Resolutions ofThe 9th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum
20-21 July 2010 / Toyama, JapanOn 20-21 July 2010, the 9th Northeast Asia Standards
Cooperation Forum was held in Toyama, Japan. The government
agencies in charge of standardization, the private standards
associations and prominent experts in this field from China,
Japan and Korea (112 people) participated in this Forum meeting.
The Forum noted that the China-Japan-Korea summit meeting
held in Jeju, the Republic of Korea, on 29 May 2010, announced
Joint Statement on Standards Cooperation among the Republic ofKorea, Japan and the People's Republic of China. This statement
made reference to fully utilizing the Northeast Asia Standards
Cooperation Forum to promote international standardization andsubsequent standards harmonization throughout the Northeast
Asian region. The Forum noted that the representatives of thethree government national standards bodies met on 20 July 2010
and discussed the future possible framework to implement thisJoint Statement based on drafts which had been prepared byKorea and agreed on the way forward.
The participants of the three countries shared the understandingson the current status of their standardization policy and activitiesof the standards associations, and agreed on promoting furthercooperation in standardization amongst the three countries. They
reviewed the progress of last meeting’s cooperation items byhaving progress reports.
The three countries agreed to continue close cooperation on thefollowing items. The contact information, if not yet wellconfirmed, shall be provided via respective secretariats of threecountries to the proposer of each project as soon as possible, but
no later than 30 September 2010. And the parties responsible asindicated below in the parentheses shall make a status report oneach item to the 10th Forum in 2011.
1-1. Studying procedure for more efficient operation of Northeast
Asia Standards Cooperation Forum (C-J-K)
1-2. Reinforcement of information exchanges, such as those on
national mirror committees of ISO/IEC TCs/SCs of eachcountry (C-J-K)
1-3. Joint response to the new business of ISO and IEC (C-J-K)
1-4. Information exchanges on CJK-SITE (China, Japan, Korea –Standards cooperation on Information Technology andElectronics), standardization project on information
technology and electronics fields (C-J-K)
1-5. Information Exchanges on General Requirements for
Emission Limit of Volatile Organic Compound of Adhesives(C)
1-6. Information Exchanges on Guideline on Quality and Safety
Technology of Consumer Products – General rules (C)1-7. Accessible design (J)1-8. Assistive products (J)1-9. Cooperation in ISO/TC 171 (Document managementapplications) of evaluation and preservation of 2-byte fontdesign (J)1-10. Cooperation in ISO/TC 162 (Doors and window) (J)1-11. Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (J)1-12. Information Exchanges on the Activities of ISO/TC164(Mechanical Testing of Metals) (J)1-13. Measurement Methods of LED Backlight Unit for Liquid
Crystal Display (K)1-14. Standardization of Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Spray
Coating Layers in Ceramics (K)1-15. Cooperation on the International Standardization ofProducts for Seniors (K)1-16. Cooperation for Standardization of Eco-friendlyElectroplating (K)The Forum agreed that the following items were successfullycompleted:z Enhancing Information Exchange over the Activities of ISO/TC
71 (Concrete, Steel-reinforced Concrete and Pre-stressed
Concrete) (J)z Cooperation of International Standardization Activities on SR(K)z Education on Standards (K)z Cooperation on the Standardization of Green Textiles (K)The Forum agreed to start cooperation on the following new items
proposed in this Forum. The detailed contact information shall be
provided via the respective secretariats to the next Forum
Secretariat (KSA) as soon as possible, but no later than 30
September 2010. And the parties responsible as indicated below
in the parentheses shall make a status report on each item to the10th Forum in 2011.
2-1 Cooperation on Smart Grid amongst three countries including
new work item in IEC of common interest (C-J-K)
2-2 Information exchanges and cooperation on standardization onsewer system maintenance (J)2-3 Information exchanges and cooperation on Reclaimed
Wastewater Use in Urban Areas (J)The Forum agreed to consider the following new items proposedin this Forum. The responses shall be provided via the respective
secretariats to the next Forum Secretariat (KSA) as soon as
possible, but no later than 30 September 2010. And the proposersof the agreed items, if any, shall make reports to the 10th Forumin 2011.
3-1 Freight container ID coding research and IS development (C)3-2 Second hand good cross board trade (C)3-3 Standardization cooperation on organic and GAP (C)3-4Standardization
forlocation-based
serviceandaddress/geographic names (C)
3-5 Introduce of strong & smart grid and new work item proposalfor IEC (C)
3-6 Information exchanges and cooperation on ISO22196
Measurement of antibacterial activity on plastics andnon-porous surfaces (J)3-7 Proposal on seeking a participation in IEC/TC103 meeting
and a registration of WG5 as an expert member from Chinaand Korea (J)
3-8 Information exchanges and cooperation on Nuclear energyand instrumentation (K)3-9 Freight Containers (K)3-10 Information exchanges and cooperation on Graphicalsymbols (K)3-11 Hydrogen & fuel cell collaboration for international
standardization (K)3-12 Standardization of Chinese Characters Terminology (CCT)(K)
Korea invited the Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forumto have its 10th meeting planned in June 2011, Korea.
The Forum noted that CJK-SITE will be held in the same venue
and same week for the pilot collaboration, Busan, Korea. Even if
CJK-SITE and the Forum will be held in parallel, two meetings
shall be independent and share information. Collaboration withCJK-SITE will be continuously taken into consideration.
The Forum showed a vote of thanks to Japanese Industrial
Standards Committee and Japanese Standards Association for
their excellent organization of the meeting and hospitality.