-judicial deeds.
  2. Prepares the annual budget for the CEN Management Centre (CMC) operation and accounts.
  3. Prepares the statutory business (e.g. membership applications).
  4. Deals with legal affairs that are referred to it
  5. Defines steps for the achievement of CEN's corporate goals and business objectives
  6. Directs CEN business operations and coordinates actions taken by its bodies
Composition

  1. Chairperson: President of CEN
  2. Secretariat: CMC
  3. the Vice-Presidents
  4. the Secretary General
  5. one permanent and one alternate representative of each CEN National Member
  6. a Belgian national (if none of the above is of Belgian nationality)
  7. each representative may be accompanied by individual experts when items on the agenda necessitate their assistance and by invitation to the open session for policy discussions
  8. Counsellors (EC and EFTA Secretariat)
  9. Associates

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