FORM 1:
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW FIELD OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITY
Circulation date2020-10-22
Closing date for voting
2021-01-14

Reference number:(to be given by ISO Central Secretariat)

ProposerStandardization Administration of China(SAC)

ISO/TS/P 294

A proposal for a new field of technical activity shall be submitted to the ISO Central Secretariat,
which will assign it a reference number and process the proposal in accordance with the ISO/IEC
Directives Part 1, Clause 1.5. The proposer may be a member body of ISO, a technicalcommittee, subcommittee or project committee, the Technical Management Board or a General
Assembly committee, the Secretary-General, a body responsible for managing a certification
system operating under the auspices of ISO, or another international organization with national
body membership. Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new field of technical activity are
given in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1, Annex C.

Proposal (to be completed by the proposer)
Title of the proposed new committee (The title shall indicate clearly yet concisely the
new field of technical activity which the proposal is intended to cover).
Consumer Product Safety Management
Scope statement of the proposed new committee (The scope shall precisely define thelimits of the field of activity. Scopes shall not repeat general aims and principles
governing the work of the organization but shall indicate the specific area concerned).
Standardization in the field of consumer product safety management to develop terminology,
requirements, principles, framework, guidance, testing methods and supporting tools, for all
relevant organizations, on and to support activities such as risk evaluation, safety early-warningand traceability, intelligent regulatory technology,safety control for emerging consumer products,
safety management of the consumer products for specific population groups.
Excluded:
1. Quality management and quality assurance covered by ISO/TC 176.
2. Risk management for organizations covered by ISO/TC262.
3. Standardization in the field of security to enhance the safety and resilience of society coveredby ISO/TC292.
4. Ageing societies covered by ISO/TC 314.
5. Inclusive service to consumers in vulnerable situations covered by ISO/PC311.
6. Standardization in the field of consumer incident investigation covered by ISO/PC329.
Note: According to the relevant laws, regulations and standards on consumer products in theworld, consumer products do not include food, agricultural products, drugs, cosmetics, special
equipment, tobaccos, medical equipments, motor vehicles, military, aviation, large transport
vehicles and other products. The category of consumer products in this new proposed TC is thesame as above.
■ The proposer has checked whether the proposed scope of the new committee
overlaps with the scope of any existing ISO committee

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been informed and consultation has taken place between proposer and committee on
i. modification/restriction of the scope of the proposal to eliminate the overlap,
ii. potential modification/restriction of the scope of the existing committee to eliminate
the overlap.
□ If agreement with the existing committee has not been reached, arguments arepresented in this proposal (under question 7) as to why it should be approved.
Proposed initial programme of work. (The proposed programme of work shallcorrespond to and clearly reflect the aims of the standardization activities and shall,
therefore, show the relationship between the subject proposed. Each item on the
programme of work shall be defined by both the subject aspect(s) to be standardized (forproducts, for example, the items would be the types of products, characteristics, otherrequirements, data to be supplied, test methods, etc.). Supplementary justification may
be combined with particular items in the programme of work. The proposed programmeof work shall also suggest priorities and target dates.)
The program of work for this proposed TC includes:
1.Basic and general standards
To develop the ISO ISs of the product classification, and general requirements that shall befollowed in terms of consumer product safety.
2. The safety risk evaluation, early warning and traceability of consumer products.
To develop the ISO ISs or TSs for the hazard identification, the methods for risk assessment,
safety early warning, and traceability of the consumer products.
3. The safety management for new forms of business and emerging consumer products
To develop the ISO ISs or TSs for the design, manufacturing, installation, and acceptance ofthe products of new forms of business in response to new forms of business such as
customization, intelligence, and the consumer products sold online that have emerged in recent
years.
4.The intelligent regulatory technology for the consumer products
To develop the ISO ISs or TSs in relation to internationally unified data structures and technicalsystems for consumer product safety supervision based on the technologies such as theintelligent analysis, observation on real-world scene, artificial intelligence, and virtual simulationof consumer product safety related data information in order to realize the interconnections ofsupervision information.
5. The safety management of the consumer products for specific population groups.
To develop the ISO ISs or TSs for the design, manufacture, storage and transportation for thesafety of relevant consumer products for specific population groups such as children andwomen etc.
6. The limited requirements and testing methods of the basic and general safety index of
the consumer products.
To develop the ISO ISs or technical reports for the basic and general testing methods for thephysical, chemical, and biological index generally used in consumer products based on theidentity characteristics of "people-product-environment" in the usage scenarios of consumer
products.
If the new TC would have been approved, it is recommended to start the formulation of the first,
second, third and fifth parts of the above-mentioned series of standards as soon as possible,
which are an important basis for the development of subsequent standards. Secondly, it isrecommended to start the development of the standards in the aspects of the intelligent
regulatory technology, the safety management of the consumer products for specific populationgroups, and the requirements and testing methods of the basic and general safety index limits
as soon as possible.

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Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under the
proposal (This may be combined with the "Proposed initial programme of work" if moreconvenient).
The standards to be developed by this TC may include the following forms: ISO International
Standards (ISs), Technical Specifications (TSs) and Publicly Available Specifications (PAS):ISO ISs:Classification of consumer products.
ISO ISs: Hazards identification and risk assessment of consumer product safety.
ISO ISs or TSs: Safety early warning, traceability, and risk control of the consumer products.
ISO ISs or TSs:Safety management for new forms of business and emerging consumer
products.
ISO ISs or TSs:Intelligent regulatory technology for the consumer products.
ISO ISs:Safety management of the consumer products for specific population groups.
ISO ISs or TSs or PAS:Limited requirements and testing methods of the basic and generalsafety index of the consumer products.
A listing of relevant existing documents at the international, regional and national levels.
(Any known relevant document (such as standards and regulations) shall be listed,regardless of their source and should be accompanied by an indication of theirsignificance.)
ISO Iss: the standards regarding consumer products include: ISO 10377:2013 Consumer
product safety— Guidelines for suppliers, ISO10393:2013 Consumer product recall —Guidelines for suppliers, ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects — Guidelines for their
inclusion in standards, ISO 24551: 2019 Ergonomics — Accessible design — Spoken
instructions of consumer products, ISO/IEC Guide 46:2017 Comparative testing of consumer
products and related services — General principles, and ISO/TS 20282-2:2013 Usability of
consumer products and products for public use — Part 4: Test method for the installation of
consumer products.
Government laws: the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (by the United States), theGeneral Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC, GPSD) by the European Union, the Consumer
Product Safety Act (by Canada), and the Consumer Product Safety Law (by Japan), etc.
Now, China has issued the following relevant national standards: GB/T 22760-2008 Generalprinciples for risk assessment of consumer product safety, GB/T 28803-2012 Directives for risk
management of consumer products safety, GB/T 36431-2018 Classification and code of
consumer products and GB/T 35244-2017 Guideline for risk information management ofconsumer product quality safety, which can be the references for the formulation of relevant
ISO ISs.
The focus of these standards and laws and regulations is detailed in the next section of thisdocument.
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. If seemingly similar or related work is already in the scopeof other committees of the organization or in other organizations, the proposed scope
shall distinguish between the proposed work and the other work. The proposer shallindicate whether his or her proposal could be dealt with by widening the scope of an
existing committee or by establishing a new committee.)Consumer product safety has always been the focus of international attention, and the use of
the means of safety evaluation, information, intelligence and so on to carry out safety
management of consumer products, is one of the important method to ensure the safety of
consumer products, involving various fields such as safety, risk, informationization, and testing

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standards with focusing on consumer product safety.
The related international standards of consumer products includes: ISO 10377:2013 Consumer
Product Safety — Guidelines for Suppliers, ISO 10393:2013 Consumer Product Recall —Guidelines for Suppliers, ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects — Guidelines for their
inclusion in standards, ISO 24551: 2019 Ergonomics — Accessible design — Spoken
instructions of consumer products, ISO/IEC Guide 46:2017 Comparative testing of consumer
products and related services -- General principles, and ISO/TS 20282-2:2013 Usability of
consumer products and products for public use — Part 2: Summative test method.
Governmental laws and regulations related to consumer product safety include: the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act promulgated by the United States, the General Product Safety
Directive (2001/95/EC, GPSD) promulgated by the European Union, the Consumer Product
Safety Act promulgated by Canada, and the Consumer Product Safety Law promulgated by
Japan.
International standards ISO 10377 and ISO 10393 stipulate the requirements to be followed in
the procurement of raw materials, production, assembly, storage and transportation, and salesof consumer products from the perspective of regulating the behavior of suppliers, and although
they mention the concept of risk management, they only give principle provisions from theperspective of enterprise management, but do not propose different hazard identification andrisk assessment methods for different sources of hazards such as physical, chemical andbiological hazards, nor do they propose the content of risk warning, traceability and intelligent
control technology for the safety management of consumer products. The above-mentioned
standards cover part of the area of consumer product safety and are not particularly operative.
There is a need for technical and methodological standards to refine the relevant content.
Other international standards mentioned above have proposed some principles and processesof regulatory tools to ensure the safety of consumer products, but they do not provide specifictechnical methods or form a series of standardized technical systems for the safety
management of consumer products. Some of the standards are ergonomic in nature and are
not part of the consumer product safety management technology. The relevant laws andregulations focus on the responsibility, rights and benefits of the subjects and objects ofconsumer product safety regulation from the perspective of the legal system, but do not
regulate the specific technical methods. In conclusion, the above-mentioned international
standards alone do not cover the international standards to be developed by this newly
proposed TC.
SAC had submitted applications to ISO/COPOLCO and ISO/TC262 in 2016 and 2018,
respectively, for the development of general rules for consumer product safety risk assessment,
and established the ISO/COPOLCO/WG4/TG1 Task Force on Consumer Product Safety Risk
Assessment and the ISO/TC262/AHG1 Working Group on Consumer Product Safety
Standards. SAC serves as the convenor of the above-mentioned working group.Aftercommunication and discussion, ISO/COPOLCO and ISO/TC262 reached the following
conclusions.Since COPOLCO itself only develops guidelines but not specific standards, and inorder to expedite the establishment of SAC's proposal for an international standard, it isrecommended that China submit its proposal for a new international standard directly to TMB(see Annex 1. meeting minutes of COPOLCO). ISO/TC262 concluded that consumer productsafety risk management is not within the scope of work of the ISO/TC262, and suggested that
China should establish a new PC or TC to carry out the relevant work (see Annex 2, meeting
minutes of ISO/TC262 and the Annex 3 PWI manuscript submitted on behalf of
ISO/TC262/AHG1 with the name: Consumer Product Safety-- Directives for Risk Assessment ).
After careful consideration, SAC concluded that standardization of consumer product safety
management is a systemic project and that a single international standard (e.g., General
Principles of Consumer Product Safety Risk Management) cannot fully address the many
issues in this area, and therefore proposed the establishment of a new TC to systematically andcomprehensively address the standardization of consumer product safety management.

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Page 5This newly proposed TC will focus on the regulatory technology of consumer product safety to
avoid overlapping and duplication with the work scopes of existing TCs. The work scopes of
ISO/TC 176, ISO/TC262, ISO/TC292, ISO/TC314, ISO/PC311, and ISO/PC329 is not coveredby the work scope of this new proposed TC.
ISO/TC 176 (Quality Management and Quality Assurance) mainly focus on the generalstandards related to quality management, and does not involve the development of safety
standards.
ISO/TC 262 (risk management) mainly carries out risk identification, assessment and control
for the risks of the organization, and not involve the related risks of consumer product safety.
The TC has issued relevant meeting minutes (see Annex 2).
ISO/TC 292 (Security and Resilience) mainly develops international standards centering on
improving the security and resilience of society, focusing on the field of social security, and notincluding consumer product safety management.
ISO/TC 314 (Ageing societies) mainly develops international standards centering on socialorganizations, requirements for social service personnel, etc., that are needed to cope with anageing society.
ISO/PC 311 (vulnerable consumers) mainly focus on inclusive service-identifying andresponding to consumers in vulnerable situations. This standard does not involve the content ofconsumer product safety supervision.
ISO/PC 329 (Consumer incident investigation guideline)
mainly focuses on theinvestigation and research methods for consumer injury incidents and does not include thescope of work of this new proposed TC.

A listing of relevant countries where the subject of the proposal is important to theirnational commercial interests.
This proposal will arouse the interests of Canada, Australia, Germany, Belgium, India, Jordan,
the UK, Turkey, Germany, the United States, France, Russia, Slovenia, Thailand, and South
Africa, which will help countries around the world to form a joint force, strengthen information
communications and exchanges, jointly respond to public incidents caused by consumer
product safety, improve the quality and safety level of consumer proudcts, and promote thequality of human life.
A listing of relevant external international organizations or internal parties (other ISO
and/or IEC committees) to be engaged as liaisons in the development of thedeliverable(s). (In order to avoid conflict with, or duplication of efforts of, other bodies,
it is important to indicate all points of possible conflict or overlap. The result of any
communication with other interested bodies shall also be included.)
1. Internal organizations:(1) ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance(2) ISO/TC 262 Risk management(3) ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience(4) ISO/TC 314：Ageing societies(5) ISO/PC 311 Vulnerable consumers(6) ISO/PC 329 Consumer incident investigation guideline
2. External organizations:(1) CPSC：Consumer Product Safety Committee of the U.S,
(2) DG JUST: Directorate-general for Justice and Consumers(3) Health Canada: Public Health Agency of Canada(4) ICPHSO: International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization.
(5) COPOLCO: Committee on consumer policy(6) CI：Consumer International

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unit of this TC to participate in the revision of standards.

A simple and concise statement identifying and describing relevant affected stakeholder
categories (including small and medium sized enterprises) and how they will eachbenefit from or be impacted by the proposed deliverable(s).
The international standards that are proposed to be developed by this technical committee will be
conducive to the supervision conducted by national regulatory agencies, enterprises, and third-party
agencies in various countries on the consumer product safety , and will help protect the physical andmental health and property safety of consumers.
1. Public authorities: The relevant standards can be used to carry out the supervision andmanagement on consumer product safety, improve the supervision efficiency, standardize
supervision behaviours, and promote the exchanges of the information on consumer product safetyin various countries.
2. Enterprises: The standards with regard to the norms of hazard identification, assessment, andtraceability, the norm for emerging consumer product safety, the consumer product safety norm forspecial population groups can be used to carry out the activities of product production and conduct
product safety risk management to reduce the risks from consumer product safety and improve
product quality and safety levels.
3. Academic institutions and testing evaluation agencies: The relevant standards can be used
to carry out the testing of consumer product safety and the assessments, further standardize thetesting and assessment process, and improve the scientificity and comparability of the results.
4. Trade associations: It is helpful for the industry associations to use the relevant standards
formulated by this TC to carry out the safety assessment of consumer products produced byenterprises in the industry and promote the product safety level of enterprises in the industry.
5. Consumers: They can protect their health via using the products with better quality and higher
safety.

An expression of commitment from the proposer to provide the committee secretariat if
the proposal succeeds.
If this proposal is accepted and approved, SAC would like to undertake the responsibility of the TC
secretariat.

Purpose and justification for the proposal. (The purpose and justification for the creationof a new technical committee shall be made clear and the need for standardization in thisfieldshall be justified. Clause C.4.13.3 of Annex C of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1
contains a menu of suggestions or ideas for possible documentation to support andpurpose and justification of proposals. Proposers should consider these suggestions,but they are not limited to them, nor are they required to comply strictly with them. Whatis most important is that proposers develop and provide purpose and justification
information that is most relevant to their proposals and that makes a substantial
business case for the market relevance and the need for their proposals. Thorough,well-developed and robust purpose and justification documentation will lead to more
informed consideration of proposals and ultimately their possible success in the ISO IEC
system.)1.New regulatory technologies and methods based on risk assessment are urgently needed
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incidences of consumer product safety
Since consumer product safety is related to the image of a country, the economic development,
and the physical and mental health of the people, many countries and governments in the world
regard consumer product safety as an important part of national regulation and take effective
measures to strengthen the supervision and management. However, despite these efforts, thestatus of consumer product safety is still not optimistic. According to the statistic by RAPEX andCPSC, the number of recall notifications for consumer products has shown an upward trend
year by year from 2016 to 2019.
From the perspective for the government to carry out the work of risk early-warning, it is the key
link to conduct hazard identification and risk assessment to determine whether to send out arisk early-warning for the consumer products that do not comply with existing regulations andstandards. Therefore, it is required to formulate a scientific and unified method system to guidethe government to develop the relevant work so as to enhance the comparability andscientificity of the results of risk assessment and early warning. In addition, it can be seen fromthe analysis on the aforementioned recall notification incidents that not all the incidents
triggering the recalls due to consumer product safety are caused by non-compliance withcurrent product standards. More importantly, it is because, although the aforementioned
products comply with current standards and technical regulations, it can be assessed by therisk evaluation methods for product safety as they are very easy to cause personal injury toconsumers when the consumer misuse behaviors that can be foreseen reasonably occur;
therefore, it is believed that such a product has a high grade of safety risk, and recall
notifications can also be taken to prevent the risks before they occur. Therefore, it is particularly
important to develop the unified and standardized methods for the hazard identification, risk
assessment, and risk early warning of consumer product safety for government supervisionand management and the corporate self-discipline. This is an important link in ensuringconsumer product safety and an important technical means to maintain the physical and mental
health of consumers.
2.It is necessary to provide the scientific technical specifications to ensure the productquality and safety since the emerging consumer products, the consumer products from the
new commercial activities, and the consumer products for special population groups emerge
in an endless stream.
In recent years, the customized and intelligent consumer products, as well as the consumer
product marketing methods such as the promotion by cyber celebrities and the promotion
through live broadcasts, have continuously emerged. The safety issues arising from theconsumer products for special population groups such as children, women etc. have also
emerged in endlessly, which has become a common issue facing all countries in the world tocarry out the quality and safety supervision and management in the links from product design,
production, storage and transportation and information disclosure to reduce product safety
risks. For example, smart consumer products are now widely used in consumers' daily lives,
how can information interoperability (so that a family's smart consumer products information isinteroperable) and privacy be ensured between multiple types of consumer products (e.g.,smart home appliances, smart IT products, smart furniture, etc.) across TCs, and how caninformation security and functional safety be reconciled? This is one of the areas that this new
proposed TC needs to focus on.The new products such as jewelry, clothing, home appliances,furniture, etc., which are tailored to consumers' individual needs, have become an importantconsumer choice.There is an urgent need for a unified standard for the display of information,
production, acceptance specifications and quality control requirements for consumer products
arising from the above-mentioned sales model.
Existing international standards and the work scope of related TCs cannot cover the contents
as abovementioned. It is urgent to establish the control regulations of consumer product safety
for new commercial types and special population groups from the perspective of international
standardization, to improve the level of product safety, promote healthy market competition,and ensure the physical and mental health of consumers.

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3. The establishment of a unified and standardized management method system for thesafety of consumer products, can improve international cooperation and exchange related toconsumer products, and to promote information sharing.
Currently, many countries have set up laws and legislation, as well as established related
international organizations in consumer product safety regulation, but there is no unified andcomprehensive system was formed in terms of the specific process and methods of consumer
products risk assessment, early warning, traces, and common chemical and physical propertiesof detection technology and etc. And countries have difficulties in information sharing andexchange, which hinders the regulation. Therefore, to set up a unified and standardized
management method system for the safety of consumer products will facilitate the informationexchange and communications among different regulatory agencies, associations, internationalorganizations, enterprises and other countries, and improve regulatory efficiency.
4. Establishing a standardized technical system for supervision and administration on
consumer product safety is conducive to the global response to public safety incidents
caused by consumer products
While the endless stream of consumer products can bring people a colorful life, the productsafety incidents they cause have also attracted the widespread attention from all walks of life. A
series of scientific, standardized, and systematic regulatory technology systems establishedfrom the perspectives of government supervision, industry management, and enterpriseself-discipline can strengthen the communications, sharing and cooperation of the regulatory
information at the global level, and promote the interconnections and intercommunications of
the regulatory information on consumer product safety in various countries, which is conduciveto the formation of concerted efforts by countries, improving the efficiency of traceability, early
warning, and control of risks, and enhancing the effectiveness of supervision in case that the
public safety incidents caused by consumer products break out.
Therefore, the international standards formulated by this TC will be organically combined withthe product standards formulated by other TCs for specific consumer products, to complement
each other to achieve the purpose of safeguarding the safety of consumer products.

Annex 1: Meeting minutes of COPOLCO
Annex 2: Meeting minutes of ISO/TC262
Annex 3: PWI on Consumer Product Safety-- Directives for Risk Assessment

Signature of the proposer
Li Yubing
Deputy Director GeneralStandards Innovative Management Department,SAMR

Signature of the proposer

Further information to assist with understanding the requirements for the items above can befound in the Directives, Part 1, Annex C.

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