20TH ICNDT MEETING
April 27, 1989
1. Agenda
President Van Dijk (Netherlands) called the 20thICNDT meeting to order at
13:44 hours and welcomed all attending this meeting. He mentioned that thiswould be the last meeting with an official status. If necessary, he would beavailable for the 21rst meeting on April 2, 1989.
The sequence of the agenda will be changed. Agenda item 5 will be dealt
with after agenda item 2.
Professor De Meester (Belgium) could not be present at the 20th meeting,
Mr. Deliege took his place. Two observers have been invited: Mr. H.J. Kopineck,honourary member of ICNDT, as well as Mr. G. Wheeler for his experienced
knowledge on qualification and certification of NDT personnel (agenda item 6).
The meeting commemorated Mr. McMaster and Dr. Zisek with a momentof silence.
2. Minutes of the 19th ICNDT meeting of April 23, 1989
President Van Dijk suggested to go through the minutes page by page:
Page 1- no comments
Page 2- no comments
Page 3- no comments
Page 4- no comments
Page 5- no comments
Page 6- “ISO TC SC7, 9712-2” should read “ISO TC SC7, 9712-3”
Page 7- no comments
Mr. Sharpe (United Kingdom) noted that the opening of section (page 6) inwhich Mr. Harding gave his exact function, should be integrated in the opening
paragraph on page 1.
Attendance List/Page 1
Mr. Ostrowski clarified that Professor Pawlowski is non-voting delegate
and that he himself if the voting delegate.
Attendance List/Page 2
Dr. Liu (China) proposed to change the title “Observers from countries
applying for membership” into “Observers from countries/regions applying
membership”, which proposal is accepted.
3. Terms of Referencea) Size and status of ICNDT delegationsb) ICNDT membership for international bodies e.g. ISO and IIW
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Reference, set up by Messrs. Aman, Nardoni and Van Dijk according to theassignment decided upon at the 19th meeting. The complete article 4“Membership” has been redrafted as a draft.
Article 4.1 gives the definition that members are societies, committees on
nondestructive testing, being non competitive to other societies in a particularregion.
Article 4.2 specifies how to apply for membership. Written applications
should be submitted to a working group, which check all information given by asociety applying for membership. It is the purpose of ICNDT to get a network of
nondestructive testing societies all over the world.
Article 4.3 states that there may be more than one non-voting delegate,
but these non-voting delegate should have the consent of the ICNDT president.
The voting delegate should be able to designate somebody else who will bringout his/her vote. This designation should be carried out in writing to the president
and the time of the designation should be specified.
Article 4.4 is about the same as before. There should be no commercial
interest.
Article 4.5 is basically the same as before.
Article 4.6 concerns additional observers, specialist on certain fields, who
may be invited to attend the ICNDT meetings but only with the consent of the
ICNDT president.
Article 4.7 allows other organizations to apply for permanent observer
status. After this explanation President Van Dijk opened the item for debate.
The Indian delegate stated that the younger generation should also be
involved in the ICNDT. He agreed that it is important that the delegates should
be retained as long as possible. President Van Dijk agreed that the youngsters
should be included in the activities.
Mr. Sharpe (United Kingdom) asked for clarification of the term “region”
and furthermore, whether this change in Terms of Reference should be used toinclude the disqualification of membership if a delegate does not attend a certain
number of meetings.
Dr. Kopineck (invited as observer) stated that a change in Terms ofReference is only possible when the members have seen the proposal ninemonths in advance of the next meeting. This change in Terms of Reference canonly be decided upon in the next meeting. Especially article 4.1 is mostimportant because only one organization per country is allowed up till to date.
President Van Dijk responded that the idea is to allow regional
applications. Applications filed should also state the region definition. In article
4.2 it is stated that the application is going to be dealt with by a working group.
Furthermore, it is stated in article 4.1 that the societies should be noncompetitive.
President Van Dijk also responded to Mr. Sharpe’s proposal about thedisqualification of members. He suggested that a delegate should draft an article
for the Terms of Reference covering this problem. It could be sent to alldelegates through the secretariat and be put to debate in the next meeting.

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Professor Pawlowski (Poland) quoted from the present Terms ofReference in which it is mentioned that proposals for change in Terms ofReference should formally be sent to all members nine months before themeeting. As this rule has not been followed, the change in Terms of Reference
cannot be dealt with in this meeting.
President Van Dijk clarified that the proposal on the table is up for debate,
the meeting moves to an initial agreement and that the proposal can be voted
upon in the next meeting in 1992 or by postal ballot.
Mr. Nardoni (Italy) stated that the first aim of ICNDT is nondestructive
testing and non politics. This draft has been given to all members present inorder to enable them to examine the proposal. The procedure proposed
enables the committee to exactly check through the working group- whether theorganization applying for membership is representing a region, country etc.
Motion proposed by President Van Dijk for a decision in principle for the
structure as drafted for the change in Terms of Reference. The motion isseconded by Mr. Szucs (Canada). Professor Pawlowski is against referring toarticle 14.1 of Terms of Reference. Mr. Liu (China) is of the opinion that it goes
too fast, that one should study this proposal more carefully and perhaps move toanother draft. Mr. Aman clarified that one is trying to find out whether the
meeting agrees in principle with the structure of the draft. Motion went for voting.
Motion did not carry. Tally: 14 for, 14 against, 2 abstentions)
Professor Pawlowski explains that it is a violation of Terms of Reference
article 14.1. Mr. Beckley (USA) proposed that all delegates will receive this
proposal by mail for a letter ballot prior to the next meeting. The French delegate
stated that a change in Terms of Reference cannot be voted upon by letter ballot,
see article 14.2 of Terms of Reference. Motion by Mr. Beckley to vote upon thechange in Terms of Reference at the next meeting, seconded by Mr. Szucs(Canada). Tally: 15 for, 5 against and 5 abstentions. Motion did not carry.
Mr. Nardoni (Italy) is of the opinion that it is important to allow otherorganizations to become members. It will improve the work of the ICNDT. He
put the questions to the floor, whether the members are convinced that thecontents of this proposal is of importance to the further work of ICNDT: whether
the meeting agrees in principle with the proposal and after that the meeting candecide to handle the matter according to the Terms of Reference. It means thatfour years will be lost.
President Van Dijk mentioned that at the 19th ICNDT meeting of April 23,
1989 the Terms of Reference change had been discussed and that the 10th
ICNDT meeting gave Mr. Nardoni the task to draft a proposal. There is a firm
need for clarification on the status of delegations. Currently ICNDT only
recognizes individuals representing a national body.
Mr. Farley (United Kingdom) stated that the proposal is good and that itmeets the requirements mentioned in the 19th ICNDT meeting. Mr. Farleysuggested to ask the member to comment on the proposal and to vote upon it at
the next meeting in four years time. Mr. Aman (USA) wanted to know whether
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Reference. President Van Dijk announced his intention to formally refill the
proposal as an individual delegate.
4. Next World Conferencesa) Proposals for the 13th and 14th Conference
President Van Dijk remembered the meeting that at the 10th meeting both
Brazil and Indian presented their countries, gave additional information anddocumentation. Professor Pawlowski remembered the audience that in the pastworld conferences on nondestructive testing were held in years in which aparticular country celebrated a certain event. When it was held in Poland, it wasdone so in connection with the celebrations of the “year of Polish science” as wellas with the remembrance of Copernicus’ birth 500 years ago. Canada organized
it in1967 to include it in the celebrations of the 100 years of federation. The
Federal Republic of Germany combined the conference in 1970 with thecelebration of the discovery of Tontgen 75 years ago. The 1992 Brazil proposal
will coincide with the celebration of the discovery of America 500 years ago.
The Indian representative is of the opinion that the choice of a site for the
next world conference should not be based on sentimental values but ontechnical grounds. The members should consider which country is the best toorganize the event.
Mr. Nardoni remembered that in the past he had urged for India toorganize the event, but due to the developments in the South American region(with all new organizations applying for membership) he changed his opinion.
The conference should go to South America as an award for their efforts.
The Indian delegate thanked all present for their kind sentiments. Since
the last conference in Las Vegas, India managed to combine the two
nondestructive testing organizations, which is, in his opinion, more difficult thanfounding new ones.
President Van Dijk proposed to vote first of all for the sequence BrazilIndia and in the second vote India-Brazil. Mr. Szucs (Canada) seconded the
motion. Sequence Brazil-India, Tally 23 for, Sequence India-Brazil, Tally 4 for, 3abstentions.
The Indian delegate formally stated that India is prepared to organize theth
14 WCNDT. The responsible society will be the Indian Society ofNondestructive Testing in Madras. The contact person will be the acting
Managing Director of the Society.
The Brazilian delegate formally accepted the task that Brazil will organize
the 13th WCNDT. The responsible society will be ABENDE. The contact person
will be Dr. Perigo, president of ABENDE.
Both societies are applauded by the floor.
The 13th World Conference is envisaged to be held from October 11, toOctober 16th, 1992 in the city of San Paulo.
b) Proposals for the 15th World Conference
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Szucs (Canada) cannot give specific dates yet. Mr. Nardoni (Italy) clarified that
Italy has never organized a world conference on nondestructive testing andfurthermore, Italy was one of the founders of the ICNDT in 1955. After SouthAmerica and Asia the Conference should come to Europe, Rome.
c) Period Between World Conferences
Mr. Sladojevic, current President of the European Committee on
Nondestructive Testing, submitted a resolution adopted by ECNDT considering achance of intervals between world conferences from approximately three years toapproximately four years. Regional conferences could be organized in between
the world conferences at a regular interval as well: dates should be combined.
The resolution calls for ICNDT consideration and approval. Mr. Heard (Australia)
stated that the four year period is already mentioned in the Terms of Reference,
article 9.3.
Mr. Aman (USA) asked whether this requires a change in Terms ofReference, to which President Van Dijk clarified that this is not the case at the
moment. The ECNDT just asked for a coordinated sequence of events, so dates
would not clash. It concerns four type of events:-World Conference-European Conference-Pan- Pacific Conference-Latin-America/Caribbean Conference
Mr. Sharpe (United Kingdom) proposed to retain the flexibility the ICNDTis at the moment following, but that coordination is important.
Mr. Aman (USA) drew the attention to the fact that if world conferences
are going to take place, e.g. four years and one month after the last one, it
requires a change in Terms of Reference. Mr. Heard (Australia) mentioned thata change in intervals for world conferences will be agreeable for European
members but this will not be the case for members in the Asian/Pacific region. It
is much more difficult to organize a conference in that region than it is in Europe,
so a change to longer intervals between world conferences will be opposed byAustralia.
The Indian delegate, Mr. Viswoswaran, is of the opinion that ICNDT is the
major organization and that other organizations should adjust to the ICNDT,
which idea is supported by Mr. Heard.
Motion by Mr. Nardoni (Italy) to make a planning for WCNDT preferences:
1992 October, 1996 February and 2000, which motion is seconded by Mr.
Sharpe (United Kingdom). Motion carried. Tally: 28 for, 2 against and 2
abstentions.
This motion will give enough information to the secretariat in order toanswer the letter of ECNDT, as well as to inform the Pan-Pacific and LatinAmerican offices.
5. New Membership Applications
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applications have been handed out to all delegates present. The conclusions areattached to these minutes. All representatives from organizations applying formembership, except the representatives from Greece and Tunisia, have beeninterviewed by the working group. The societies have been checked on sevenelements and all societies are recommendable for membership. Additional
declarations from four organizations were filled and attached to the report.
Dr. Sharpe (United Kingdom) wished to congratulate the working group on
their thorough report and proposed to accept the recommendation as a motion
which is seconded by Mr. Beckley (USA).
Mr. Kopineck (invited as observer) had some questions to this, stating thata lot of information have been given in the documentation.
President Van Dijk stated that the item has been discussed during the 19th
meeting on April 23, 1989. The working group went through all documentation
submitted by the organizations.
Mr. Liu (China) asked for clarification on the membership application by
China-Taiwan. President Van Dijk explained that the membership application
has been checked on technical points and excluding political issues.
The motion was put forward by Mr. Sharpe (United Kingdom) is seconded
by Mr. Beckley (USA) and voted upon. Tally: 21 for, 0 against and 6 abstentions.
Motion did not carry as 22 in favour is needed to carry the motion.
Mr. Serrano (Spain) noted that there have been differences in voting. The
first vote counted 30, the second one counted 31 votes and on the current one
there is a total of 2. He supposed that not everybody present voted. The former
vote is declared invalid. The voting is carried out again by standing up. Tally: 24
for, 1 against and 7 abstentions (total 32 votes). Motion carried.
President Van Dijk moved to a notion that this in no way implies that
ICNDT recognizes countries or regions that may politically implied. Mr. Szucs(Canada) seconded the motion.
Mr. Egelkraut (Federal Republic of Germany) is of the opinion that all
votes should be carried out once more. There may have been miscounting
earlier in the meeting. Upon this remark, President Van Dijk asked the floor
whether revoting is necessary. Mr. Szucs (Canada) is of the opinion that only thelast vote required a 2/3 majority, the other votes not, so that those votes stand.
The motion of President Van Dijk and seconded by Mr. Szucs is voted
upon. Tally: 21 for, 1 against and 11 abstentions (total of 33).
After having congratulated all new members, Dr. Aymar of Peru thanked in
the name of all new members ICNDT and promised to do their best for thedevelopment of ICNDT in their countries/regions.
As the delegate of the USSR had to leave the meeting, he informed
President Van Dijk that the representative of Bulgaria will represent the USSR.
6. Qualification/Certification NDT Personnel
Professor Pawlowski informed the floor that the working group met on
April 24, 1989 of which the minutes are handed out to all present. The minutesof this meeting are attached to this document. Especially item no.3 “Present

112state of work of ISO TC 135/SC7” is important. The comments of ICNDT
members should go through their national bodies to ISO. Items no. 3 and 4 areconnected. Item no. 4 should be completed by “requirements accepted in Las
Vegas in 1985.” 33 persons attended the meeting of the working group. In thelist of attendants Mr. Aufricht of Austria has been forgotten. As far as it concerns
the compiler, a list of Nondestructive testing societies offering training is meant to
be informative. Saravejo 1990 should read 1991.
The working group is chaired by Professor Z. Pawlowski and others arebeing invited to attend. The working group is open to everybody willing tocontribute to the work of the group. All mail for the working group may be sent toProfessor Pawlowski through the current ICNDT secretariat. President Van Dijk
thanked Professor Pawlowski for his work. The training and education shows a
gap in the period 1970-1982.
Mr. Bosselaar (Netherlands) informed the floor on the implementation of
the qualification of NDT personnel in the European countries. Mr. Harding,
Secretary of ISO/SC7, has been informed on the outcome of the informal
meeting. President Van Dijk thanked Mr. Bosselaar for his report on the meeting.
Note: Mr. Harding gave Mr. Bosselaar the authorization to act in his name as wellin reporting the ISO opinion at the present ICNDT meeting.
It is recommended to promote the use of the draft standard. With respect
to the accreditation of examination test centres Mr. Harding likes to call upon the
British documents. This all implies most probably an extra meeting of thesubcommittee. The informal European group also discussed mutual recognitionand came to two conclusions:
1. Short run solution: bilateral agreements as by need and taste
2. In the long run adopting international standard as a minimum and supervisionof a national coordinating certifying body.
The question is whether ICNDT should act on these recommendations or
should the executive office write in accordance recommendations. Mr. Kopineck
is of the opinion that it can be discussed and give it to the working group ofProfessor Pawlowski, so that the group can work with it. Mr. Konkoly asked
whether the minutes of the present meeting are going to be distributed amongst
other bodies. President Van Dijk stated that the minutes will not be distributed
but that only a letter will be drafted and sent out of which letter all ICNDT
members receive a copy. Mr. Beckley (USA) requested a further explanation as
in the document it says “amendment”, but it concerns “an expression of
opinions.” It is to keep the communication going. ICNDT will not convey
messages it does not like.
Mr. Bosselaar once more stated that it is intended to avoid a multiplicity ofbilateral contracts.
Mr. Wheeler (USA) asked for clarification on the issue of National
certification bodies. Mr. Bosselaar explained that national certification bodies aresupervised by bodies on (near) governmental level. Mr. Bosselaar mentionedthat the national certification bodies will internationally communicate on
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The executive office of ICNDT will be as informative as possible towards
its members on this issue. Mr. Aufricht (Austria) is of the opinion that if there isanything to report, then this information should be distributed to all members. Mr.
Nardoni (Italy) understood that ASNT is a strong body, but reminded organize aninternational certification body accepted in the different countries.
As far as it concerns item 3.3 of the working group of Professor
Pawlowski, Mr. Feddercen is the ISO intermediate. He already has agreed tocommunicate matters of interest to the ICNDT secretariat.
Interruption by Mr. Liu (China) who would like to bring forward a motion
concerning the new memberships. He agrees to the 13 new memberships, but
he opposes against the membership of Taiwan and that the membership of
Taiwan can only be considered after change in Terms of Reference. President
Van Dijk mentioned that it will be dealt with later in the meeting.
7. Role of NDT Societies in Promoting-the teaching of NDT in schools and Universities-growing fields on NDT application
This item has been put on the agenda on the request of Italy. Mr. Nardoni
is given the floor. He stated that the Italian society is promoting nondestructive
testing at schools and universities by organizing seminars for teaching personnel.
It is important that the national nondestructive testing societies support schools
and universities in this field. Momentarily, the main fields are nondestructive
testing in construction and nondestructive testing society belong to the so-called“non-metal areas”. Mr. Nardoni proposed to localize the individuals that haveknowledge in certain fields.
President Van Dijk is personally of the opinion that national societies
should take the lead in generating new issues, that training is an effective way ofcommunication between countries, but first of all a certain language should beselected (e.g. English) to facilitate international exchange of training material. No
consensus was agreed upon.
8. Response to Research and Development Inquiry (Dr.R.S. Sharpe)
The history of this is as follows. At the Melbourne conference it wassuggested that the subject of a register on research might be carried out through
ICNDT as an activity between conferences. Apparently, it is not a practical task,
to set up such a register under the responsibility of ICNDT. Only two countries
responded in a positive way. A large number of problems (confidentiality, etc.)
associated with such an activity. There is a lack of understanding within
universities on what nondestructive testing is. The information was put into theHarwell computer. It appeared that it would be a fairly costly business to put thedata in. Mr. Sharpe recommended not to continue this activity. President Van
Dijk thanked Mr. Sharpe for his efforts and wished to express his personal
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9. Further Business-Draft letter to UNIDO/IAEA
A draft letter has been set up on which all delegates present received acopy. If nobody present is opposing to this draft, it will be sent to the executive
office. There are no objections.
-Honourary members ICNDT
Two individuals are proposed for honourary membership:
1. Mr. H. Bosselaar
2. Mr. A. de Sterke
Motion proposed by Mr. Aman (USA) and seconded by Mr. Kljuev (USSR)
Tally: 32 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions
The flag of the 12th WCNDT is handed out to Mr. Bosselaar. Mr.
Bosselaar thanked the ICNDT and expressed his hope that nondestructive
testing will have a future perspective, because there still is a lot to accomplish.
-Membership of Taiwan, China
Mr. Liu (China) brought forward that the report proposing 14 newmembers was only received just before the meeting and that one did not haveenough time to study it. The meeting was put for a block motion to accept 14
new members. As long as the Terms of Reference have not been changed,
Taiwan cannot become a new member.
President Van Dijk put forward that the report was only just ready when it
was handed out.
Mr. Liu proposed a motion that the membership of Taiwan can only bevoted upon after the change in the Terms of Reference has become effective.
Mr. Nardoni (Italy) made the observation that ICNDT is supposed to be
non-political. Science and technics are going over the limit of politics. To which
Mr. Liu replied that the Terms of Reference are non-political as well. Mr.
Kopineck (invited as observer) is of the opinion that this is a serious problem.
First of all the Terms of Reference exist, and the Terms of Reference have to befollowed. Mr. Egelkraut (Federal Republic of Germany) seconded the motion of
Mr. Liu.
Mr. Chen of Taiwan expressed his regards to the meeting and explainedthat the society he represents is a private and non-political society.
The motion is voted upon. Tally: 6 for, 12 against, 12 abstentions. Motion
did not carry.
President Van Dijk hoped that the Terms of Reference will be changed assoon as possible.
Mr. Kopineck hoped that the problem on article 4 of Terms of Reference
will be solved as soon as possible as well. Professor Pawlowski stated that thissituation asks for a solution and perhaps the creation of a new working group
could help. It is a very important question.
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societies that deal with nondestructive testing. The working group on Terms ofReference has presented its proposal to this meeting, taking this article in mind.
-Other Business
The New Zealand delegate invited all present to attend the conference in
1990.
Dr. Sharpe thanked President Van Dijk and the Netherlands society for thehospitality and wished that the delegates should not leave the meeting indisharmony but that everybody should work together.
President Van Dijk thanked Dr. Sharpe for his words.
10. Adjournment
At the proposal of Mr. Szucs (Canada) the meeting is adjourned byPresident Van Dijk. The 21st meeting is scheduled on October 11, 1992 at 14:00
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEFOR
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGTERMS OF REFERENCE

AND RECOMMENDATIONSFOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF FUTURE WORLD CONFERENCES
FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

1985

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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Adopted in Montreal, Canada, May 1967
Revised in Melbourne, Australia, November 1979
Revised in Moscow, USSR, August 1982

1. Definition
1.1 Non-destructive testing is a procedure which covers the inspection
and/or testing of any material, component or assembly by means
which do not affect its ultimate serviceability.
1.2 In the present state of knowledge the following methods of nondestructive testing are included:a) radiation transmissionb) ultrasonicc) eddy-currentd) electric and magnetice) liquid penetrantf) visual and opticalg) determination of physical and technological propertiesh) acoustic emission
This list is not intended to be exclusive but merely indicative of thenature of tests involved.
2. NameThe organization shall be known as the International Committee for NonDestructive Testing. The abbreviated terms “International Committee” or“ICNDT” used below will be taken to refer to this organization.
3. Objectives
3.1 The objectives of the International Committee shall be to promoteinternational collaboration in all matters relating to the development
and use of all methods of non-destructive testing.
3.2 To this end, the International Committee shall, in association with
National Organizations in non-destructive testing:
3.2.1 Encourage the organization of World Conferences on themethods and uses of non-destructive testing at intervals of
three to four years.
3.2.2 To encourage the formulation of International Standards on
non-destructive testing in collaboration with the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and National
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3.2.3 Encourage the formation of National Organizations on nondestructive testing so that accredited national
representatives to this Committee can be appointed.
3.3 The International Committee shall not engage in commercial or tradeactivities, and shall not concern itself with wage rates, prices ormarkets.
4. Membership
4.1 The International Committee shall be made up of one representativeof each country, nominated by an appropriate national body in thatcountry which has registered its intention to collaborate and cooperate in the work of the International Committee.
4.2 Each country may nominate a second representative to theInternational Committee, but he shall not be entitled to vote except in
the absence of the first representative. If the second representative isalso absent, the delegation may appoint another representative fromits own country. Proxies must be appointed in writing to the President
prior to the commencement of an International Committee meeting.
4.3 Although a country’s nominee may be attached to a commercialorganization, it shall be understood that he represents his country’s
interests in the development of the uses and methods of nondestructive testing and must not concern himself within theInternational Committee with those aspects debarred by item 3.3
above.
4.4 Countries that wish to join the work of the International Committee
shall make written application to the President currently in office andtheir application shall be voted on by the International Committee atthe next international conference, or by postal ballot. A majority votein keeping with 10.3 in favour of their application will be necessary toensure their representation on the International Committee.
4.5 It is desirable in the interests of continuity to retain the same
representatives on the International Committee as long as possible.
However, countries may change their representatives provided thePresident and Secretary currently in office are advised in writing by
the National Organization concerned one month prior to the next
meeting of the International Committee.
5. Officers
5.1 The officers of the International Committee shall be a President, twoVice-Presidents and a Secretary, and the Immediate Past President,
ex officio.
5.2 The officers of the International Committee shall be appointed by thecountry that will host and organize the next World Conference, in
accordance with the following:
5.2.1 The President, one Vice-President and the Secretary shallbe from, and located in, the host country.

1195.2.2 The other Vice-President need not be from the host country.
6. Steering Committee
6.1 A Steering Committee shall be formed by the host country and shallconsist of the Officers defined in Section 5, and preferably one or twoother members.
6.1.1 The other member or members may be from the hostcountry or from National Organizations from other countries
represented on the International Committee.
6.1.2 It is suggested that in addition to the Immediate Past
President, another member of a former Conference
organizing committee be a member of the Steering
Committee in order to benefit from past experience and tohelp maintain continuity between Conferences.
6.2 The functions of the Steering Committee shall be:
6.2.1 To organize the forthcoming Conference,
6.2.2 To make recommendations to the International Committee
as appropriate.
7. Duties
7.1 President. The President, during his term of office and with the aid of
the Steering Committee, shall organize and conduct the forthcoming
World Conference as directed by the National Organization, or othersuch body responsible for the Conference. He shall administer all
actions of the International Committee and act as Chairman or
appoint an alternate for all meetings of the Committee. Twice a year
the President shall disseminate information received from
representatives up to one month before. He shall also disseminate, at
not more than 3 yearly intervals, an ICNDT Handbook which should
include the INCDT history, the ICNDT Terms of Reference, a list ofmembers of all previous ICNDT Steering Committees, a list ofprevious ICNDT meetings and conferences, details of Working
Groups, a list of current ICNDT delegates, and details of futureplanned Conferences.
7.2 Immediate Past President. The duties of the Immediate Past
President shall be to advise the President and perform other suchduties as delegated by the President.
7.3 Vice-Presidents. The duties of the Vice-President shall be as
designated by the President.
7.4 Secretary. In co-operation with the President, the Secretary shall be
responsible for terminating as expeditiously as possible all activities of
the Conference, including the publication of the Transactions; forrecording all matters associated with the International Committee
between meetings; for recording and distributing minutes ofInternational Committee meetings held during his term of office. He
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National Organizations recognized by the International Committee,
and of the names and addresses of appointed representatives, voting
and non-voting.
8. Term of Office
8.1 The terms of all officers shall start immediately following thecompletion of one conference, and shall terminate upon thecompletion of the next.
8.2 It is desirable that officers be named prior to the beginning of theirterm of office.
9. Venue and Frequency of World Conferences
9.1 At each conference the International Committee shall confirm thedecision made in principle at the previous conference as to thecountry which will host the next conference.
9.2 Subsequently at the conference, member countries will be
encouraged to issue invitations to host successive conferences;
information on official government or other backing and sufficientfinancial support for the preconference period shall be given. These
invitations and supporting information will be discussed and adecision in principle for the successive host country will be taken.
Should no such invitations be received, member countries will be
invited to submit proposals in writing prior to the next committee
meeting.
9.3 The normal interval between World Conferences under the aegis of
the International Committee shall be three to four years.
9.4 The time of year and venue for each conference will be decided by
the National Organization of the country acting as host.
9.5 Recommendations for organizing the World Conference as adopted inCannes, France in 1976 shall be followed as closely as possible.
10. Procedure
10.1 The International Committee shall meet at least once during each
World Conference, and preferably at the beginning and end of theconference.
10.2 Between meetings, decisions where necessary, will be sought bypostal ballot, in accordance with item 10.3.
10.3 A majority vote corresponding to at least two-thirds of the countries
represented on the International Committee will be necessary on all
matters put to a vote. In a postal vote, those countries which do not
reply by the stipulated date will be considered to be in favour of the
motion.
However, these rules do not apply in the case of an action whose
purpose is to honour a member of the Committee, the provisions
being then stipulated under item 13.

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10.4 At meetings of the International Committee, all voting shall be byshow of hands of those present.
11. Finance11.1 The expenses incurred in relation to a World Conference shall beborne by the host country.
11.2 Such expenses as apply to a World Conference may be recoveredfrom the registration fee charged for delegates attending theconference.
11.3 The International Committee will not be expected to give any
financial aid to countries organizing World Conferences.
12. Official Languages
12.1 Official documents of ICNDT and WCNDT shall be in English.
Translation into other languages may be made.
12.2 Administration of the conference shall be in English and may be in
the language of the host country.
12.3 Papers shall be submitted in English.
12.4 Presentations shall be in English or in the language of the hostcountry. A speaker using a language other than English shall be
responsible for providing simultaneous translation into English.
12.5 The host country or other delegations wishing to listen to papers intheir own language shall be responsible for arranging for
simultaneous translation from English. Facilities for such
simultaneous translations shall be provided by the host country.
13. Procedure for Honouring a Member of the International Committee
13.1 The President, with the accord of the last two Presidents and theapproval of more than half of the International Committee, mayhonour a meritorious retired or retiring member or long acting
members on the occasion of a meeting of the Committee or on suchother occasion as he considers appropriate, e.g. a regional
conference. ( In a postal ballot for this purpose no answer means
abstention)
13.2 The person to be honoured shall have been active throughout
several conference periods in promoting the objectives of theInternational Committee.
13.3 No fixed type of honour or method of honouring a member need beestablished. Recognition of an award of honour may be by a letter, a
diploma, a present or similar. The honour so bestowed is to berecorded in the minutes of the International Committee.
14. Changes in Terms of Reference
14.1 Any proposed changes to these Terms of Reference must be
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14.2 Such proposed changes, provided they are seconded, shall bevoted upon by the International Committee at its next meeting.
15. Relations with the International Organization for Standardization
Although the Terms of Reference allow for discussion of matters requiring
standardization, it must be understood that all requests for standardization must
be dealt with by the National Standards Organization of the countries
represented on the International Committee, and all communications with theInternational Organization for Standardization shall be through the National
Standards Organization, where they exist.
16. Publications
16.1 The publication of any official statement arising from the World
Conference, or from the International Committee, can be authorized
only by the International Committee.
16.2 In general, the publication of such statements will be undertaken byeach country represented on the International Committee.

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RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF FUTURE WORLD CONFERENCES
ON NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGThe International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT) has
approved that the following recommendations should apply to the arrangementsof future World Conferences by national organizers appointed by the ICNDT.
1. Duration
A full week of technical meetings from Monday to Friday is recommended.
2. Papers
It is left to the discretion of individual National Organizations whether
proposals to present papers are to be notified directly by the authors or centrally
through their National Organization.
Responsibility for maintaining technical and scientific standards in thepapers rests with the National Organization.
3. Deadlines
The call for papers and the respective application forms should be issued
by the organizer at least 12 months before the date of the Conference.
The request to submit a paper must reach the organizer with anaccompanying abstract at least 9 months before the date of the Conference.
Acceptance or rejection of a paper is to be indicated by the organizer 8
months before the date of the Conference.
Presentational information and details of lecture room facilities are to begiven to authors when they receive notification of acceptance of their papers.
A provisional program with a list of accepted papers and the proposedsequence of their presentation in each particular section is to be sent to authors,national delegates on the International Committee and to appropriate National
Organizations at least 6 months before the date of the Conference.
Final manuscripts in an agreed format should be submitted, at the latest, 4months before the Conference. They must be capable of direct reproduction.
An accepted paper can be rejected by the organizer, if the deadlines are
not kept.
The final program is to be available at least 3 months before the date of
the Conference. Preprints of the papers should be available for distribution todelegates when the Conference commences. The organizer should also assist
delegates by providing facilities for mailing the preprints to any address after the
Conference. Relevant preprints should be made available to nominated session
chairmen 1 month before the date of the Conference.
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A list of participants with their affiliations and full postal addresses should
be distributed at the beginning of the Conference. It will be up-dated during theConference, if necessary.
4. Program
Sunday evening:
Monday morning:Thursday evening:
Friday afternoon:

informal reception
formal opening of Conferencesocial gathering and Conference dinnerformal closure of Conference

The sessions of the International Committee should be held on Sunday
and Thursday.
5. Papers, Publications
Provision should be made for the following:-individual papers-summary papers-panel discussions
The National Organization reserves the right to fix the number of invited
papers, and of organizing the Conference in a maximum of 3 parallel sessions
with an accurately designated timetable so that delegates can circulate amongst
the sessions if they so wish.
The allocated time for presentation of individual papers should take into
account the need for an adequate discussion period following each presentation.
A rapporteur system is not favoured.
The National Organization may publish the Conference proceedings forgeneral sale if they so wish. Authors, however, are at liberty to seek or accept
publication of their Conference papers in other scientific or technical journals.
When this is done, reference must be made to the fact that the paper waspresented at a World Conference meeting.
6. Languages
The papers and the discussions are to be delivered in English or in thelanguage of the organizing country. In the latter case, the preprints should
contain an extended summary in English.
The papers and discussions are to be delivered in English or in thelanguage of the organizing country. The organizer is responsible forsimultaneous translation of the presentations and discussion.
Further languages can be allowed for papers and discussions if theorganizing , or another interested country, carries the cost of translating to andfrom English and the language of the organizing country.
7. Exhibitions
An industrial exhibition should be held during the whole period of theConference and it should be housed in the same building. All exhibits shouldhave some clear connection with NDT.

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Participation in the exhibition is to be invited by the organizer 24 months
before the date of the Conference.
The binding consent of an exhibitor is to be made known to the organizer
at least 14 months before the date of the Conference.
The organizer will inform the exhibiting firms on the plan and stand layout
at least 12 months before the date of the Conference.
8. Films and Shows
The organizer should provide a hall, where technical films can be shownon particular days.
9. Reception Parties by Firms
Organized reception parties by firms must be officially approved. They
should be restricted to one particular evening to be fixed by the organizer.
10. Social Activities
The National Organization should plan and carry out the following on thebasis of individual experience, financial resources and local opportunity, andmust bear overall responsibility for all relevant details:-travel arrangements-hotel reservations-program of any technical visits during the Conference-after conference tours-visits to concerts, operas and theatres-receptions by the municipal and national authorities-ladies’ program

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