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Help develop standards

There are a number of ways to participate

Austrian Standards is the Austrian organisation for standardisation and innovation. We manage the development of standards in various areas and bring together representatives from every industry, because standards thrive on shared content, practical experiences and ongoing reviews. As a gateway to a global standardisation network, we pursue the aim of combining versatile knowledge to reach a joint recommendation.

Standardisation is open to everyone – including you!

Comment, participate, improve

Here's how you can get involved

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Idea

Do you have a suggestion for a new standard?

Project proposal

Would you like to comment on a project proposal for a new standard?

Committee

Would you like to play an active part in developing a standard as part of a committee?

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Draft

Would you like to comment on a draft standard?

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Improvement

Would you like to optimise an existing standard?

The latest projects from CEN & ISO

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Statement by: 17 November 2024 by e-mail in English and stating whether you or your position are interested in active participation.
ISO proposal (PDF - 0.3 mb)

The creators of standards in Austria
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participants
2828

nominating organisations

44.07%

SMEs

25.24%

large companies

How you benefit from standardisation

Standardisation:

  • Brings specialists from various disciplines together
  • Creates a huge wealth of knowledge in a unique ecosystem
  • Combines various perspectives to create joint solutions

Those who help to shape standards:

  • Gain an insight into the needs of various stakeholders and define market requirements
  • Get access to best practices, key players and future topics
  • Give more weight to their own innovations, products and services

Austrian Standards:

  • Manages a wide range of collective knowledge for all areas of the economy
  • Ensures that Austria has a strong voice in European and international standardisation
Austrian cooperation
846
Austrian delegates develop standards at European level
496

Austrian delegates develop standards at an international level

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Your modular training programme: get the most out of standardisation for your company.
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Learn more about standardisation

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Understanding standards

How standards create practical, sustainable solutions for economic and societal challenges.

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National work programme

Project proposals, projects and drafts for national ÖNORM standards and ONR rules which are currently open for statements.

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SME report

How small and medium-sized enterprises use standards and help develop them.

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Rules of procedure and processes

How the organisation and implementation of standardisation is regulated at national, European and international level.

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Department for Participation in Standardisation

The Department for Participation in Standardisation represents your interests in national, European and international committees.

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Europe

Austrian Standards is a member of CEN and provides a gateway to the European standardisation network. Gain an overview of the European committees.

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International

Austrian Standards is a member of ISO and provides a gateway to the international standardisation network. Gain an overview of the international committees.

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Committee managers of Austrian Standards

You can find an overview of our committee managers and the committees they oversee here.

Good to know – background information

Participants who are involved in committees represent the interested parties in the relevant standardisation topic. They decide whether something is standardised and define the material content of both purely Austrian as well as European and international standards by consensus.

Prerequisites

The participant:

  • Is qualified, e.g. thanks to training or practical experience
  • Regularly monitors technical developments
  • Has foreign language skills (particularly English for European and international standardisation activities)
  • Has personnel, time and financial resources

Tasks/requirements

  • Regular participation in meetings or cooperation by means of correspondence
  • Thorough preparation for meetings
  • Participation in editing CEN and ISO documents as well as national standard suggestions
  • Use of right of proposal and voting right
  • Willingness to find consensus

When can comments be submitted?

There are various opportunities to help shape the content of standards. In addition to being directly involved in the committee, you can also comment on project proposals and drafts for standards.

How should comments be submitted?

You can submit your comments online. After initial registration, you can download a table of comments for each project proposal and draft and re-upload it with your annotations.

Information on the table of comments

Structure

A separate row in the table specifying the relevant draft section is used for each comment. This makes categorising and electronically processing statements easier.

Formatting

The font Arial 9 pt is pre-set for comments. Please do not change this format.

Language

As far as possible, technical comments concerning drafts from European and international standardisation bodies should be written in English, as English is generally the common working language.

Suggestions regarding editorial changes for German-language versions can be written in German.

Patent law aspects

Please let us know in your comments about any relevant patent laws you are aware of and send us documentation in this regard.

Legal information

By submitting your statement, you declare that it, together with your name (first name and surname) or the name of the organisation saved in your profile, will be published on the Austrian Standards website. Natural persons can revoke this consent at any time. The lawfulness of the consent to the processing carried out up to revocation remains unaffected. You also consent to the regulations with regard to copyright as set out in the rules of procedure ÖNORM 2022, section 9.13.

Is there are deadline for statements?

The deadline for statements is four weeks for a project proposal. For a standard draft, you have six weeks. The deadline is noted on the cover sheet of the relevant standard draft.

What happens to the statements?

All statements are dealt with by the responsible standardisation bodies. The result is published on the Austrian Standards website. You can find the table on the product page of the published standard in the online shop. Examples of a fully completed statement can be found under the following links:

Can existing standards be commented on?

We are really interested in your experiences in using the standards. If you have any suggestions for improvement, you can send them to us using our online form.

CEN (European Committee for Standardization) is the platform for developing European standards. Austrian Standards is a CEN member and therefore offers you access to the European standardisation network.

Austrian specialists are present in many European committees (Technical Committees – TC) and therefore contribute their national perspective directly. Approved comments on drafts are submitted via the national mirror committee.

The secretariats of CEN/TC are held by a CEN member (national standardisation organisations).

You can find CEN secretariats led by Austrian Standards International (excl. working groups) here.

The permanent delegate from Austrian Standards International on the Technical Board of CEN (CEN/BT) is Karl Grün.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the platform for developing international standards. Austrian Standards is a member of ISO and provides a gateway to the international standardisation network.

Austrian specialists are present in many international committees (Technical Committees – TC) and therefore contribute their national perspective directly. Approved comments on drafts are submitted via the national mirror committee.

The secretariats of ISO/TC are held by an ISO member (national standardisation organisations).

You can find ISO secretariats led by Austrian Standards International (excl. working groups) here.

Thank you for your interest

If you have any questions on standardisation or would like to play a part in shaping standards, simply send us a message – we would be happy to provide you with more information.