FORM 1:
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW FIELD OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITY
Circulation date2020-07-08

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

Closing date for voting
2020-09-30
Proposer
ISO/TMB

ISO/TS/P 291

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 technical committee,
subcommittee or project committee, the Technical Management Board or a General Assemblycommittee, the Secretary-General, a body responsible for managing a certification system
operating under the auspices of ISO, or another international organization with national bodymembership. 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 newfield of technical activity which the proposal is intended to cover).
Reference materials
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 competent production and use of reference materials, including
the concepts, terms and definitions related to reference materials☒

The proposer has checked whether the proposed scope of the new committee
overlaps with the scope of any existing ISO committee☐

If an overlap or the potential for overlap is identified, the affected committee has 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 toeliminate 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.

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Proposed initial programme of work. (The proposed programme of work shall correspondto 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 shallbe defined by both the subject aspect(s) to be standardized (for products, for example,
the items would be the types of products, characteristics, other requirements, data to besupplied, test methods, etc.). Supplementary justification may be combined withparticular items in the programme of work. The proposed programme of work shall alsosuggest priorities and target dates.)
Transformation of existing REMCO Guides into Standards in line with Annex A of ISO/IECDirectives, Part 1.
Change deliverable types of REMCO projects (which are currently under development) fromGuides to Standard type.
Once established, the secretariat of the new TC will also contact the secretariat of ISO/CASCO
to discuss the possibility of transferring ISO 17034:2016, General requirements for thecompetence of reference material producers (former REMCO Guide 34:2009) from CASCO tothe new TC’s portfolio (resolutions from both committees needed).
Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under theproposal (This may be combined with the "Proposed initial programme of work" if moreconvenient).
See above

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Page 3A 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 Guide 30:2015, Reference materials — Selected terms and definitions
ISO Guide 30:2015/DAmd 1, Reference materials — Selected terms and definitions —Amendment 1: Revisions of definitions for reference material and certified reference material
ISO Guide 31:2015, Reference materials — Contents of certificates, labels and accompanying
documentation
ISO Guide 33:2015, Reference materials — Good practice in using reference materials
ISO Guide 35:2017, Reference materials — Guidance for characterization and assessment ofhomogeneity and stability
ISO Guide 80:2014, Guidance for the in-house preparation of quality control materials (QCMs)
ISO/AWI Guide 85, Guidance for the production of reference materials having one or moreassigned qualitative property values
ISO/AWI WD Guide 86, Guidance for pure reference materials for small organic molecules
ISO/AWI Guide 87, Guidance for 'pure' reference materials for metals and metalloids
ISO 17034:2016, General requirements for the competence of reference material producers
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 duplication and conflict
will be minimized. If seemingly similar or related work is already in the scope of othercommittees of the organization or in other organizations, the proposed scope shalldistinguish between the proposed work and the other work. The proposer shall indicate
whether his or her proposal could be dealt with by widening the scope of an existingcommittee or by establishing a new committee.)

NOTE: TMB decided in its Resolution 17/2020 that it would be more appropriate for REMCO tobecome a technical committee.
A listing of relevant countries where the subject of the proposal is important to theirnational commercial interests.
The membership of the new TC is expected to be similar to the membership of ISO/REMCO.
See current membership of REMCO : 33 P members and 38 O members :https://www.iso.org/committee/55002.html?view=participation

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Page 4A listing of relevant external international organizations or internal parties (other ISOand/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.)
The current liaison relations with ISO/REMCO are expected to be re-established with the newTC. Currently 9 ISO committees have a liaison with REMCO and 16 Internationalorganizations are in A liaison: https://www.iso.org/committee/55002.html.
In addition, the new TC should also participate (as REMCO currently does) in the Joint
Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) through ISO (in JCGM/WG 1 and WG2) (ISObeing member of JCGM)
A simple and concise statement identifying and describing relevant affected stakeholdercategories (including small and medium sized enterprises) and how they will each benefit
from or be impacted by the proposed deliverable(s).
Users of reference materials, namely measurement or testing and calibration laboratories;
producers of reference materials; accreditation bodies, with respect to accreditation of referencematerial producers; and other ISO Committees making use of the horizontal advisory function ofREMCO.
An expression of commitment from the proposer to provide the committee secretariat if
the proposal succeeds.
Offers to hold the secretariat have been received from 8 NSBs. The TMB will allocate thesecretariat to one of these NSBs following the due process.
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 businesscase 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.)
The TMB noted that the deliverable type “guides” for the documents that REMCO haspublished and has under development was not correct. Therefore, for REMCO to be able topublish other types of deliverables, i.e. international standards, the TMB decided that it would
be more appropriate for REMCO to become a technical committee (TMB Resolution 17/2020)
Signature of the proposer
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Page 5Further information to assist with understanding the requirements for the items above can befound in the Directives, Part 1, Annex C.

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