ISO 30500 to boost global health in places without sewers

In many places around the world, rural and urban populations have to use toilets that aren’t connected to mains sewers. In many cases, city planners are working hard to address this by investing in infrastructures. But for millions of people, non-sewered systems are the only option and with waterborne diseases posing major risks to human health, it’s important to get it right. That’s where an upcoming Draft International Standard comes in.

ISO 30500, Non-sewered sanitation systems – Prefabricated integrated treatment units – General safety and performance requirements for design and testing, seeks to provide general safety and performance requirements for the product design and performance testing of non-sewered sanitation systems for prefabricated integrated treatment units. It will apply to any integrated sanitation system¹⁾ that is not attached to a sewer. 

In an integrated system like the ones covered by ISO 30500, the frontend collects, conveys and fully treats the specific input within the non-sewered sanitation system, to allow for safe reuse or disposal of the generated solid, liquid and gaseous output. The crucial distinction of this International Standard is that the backend is not connected to a networked sewer system. 

ISO 30500 will contain criteria for the safety, functionality, usability, reliability and maintainability of non-sewered sanitation systems, as well as the system’s compatibility with environmental protection goals. It excludes guidelines for selection, installation, operation and maintenance procedures, or management of non-sewered sanitation systems, and neither incorporates nor substitutes for manufacturers’ instructions and user manuals. 

Non-sewered sanitation systems can be used in a number of different places around the world. These include urban and rural communities without access to sewer systems and urban communities pursuing sustainable sanitation solutions. They are suitable for use in temporary or permanent settlements, including refugee camps, and are equally suited to both public or private use in isolated locations.

Improving public health is just the beginning

It’s a straightforward fact that human waste contains numerous germs. As the perfect habitat for bacteria, viruses, fungi, worms and other pathogens, human waste needs to be treated carefully to avoid risks to health. The outputs of sanitation systems that meet ISO 30500’s requirements will be free of these pathogens; thus the standard will help protect individuals, communities and resources such as drinking water from pollution and outbreaks of potentially lethal diseases. 

It additionally enables the development of stand-alone non-sewered sanitation systems that promote economic, social and environmental sustainability. This can be achieved by minimizing resource consumption (particularly water use) and enabling the production of useful by-products, such as liquid and solid nutrients, water for reuse, material for the generation of fuel and other reusable outputs, depending on the system. 

Benefits for manufacturers 

In general, International Standards are strategic tools that reduce costs by minimizing waste and errors, increasing productivity and facilitating free and fair global trade. ISO 30500 will give assurance to manufacturers of non-sewered sanitation systems, governments, regulators and end users that the non-sewered facilities they use are safe, reliable and of good quality. 

With the publication of ISO 30500, manufacturers of non-sewered sanitation systems gain from the wide range of well-established benefits that International Standards bring. First among these is the time and resource savings that go with following a tried-and-tested formula agreed to by industry experts. Once the fundamentals have been taken care of, it leaves more time for further development of the features that really make a product stand out in the marketplace. 

Creating a level playing field among manufacturers has the twofold advantage of reassuring consumers and stimulating competitive innovations on a technically solid, industry-wide base. At the same time, International Standards are a great facilitator of cross-border trade, as they provide an internationally recognized system that favours compatibility and consistency while giving customers the reassurance of the ISO name. That same recognition is also a help when it comes to marketing, since the ISO brand is trusted the world over.

In a sector where regulations may vary significantly by country, or even municipality, manufacturers can feel more secure with their innovation, research and development in sanitation systems. If they so choose, they can promote their systems towards the public, users and clients as being ISO 30500 certified. 

Better policy for user protection

The new standard can also provide a sound basis for the development of national or local regulation for non-sewered systems. That’s because, in common with all ISO standards, ISO 30500 represents best practices and reflects the consensus of regulators, manufacturers and users from across the world. That makes International Standards a useful resource when developing regulations, and gives regulators the benefit of the consolidated opinion of experts without having to call on their services directly. It will enable regulators and government to tap into a constantly updated source of information and experiences. 

And more than anyone else, it’s toilet users in non-sewered areas who are going to experience the widest benefits. The requirements of the standard will drive innovation, meaning better toilets will be available in areas where infrastructure such as plumbing and electricity are not feasible. In homes and communities, users of toilets that conform to the standard can be sure their non-sewered sanitation systems will be reliable, safe, hygienic, odour-free, and may even produce by-products that can be reused by the community. When this happens, everyone wins!

Developed by experts

Experts from 31 countries worldwide representing a broad range of stakeholder categories, such as industry, government, academia and non-governmental organizations, have come together to form consensus on the standard. The draft of ISO 30500 was prepared by ISO/PC 305, the project committee on non-sewered sanitation systems, with two liaison organizations, the African Water Association (AfWA) and the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), also contributing to the standard’s development. 

ISO 30500 is expected to be published in 2018.

Setting standards for good governance in the latest ISO focus

Abuse of office for private gains. Trust undermined. Poor governance can have disastrous consequences. It can also threaten market integrity, distort competition and endanger economic development.

How can organizations improve good governance? In its November/December 2017 issue,ISOfocus gives an overview of the most interesting, important and complex changes needed to implement and sustain good governance. It looks at ways to improve business

practices and policies and where ISO standards can contribute.  

This edition offers coverage of key issues ranging from risk management and business continuity to sustainable procurement. It also provides a complete picture of ISO 37001 on anti-bribery management systems, particularly useful in today’s governance matters.

Updated throughout, this November/December 2017 issue contains testimonials from some of today’s most important companies, highlighting why ISO standards are good for business, what key considerations are needed for implementing them and their role in

building a trusted, resilient organization. Along the way, it illuminates many key benefits thus far overlooked.

For Judd Hesselroth, Programs Director in Microsoft’s Office of Legal Compliance, ISO 37001 equips organizations to strengthen their fight against bribery. “We think ISO 37001 is going to be an important tool for improving anti-corruption efforts worldwide,” he says. “The fact that the standard will be consistent across borders is also very important for companies doing business globally.”

Good governance is essential for an organization’s long-term survival – but what form should it take? There are no simple solutions but defining an appropriate approach to governance is fundamental to ensure favourable outcomes for society, organizations and stakeholders alike.

In the magazine’s opening comment, ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica underlines the importance of good governance for the future of ISO itself. “Yet, to be perceived as the best in the international class is not enough; we must be on a constant quest for progress and the regular evaluation of our stakeholders’ needs, expectations and satisfaction. Updating our set of governance documents at the last ISO General Assembly in Berlin was the occasion to do just that: provide increased clarity on important issues that were unresolved with the previous governance reviews.”

Finally, this latest issue puts the spotlight on the recently held 40^th ISO General Assembly and the winner of this year’ Lawrence D. Eicher Award for excellence and superior performance.

If you’re thinking about using ISO standards or want to get ahead of the governance curve, look no further than the latest ISOfocus. We hope this issue gives you inspiration, insight and some new ideas of your own.Abuse of office for private gains. Trust undermined. Poor governance can have disastrous consequences. It can also threaten market integrity, distort competition and endanger economic development.

How can organizations improve good governance? In its November/December 2017 issue,ISOfocus gives an overview of the most interesting, important and complex changes needed to implement and sustain good governance. It looks at ways to improve business practices and policies and where ISO standards can contribute.  

This edition offers coverage of key issues ranging from risk management and business continuity to sustainable procurement. It also provides a complete picture of ISO 37001 on anti-bribery management systems, particularly useful in today’s governance matters.

Updated throughout, this November/December 2017 issue contains testimonials from some of today’s most important companies, highlighting why ISO standards are good for business, what key considerations are needed for implementing them and their role in building a trusted, resilient organization. Along the way, it illuminates many key benefits thus far overlooked.

For Judd Hesselroth, Programs Director in Microsoft’s Office of Legal Compliance, ISO 37001 equips organizations to strengthen their fight against bribery. “We think ISO 37001 is going to be an important tool for improving anti-corruption efforts worldwide,” he says. “The fact that the standard will be consistent across borders is also very important for companies doing business globally.”

Good governance is essential for an organization’s long-term survival – but what form should it take? There are no simple solutions but defining an appropriate approach to governance is fundamental to ensure favourable outcomes for society, organizations and stakeholders alike.

In the magazine’s opening comment, ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica underlines the importance of good governance for the future of ISO itself. “Yet, to be perceived as the best in the international class is not enough; we must be on a constant quest for progress and the regular evaluation of our stakeholders’ needs, expectations and satisfaction. Updating our set of governance documents at the last ISO General Assembly in Berlin was the occasion to do just that: provide increased clarity on important issues that were unresolved with the previous governance reviews.”

Finally, this latest issue puts the spotlight on the recently held 40^th ISO General Assembly and the winner of this year’ Lawrence D. Eicher Award for excellence and superior performance.

If you’re thinking about using ISO standards or want to get ahead of the governance curve, look no further than the latest ISOfocus. We hope this issue gives you inspiration, insight and some new ideas of your own.

International Standard looks to curb theft of personal data

Uber is making headlines for its reaction to the theft of the personal data of 57 million drivers and users

Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2017 – The July 2017 breach of Equifax, a large US credit bureau, exposed the social security numbers, birthdates and addresses of 143 million people. Yahoo last month – just prior to its acquisition by Verizon – shared new intelligence that a data breach in 2013 thought to have affected a billion users had in fact compromised all three billion Yahoo user accounts.

The increasing prevalence of high-profile data breaches has motivated countries worldwide to investigate potential reforms to policy and regulation. One of the best-known examples is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation to come into force in May 2018, with global implications.
Privacy has taken on new dimensions in our hyper connected world. The need to protect personal data is increasing in urgency with the digital transformation of sectors such as healthcare and financial services. More and more organizations are processing personal data, all of them dealing with an increasing amount of this data.
Personal data custodians have received new guidance from IEC, ISO and ITU – the three leading international standards bodies – in the form of an International Standard providing a ‘Code of Practice for the Protection of Personally Identifiable Information’.
The voluntary standard, ISO/IEC 29151 | ITU-T X.1058 provides a valuable point of reference to government and industry as they intensify their bid to guarantee the protection of personal data. 
It establishes the objectives of data-protection controls, specifies the controls required and provides guidelines for their implementation. It shows how arrangements of these controls can meet the requirements identified by organizations’ risk and impact assessments relevant to the protection of personal data.  
An Annex integral to ITU X.1058 provides an extended set of controls for personal data beyond the standard’s augmented provisions of ISO/IEC 27002.
The Annex details control objectives relevant to ‘consent and choice’ and the related ‘participation of personal data principals’, the people with whom data can be identified. They look at ‘purpose legitimacy’ to provide guidance as to whether or not the retention of personal data is appropriate. They encourage the pursuit of ‘collection limitation’ and ‘data minimization’ as well as the ‘openness and transparency’ of organizational policy with respect to personal data.
ISO/IEC 29151 | ITU-T X.1058   was developed in collaboration by the ISO/IEC standardization expert group for ‘security techniques’, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 and  ITU-T Study Group 17  ‘building confidence and security in the use of ICTs’.

International Standard looks to curb theft of personal data

Uber is making headlines for its reaction to the theft of the personal data of 57 million drivers and users

Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2017 – The July 2017 breach of Equifax, a large US credit bureau, exposed the social security numbers, birthdates and addresses of 143 million people. Yahoo last month – just prior to its acquisition by Verizon – shared new intelligence that a data breach in 2013 thought to have affected a billion users had in fact compromised all three billion Yahoo user accounts.

The increasing prevalence of high-profile data breaches has motivated countries worldwide to investigate potential reforms to policy and regulation. One of the best-known examples is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation to come into force in May 2018, with global implications.
Privacy has taken on new dimensions in our hyper connected world. The need to protect personal data is increasing in urgency with the digital transformation of sectors such as healthcare and financial services. More and more organizations are processing personal data, all of them dealing with an increasing amount of this data.
Personal data custodians have received new guidance from IEC, ISO and ITU – the three leading international standards bodies – in the form of an International Standard providing a ‘Code of Practice for the Protection of Personally Identifiable Information’.
The voluntary standard, ISO/IEC 29151 | ITU-T X.1058 provides a valuable point of reference to government and industry as they intensify their bid to guarantee the protection of personal data. 
It establishes the objectives of data-protection controls, specifies the controls required and provides guidelines for their implementation. It shows how arrangements of these controls can meet the requirements identified by organizations’ risk and impact assessments relevant to the protection of personal data.  
An Annex integral to ITU X.1058 provides an extended set of controls for personal data beyond the standard’s augmented provisions of ISO/IEC 27002.
The Annex details control objectives relevant to ‘consent and choice’ and the related ‘participation of personal data principals’, the people with whom data can be identified. They look at ‘purpose legitimacy’ to provide guidance as to whether or not the retention of personal data is appropriate. They encourage the pursuit of ‘collection limitation’ and ‘data minimization’ as well as the ‘openness and transparency’ of organizational policy with respect to personal data.
ISO/IEC 29151 | ITU-T X.1058   was developed in collaboration by the ISO/IEC standardization expert group for ‘security techniques’, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 and  ITU-T Study Group 17  ‘building confidence and security in the use of ICTs’.

制定以市民为中心，提供真正价值的智慧城市标准是未来成功的关键。

2017年11月24日

Keeping people at the centre of smart city initiatives

Developing smart city solutions that are citizen-centric and offer real value will be key to future success

11/24/2017

Geneva, Switzerland, 24 November 2017 – Developing smart city solutions that are citizen-centric and offer real value will be key to future success, according to experts at the World Smart City Forum held at Fira de Barcelona as part of the Smart City Expo World

Congress.

Opening the Forum, Spain’s Secretary of State for the Information Society and Digital Agenda, José María Lassalle Ruiz, highlighted the importance of putting people’s needs at the centre of future urban development.

“Some believe that data and algorithms will soon be managing the contemporary world, but they must be used to combat inequality and poverty in our towns and cities. Today, our efforts must be focused on reconciling man and his environment,” he said. Ruiz added

that: “It is incumbent on our generation to ensure that technological progress is not subject to short-sighted or self-serving goals. If there is to be digital disruption, it must be social and ethical, with citizens profiting from the feedback of data and algorithms, not the other

way around.”

Citizen-centric urban development was underlined by many other panellists and speakers during the day, with discussions touching upon how citizens’ digital footprint can be used in an ethical way to improve everyday life in cities, for example through more intelligent

public transport systems or more efficient energy use. 

Putting citizens at the centre was also something highlighted by UN-Habitat’s Acting Chief of Office for Europe and European Institutions, Paulius Kulikauskas, who emphasized this opportunity to ensure that proper and well-organized urbanization is a key driver of

sustainable development. He also welcomed the fact that urban development is now taking centre stage in many of today’s most important discussions, illustrating how it touches almost all aspects of modern life.

“Ten or twenty years ago, any discussion of urban issues and urbanization in the context of the United Nations was happening in a rather empty room. We, as UN-Habitat, at times felt rather alone. The last five or six years have changed the game completely, and now

every institution is involved in this discussion. If you speak about migration, you also speak about cities; if you are talking about health, you also speak about cities; and if you speak of mobility, you will be talking about cities. The discussion has finally reached different

stakeholders, which we are very happy about.”

Kulikauskas added that technology and standards are some of the instruments that can enable civil society and the private sector to connect and work together in an integrated manner to address challenges and identify cities’ potential.

This view was also echoed by panellist Andrew Collinge, Assistant Director, Intelligence and Analysis, at the Greater London Authority, who spoke about work to measure and improve air quality in the capital. Collinge underlined that standards can help balance the

needs of cities and citizens in addition to supporting collaboration with industry groups.

The role of standards in supporting collaboration and the sharing of resources was also highlighted. Marijn Fraanje, CIO for the Municipality of The Hague, spoke of the devastating consequences cyber-attacks can have on the global shipping industry. Fraanje

referenced a project in the Netherlands where the country’s five biggest cities focus on different aspects of a smart city and then share findings and resources, with The Hague looking at cyber security. Sharing resources in this way, both in a national context and

between cities of different countries, relies on the use of interoperable solutions and standards.

Other key takeaways from the event included the importance of getting more cities and city leaders involved in standards development to ensure the solutions developed truly reflect their particular circumstances. For this to work well, participants highlighted the need to

engage cities early in the process, make the value of standards to cities clearer and ensure the standards development process is accessible to this group of stakeholders.

The World Smart City Forum was organized by the IEC, ISO and ITU, this year under the leadership of ISO, and is part of the World Smart City partnership. It brought together representatives of cities, standards development organizations, industry groups and investors

to explore some of the major challenges cities face today and how international standards can help solve them.

制定以市民为中心，提供真正价值的智慧城市标准是未来成功的关键。

2017年11月24日

Keeping people at the centre of smart city initiatives

Developing smart city solutions that are citizen-centric and offer real value will be key to future success

11/24/2017

Geneva, Switzerland, 24 November 2017 – Developing smart city solutions that are citizen-centric and offer real value will be key to future success, according to experts at the World Smart City Forum held at Fira de Barcelona as part of the Smart City Expo World

Congress.

Opening the Forum, Spain’s Secretary of State for the Information Society and Digital Agenda, José María Lassalle Ruiz, highlighted the importance of putting people’s needs at the centre of future urban development.

“Some believe that data and algorithms will soon be managing the contemporary world, but they must be used to combat inequality and poverty in our towns and cities. Today, our efforts must be focused on reconciling man and his environment,” he said. Ruiz added

that: “It is incumbent on our generation to ensure that technological progress is not subject to short-sighted or self-serving goals. If there is to be digital disruption, it must be social and ethical, with citizens profiting from the feedback of data and algorithms, not the other

way around.”

Citizen-centric urban development was underlined by many other panellists and speakers during the day, with discussions touching upon how citizens’ digital footprint can be used in an ethical way to improve everyday life in cities, for example through more intelligent

public transport systems or more efficient energy use. 

Putting citizens at the centre was also something highlighted by UN-Habitat’s Acting Chief of Office for Europe and European Institutions, Paulius Kulikauskas, who emphasized this opportunity to ensure that proper and well-organized urbanization is a key driver of

sustainable development. He also welcomed the fact that urban development is now taking centre stage in many of today’s most important discussions, illustrating how it touches almost all aspects of modern life.

“Ten or twenty years ago, any discussion of urban issues and urbanization in the context of the United Nations was happening in a rather empty room. We, as UN-Habitat, at times felt rather alone. The last five or six years have changed the game completely, and now

every institution is involved in this discussion. If you speak about migration, you also speak about cities; if you are talking about health, you also speak about cities; and if you speak of mobility, you will be talking about cities. The discussion has finally reached different

stakeholders, which we are very happy about.”

Kulikauskas added that technology and standards are some of the instruments that can enable civil society and the private sector to connect and work together in an integrated manner to address challenges and identify cities’ potential.

This view was also echoed by panellist Andrew Collinge, Assistant Director, Intelligence and Analysis, at the Greater London Authority, who spoke about work to measure and improve air quality in the capital. Collinge underlined that standards can help balance the

needs of cities and citizens in addition to supporting collaboration with industry groups.

The role of standards in supporting collaboration and the sharing of resources was also highlighted. Marijn Fraanje, CIO for the Municipality of The Hague, spoke of the devastating consequences cyber-attacks can have on the global shipping industry. Fraanje

referenced a project in the Netherlands where the country’s five biggest cities focus on different aspects of a smart city and then share findings and resources, with The Hague looking at cyber security. Sharing resources in this way, both in a national context and

between cities of different countries, relies on the use of interoperable solutions and standards.

Other key takeaways from the event included the importance of getting more cities and city leaders involved in standards development to ensure the solutions developed truly reflect their particular circumstances. For this to work well, participants highlighted the need to

engage cities early in the process, make the value of standards to cities clearer and ensure the standards development process is accessible to this group of stakeholders.

The World Smart City Forum was organized by the IEC, ISO and ITU, this year under the leadership of ISO, and is part of the World Smart City partnership. It brought together representatives of cities, standards development organizations, industry groups and investors

to explore some of the major challenges cities face today and how international standards can help solve them.

在过去的几十年中，技术的进步使得人类越来越频繁地暴露于电磁场（EMF）之中。电磁场的来源涵盖范围广泛（如手机、广播天线等），并频繁出现于日常生活中。

CENELEC技术委员会106X在“人类环境中的电磁场”领域取得了里程碑式的重大突破。他们最近制作并出版了一系列标准（共有8项），用于测量和限制产品的电磁场（这些产品会将人类暴露在电磁场中）该系列内的其中四项标准已在10月初发布，其余四项将于2017年11月初公布。

在这个相当复杂的领域，参考既定国际安全限值而制定的新标准能够保护设备的用户，并使得制造商们确信他们的产品既安全又符合欧洲产品指令的要求。

在这些新标准中，有两项主要针对接触头部和靠近身体的手机，两项针对手机基站，一项针对防盗和无线射频识别设备（RFID）。另外三项新标准属通用类，总体上为无具体标准的产品提供了一个适用框架。

值得注意的是，新标准首次要求：产品的测试必须在合理预测的使用条件下进行，并涵盖专业领域和一般大众所使用的产品。

这8项电磁场领域的新标准的发布是该领域内的一个重大进步，可以使用户远离电磁场的有害影响。

CENELEC Standards in the Electromagnetic fields to protect humans 

Over the last decades, due to technology advancements, human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) has increased. This exposure comes from many different sources (mobile phones, broadcasting antennas, etc…) and happens frequently in everyday life.

A big milestone has been achieved by CENELEC’s Technical Committee 106X on ‘Electromagnetic fields in the human environment’. They have recently produced and published a series of 8 standards for measuring and limiting electromagnetic fields from products

with respect to the exposure of people. Four of this series were published early October and the remaining 4 will be published at the beginning of November 2017.

In this rather complex area, up-to-date standards referencing established international safety limits protect the users of equipment and allow manufacturers to be confident that their products are both safe and meet the requirements of European product directives.

Two of the new standards published address mobile phones that are used against the head and close to the body. Two other standards address mobile phone base-stations and one standard addresses anti-theft and RFID equipment. The other three new standards

are generic and together provide a framework that covers any product without its own specific standard.

It is important to note that for the first time, these standards require that products be tested under reasonably foreseeable use conditions, and they cover products used both professionally as well as for the large public.

The publication of these 8 standards in the electromagnetic field is a significant advancement in this sector to protect users from the harmful effects of electromagnetic magnetic fields.

在过去的几十年中，技术的进步使得人类越来越频繁地暴露于电磁场（EMF）之中。电磁场的来源涵盖范围广泛（如手机、广播天线等），并频繁出现于日常生活中。

CENELEC技术委员会106X在“人类环境中的电磁场”领域取得了里程碑式的重大突破。他们最近制作并出版了一系列标准（共有8项），用于测量和限制产品的电磁场（这些产品会将人类暴露在电磁场中）该系列内的其中四项标准已在10月初发布，其余四项将于2017年11月初公布。

在这个相当复杂的领域，参考既定国际安全限值而制定的新标准能够保护设备的用户，并使得制造商们确信他们的产品既安全又符合欧洲产品指令的要求。

在这些新标准中，有两项主要针对接触头部和靠近身体的手机，两项针对手机基站，一项针对防盗和无线射频识别设备（RFID）。另外三项新标准属通用类，总体上为无具体标准的产品提供了一个适用框架。

值得注意的是，新标准首次要求：产品的测试必须在合理预测的使用条件下进行，并涵盖专业领域和一般大众所使用的产品。

这8项电磁场领域的新标准的发布是该领域内的一个重大进步，可以使用户远离电磁场的有害影响。

CENELEC Standards in the Electromagnetic fields to protect humans 

Over the last decades, due to technology advancements, human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) has increased. This exposure comes from many different sources (mobile phones, broadcasting antennas, etc…) and happens frequently in everyday life.

A big milestone has been achieved by CENELEC’s Technical Committee 106X on ‘Electromagnetic fields in the human environment’. They have recently produced and published a series of 8 standards for measuring and limiting electromagnetic fields from products

with respect to the exposure of people. Four of this series were published early October and the remaining 4 will be published at the beginning of November 2017.

In this rather complex area, up-to-date standards referencing established international safety limits protect the users of equipment and allow manufacturers to be confident that their products are both safe and meet the requirements of European product directives.

Two of the new standards published address mobile phones that are used against the head and close to the body. Two other standards address mobile phone base-stations and one standard addresses anti-theft and RFID equipment. The other three new standards

are generic and together provide a framework that covers any product without its own specific standard.

It is important to note that for the first time, these standards require that products be tested under reasonably foreseeable use conditions, and they cover products used both professionally as well as for the large public.

The publication of these 8 standards in the electromagnetic field is a significant advancement in this sector to protect users from the harmful effects of electromagnetic magnetic fields.

Neue Monografie: DIN von 1917 bis 2017

Normung zwischen Konsens und Konkurrenz im Interesse der technisch-wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

DIN feiert im Jahr 2017 sein 100-jähriges Jubiläum. Aus diesem Anlass erscheint eine Monografie des Historikers Dr. Günther Luxbacher, in der die Geschichte von DIN und der Normung in Deutschland wissenschaftlich fundiert, sachlich und vertieft dargestellt wird.

Ob Schrauben, Stecker oder Software: DIN-Normen bestimmten seit hundert Jahren die Welt von Gewerbe, Industrie, Handel und Dienstleistung. Das Zeichen DIN bürgt für sichere, vergleichbare, verlässliche und kompatible Produkte. Unabhängige Studien besagen,

dass Normen allein für Deutschland einen gesamtwirtschaftlichen Nutzen zwischen 15 und 20 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr erwirtschaften und wachstumsstabilisierend wirken.

100 Jahre DIN-Geschichte auf den Punkt gebracht:Das ist das Verdienst von Günther Luxbacher in dieser umfangreichen Monografie. Auf einzelne Facetten bedacht, jedes Detail akribisch durchleuchtet – nach der Lektüre dieser Dokumentation sind viele Fragen

beantwortet.

Norm für die Darstellung der Preisangaben im Handel kommt nicht

Kein Konsens für E DIN 30605 – Entwurf zurückgezogen

Der Norm-Entwurf E DIN 30605 ,Darstellung der Angaben zu Gesamtpreis, Grundpreis und Verkaufseinheit in der Verkaufsstelle“ wird zurückgezogen. Das hat der zuständige Arbeitsausschuss NA 152-06-02-01 UA im Zuge einer Einspruchssitzung am 25. September

2017 beschlossen. Bei der Diskussion der Kritikpunkte im Unterausschuss konnten die Vertreter von DIN-Verbraucherrat und Handel keinen Konsens finden.

Der DIN-Verbraucherrat nannte vor allem folgende Kritikpunkte, die sich mit den Kommentaren weiterer Einsprecher decken:

Gut leserliche Mindestschriftgrößen der Preisangaben regele der Norm-Entwurf insbesondere dann nicht, wenn Verbraucher Preisangaben lesen wollen, die weiter als eine Armlänge entfernt sind. Es gebe nur eine Anforderung für die erforderliche Mindestziffernhöhe

von 3,2 Millimetern. Das entspricht einer Schriftgröße von rund 13 Punkt.

Bei größeren Betrachtungsabständen gebe der aktuelle Norm-Entwurf lediglich Empfehlungen für die Mindestziffernhöhe und stelle keine konkreten Anforderungen. Die Empfehlungen gingen von einer Körperhaltung des Betrachters aus, die unrealistisch sei. Man

verlange von den Verbrauchern, in die Hocke zu gehen, um zu lesen, wie hoch der Grundpreis eines Produkts im untersten Regal ist. Zudem seien Rollstuhlfahrer, die sich über Preisangaben auf der oberen Regalebene informieren wollen, auf die Hilfe ihrer

Mitmenschen angewiesen, weil keine entsprechenden Anforderungen an die Angaben in den höheren Regalen gestellt werden.

Der Norm-Entwurf E DIN 30605 ,Darstellung der Angaben zu Gesamtpreis, Grundpreis und Verkaufseinheit in der Verkaufsstelle“ wird zurückgezogen. Das hat der zuständige Arbeitsausschuss NA 152-06-02-01 UA im Zuge einer Einspruchssitzung am 25. September

2017 beschlossen. Bei der Diskussion der Kritikpunkte im Unterausschuss konnten die Vertreter von DIN-Verbraucherrat und Handel keinen Konsens finden.

Während der Einspruchsfrist waren Stellungnahmen und Einsprüche vom DIN-Verbraucherrat, dem VerbraucherService Bayern, von der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, der Stiftung Warentest, der Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen, vom Bundesverband

Kleinwüchsige Menschen und ihre Familien e. V., vom Bundesselbsthilfeverband für Osteoporose, vom Bundesverband Selbstbestimmt Leben in Deutschland e. V., von der Deutschen Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e.V. und von der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der

Senioren-Organisationen eingegangen. Mit der Zurückziehung des Norm-Entwurfs stellt der Arbeitsausschuss die Arbeit zu E DIN 30605 ein. Die Einsprecher zum Norm-Entwurf wurden über diesen Beschluss im Anschluss an die Sitzung informiert.