Form 4: New Work Item Proposal
Circulation date:2016-07-05
Closing date for voting:2016-10-05

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(to be given by Central Secretariat)

Proposer (e.g. ISO member body or A liaisonorganization)

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AFNOR/SAC☒ Proposal for a new PC

Secretariat

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AFNOR/SAC

A proposal for a new work item within the scope of an existing committee shall be submitted to thesecretariat of that committee with a copy to the Central Secretariat and, in the case of asubcommittee, a copy to the secretariat of the parent technical comm ittee. Proposals not within thescope of an existing committee shall be submitted to the secretariat of the ISO TechnicalManagement Board.
The proposer of a new work item may be a member body of ISO, the secretariat itself, anothertechnical committee or subcommittee, an organization in liaison, the Technical Management Board or
one of the advisory groups, or the Secretary-General.
The proposal will be circulated to the P-members of the technical committee or subcommittee forvoting, and to the O-members for information.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Proposals without adequate justification risk rejection or referral tooriginator.
Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new work item are contained in Annex C of the ISO/IECDirectives, Part 1.
☒ The proposer has considered the guidance given in the Annex C during the preparation of theNWIP.
Proposal (to be completed by the proposer)
Title of the proposed deliverable.
English title:

Wheeled child conveyances
French title (if available):
Voiture d'enfant(In the case of an amendment, revision or a new part of an existing document, show thereference number and current title)

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Scope of the proposed deliverable.

Standardization deliverable in the field of wheeled child conveyances designed for thecarriage of one or more children. It covers safety requirements and test methods.
Excluded: toys, shopping trolleys, baby carriers fitted with wheels, wheeled childconveyances propelled by a motor and wheeled child conveyances designed for children
with special needs.

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Purpose and justification of the proposal*

The demand for wheeled child conveyances depends firstly on the birth rate. The latter has
been stagnating, even slightly decreasing, for several years in Europe but other countries
have seen their birth rate increase, like China or Brazil. In addition, other parameters suchas income, home space and new habits (e.g. travelling with children, shared custody of thechild between divorced parents, with grandparents, second hand products, sports, etc.)
highly impact the demand for wheeled child conveyances.
Child products design and production system is increasingly mature and forms a wellorganized industry covering product design, production, transport, storage or test. With thefast development of wheeled child conveyances, safety issues are becoming of major
importance. These products are widely sold on the market, many consumers found themof good help in their nursing activities and it seems important to define safety requirements
as well as clear instructions for use of these products.
Child care articles markets were regionalized with little trade between them. Nowadays, theindustry is expanding internationally, new consumers in more and more countries request
safer and better products whereas traditional users feel more and more concerned withsafety issues where their children are concerned. Manufacturers are now international.
Some of them have set up R&D centers in EU, USA, Japan, China and other countries ,and retailers have a strong need for guarantees on the safe use of wheeled childconveyances. Furthermore, some countries have national regulations which cover theseproducts.
Therefore, the development of an International standard or a technical specification isexpected to have the long term beneficial effect of lowering the costs incurred by thediversity of national / regional provisions setting different obligations. The reduction of therisks which can result from using wheeled child conveyances is of particular importance asthese products are used with and intended for young children. These children constitute avery vulnerable group within society, which justify a high level of protection.
A twinned secretariat and chair with China is proposed to work on deliverable in order:- to share the expertise and requirements from different existing standards (US,China, Brazil, Europe ...) and to assess, during 3 years, the suitability of theapproved requirements;- to assess the capacity of international stakeholders to work in a collaborativemode for a common understanding on a set of minimum requirements for wheeledchild conveyance products.
Once experience is gained, the concerned stakeholders could discuss the opportunity toexpand the scope of the Project Committee (ISO/PC) and create a full ISO Technicalcommittee (ISO/TC) on "Child care articles".

Consider the following: Is there a verified market need for the proposal? What problem does
this standard solve? What value will the document bring to end -users? See Annex C of theISO/IEC Directives part 1 for more information.
See the following guidance on justification statements on ISO Connect:
https://connect.iso.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=27590861

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Preparatory work (at a minimum an outline should be included with the proposal)☐ A draft is attachedinitial basis☒ An outline is attached ☐ An existing document to serve as

The proposer or the proposer's organization is prepared to undertake the preparatory workrequired:
☒ Yes

☐ No

If a draft is attached to this proposal,:Please select from one of the following options (note that if no option is selected, the d efault
will be the first option):☐ Draft document will be registered as new project in the committee's work programme(stage 20.00)☐ Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD – stage 20.20)☐ Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD – stage 30.00)☐ Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS – stage 40.00)
Is this a Management Systems Standard (MSS)?
☐ Yes ☒ No
NOTE: if Yes, the NWIP along with the Justification study (see Annex SL of the ConsolidatedISO Supplement) must be sent to the MSS Task Force secretariat ( tmb@iso.org) for approval
before the NWIP ballot can be launched.
Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under theproposal.
☐ Technical Specification☒ International Standard☐ Publicly Available Specification☐ Technical Report

Proposed development track☐ 1 (24 months)☐ 2 (36 months - default)☒ 3 (48 months)

Note: Good project management is essential to meeting deadlines. A committee may be
granted only one extension of up to 9 months for the total project duration (to beapproved by the ISO/TMB).
Known patented items (see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 for impo rtant guidance)☐ Yes ☒ No
If "Yes", provide full information as annex
Co-ordination of work: To the best of your knowledge, has this or a similar proposal been
submitted to another standards development organization?
☒ Yes

☐ No

If “Yes”, please specify which one(s):See list pf relevant existing documents at the international, regional and national levels
hereafter.

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A statement from the proposer as to how the proposed work may relate to or impact on
existing work, especially existing ISO and IEC deliverables. The proposer should
explain how the work differs from apparently similar work, or explain how duplicationand conflict will be minimized.

Currently there are no technical activities for wheeled child conveyance products in ISO or
IEC. The purpose of establishing this Project Committee is:
1. to establish, based on the existing national and regional standards, safety
requirements and test methods to increase the safety of young children, i.e. up
to four years old;
2. to offer consumers the necessary information, for instance instructions for use;
3. to promote consistency (use, testing, terminology) when dealing with risks forwheeled child conveyances;
4. to ensure consistency with standards already dealt with by existing TCs:
ISO/TC 136 "Furniture", ISO/TC 181 "Toys", ISO/TC 149 "Cycles"

A listing of relevant existing documents at the international, regional and nationallevels.

The following illustrates some of the major standards identified to date related towheeled child conveyances:
ASTM F833-13 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages andStrollers
Australia: AS/NZS 2088-09 Prams and strollers - Safety requirements
Canada: SOR/85-379-2012 Carriages and Strollers Regulations
China: GB 14748-06 Stroller safety requirements
EN 1888-2012 Child care articles - Wheeled child conveyances – Safety requirements
and test methods
Japan: CPSA 0001 Infant vehicle - determine standard and method
Russia: GOST 19245-93 Perambulators General Specifications

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Please fill out the relevant parts of the table below to identify relevant affectedstakeholder categories and how they will each benefit from or be impacted by theproposed deliverable(s).
Benefits/impacts

Examples oforganizations/companies tobe contacted
Good Baby
Dorel
Artsana
MacLaren
StokkeGraccoNewell Rubbermaid
Etc…

Industry and commerce –large industryFor
manufacturers,
thisInternational Standard orTechnical Specification canmitigate the difficulties inproduct design and marketingofsafeproducts.
ISOreference can also contributeto harmonize production, tolower costs all around theworldand
topreventincidents related to productsafety.
For
distributors
andimporters, ISO documents
decreaserisksinthedownstream supply chain.

Industry and commerce –SMEs
Government

See above.

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Facilitate market surveillance
and foster market fairness.
Improvesafetyandknowledge of the safe use ofproducts
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Academic and researchbodiesStandards application
businesses
Non-governmentalorganizations

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Other (please specify)

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Consumers

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Liaisons:

Joint/parallel work:

A listing of relevant externalinternational organizations or internal
parties (other ISO and/or IECcommittees) to be engaged as liaisonsin the development of the deliverable(s).

Possible joint/parallel work with:☐ IEC (please specify committee ID)

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☐ CEN (please specify committee ID)

ISO/TC 149 "Cycles"
ISO/TC 181 "Safety of toys"

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ISO/TC "136 Furniture"

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A listing of relevant countries which are not already P-members of the committee.

Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
Note: The committee secretary shall distribute this NWIP to the countries listed above to see
if they wish to participate in this work
Proposed Project Leader (name ande-mail address)

Name of the Proposer(include contact information)

The proposal being to create a new PC,
China and France have shown strong
willingness to support standardization ofwheeled child conveyance products andit is proposed that China and France beinvolved in the leadership of theproposed ISO Project committee througha twinning arrangement. AFNOR iswilling to perform the duties of thesecretariat in a twinning partnership withSAC; AFNOR propose a Chair and SAC
will propose a vice-chair.

Alain COSTESAFNOR Standardization Director
Guo CHENGUANGSAC Standardization Director

This proposal will be developed by:☐ An existing Working Group (please specify which one: Click here to enter text.)☒ A new Working Group (title: Project committee on Wheeled child conveyances )(Note: establishment of a new WG must be approved by committee resolution)☐ The TC/SC directly☐ To be determined
Supplementary information relating to the proposal☒ This proposal relates to a new ISO document;☐ This proposal relates to the adoption as an active project of an item currently registeredas a Preliminary Work Item;☐ This proposal relates to the re-establishment of a cancelled project as an active project.
Other:

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☒ Annex(es) are included with this proposal (give details)
Outline attached
Additional information/questions

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Proposed initial program of work:
The international Project Committee (ISO/PC) will focus its work on developing a standard ora Technical Specification (ISO/TS) covering General terminology and addressing risks related
to the use of products in view of the safety of young children, e.g (non-exhaustive list) :Risk on seating position
Risk on lying down…

This deliverable will define performance-based safety requirements established according tothe risks to be covered. For instance, in order to cover the risk of finger entrapment,
requirements will be defined for the gaps and openings based on anthropometric data. The
document will define test methods, relying as far as possible on existing methods already inuse in other sectors (e.g. toys, furniture).

It is proposed to hold the first PC plenary meeting in February 2017.

New Work Item Proposal –Wheeled child conveyances: Preparatory work outline:

Purpose of the proposal:
Child products design and production system is increasingly mature and forms a wellorganized industry covering product design, production, transport, storage or test. With the fastdevelopment of wheeled child conveyances, safety issues are becoming of major importance.
These products are widely sold on the market, many consumers found them of good help intheir nursing activities and it seems important to define safety requirements as well as clear
instructions for use of these products.

Child care articles markets were regionalized with little trade between them. Nowadays, theindustry is expanding internationally, new consumers in more and more countries request saferand better products whereas traditional users feel more and more concerned with safety issues
where their children are concerned. Manufacturers are now international. Some of them have
set up R&D centers in EU, USA, Japan, China and other countries, and retailers have a strong
need for guarantees on the safe use of wheeled child conveyances. Furthermore, somecountries have national regulations which cover these products.

Therefore, the development of an International standard or a technical specification isexpected to have the long term beneficial effect of lowering the costs incurred by the diversityof national / regional provisions setting different obligations. The reduction of the risks which
can result from using wheeled child conveyances is of particular importance as these products
are used with and intended for young children. These children constitute a very vulnerable
group within society, which justify a high level of protection.

As for stakeholders, although they can be organized into broad generic categories, the main
parties of wheeled chair conveyance products consist of enterprises who produce and sell
general child articles, testing laboratories who assess the compliance of products with specificnational and/or regional regulations, but also final consumer associations who represent thecarers purchasing and using wheeled child conveyance products.
Generally the stakeholders are manufacturers, distributors, purchasers and final users
represented for example by consumer associations.
For manufacturers, this International Standard or Technical Specification can mitigate thedifficulties in product design and marketing of safe products. ISO reference can also contributeto harmonize production, to lower costs all around the world and to prevent incidents related
to product safety.
For distributors and importers, ISO documents decrease risks in the downstream supply chain.
For consumer associations, ISO technical document are expected to improve safety andknowledge of the safe use of products.
For public authorities, ISO documents facilitate market surveillance and foster market fairness.