It should be noted that both an English and a French text must be available for each Part during the Approval stage which comes next. This translation should be instigated at an early date to allow time for a quality effort. The Committee stage ends for a CD when the Part is accepted by committee ballot. The document is then given to the Secretariat who formally submits the English and French versions to ISO for registration of the Part as a Draft International Standard. Recipients are asked to vote on the approval of the DIS as an International Standard.
All national bodies have an obligation to reply.
A six-month voting period is prescribed. Ballot comments are collected by ISO and are returned to our committee. Abstentions are excluded when counting votes. If so approved, the committee Chairman, in cooperation with the Secretariat, and in consultation with the ISO Chief Executive Officer makes a decision whether the document should be published without change or whether an amendment should be drafted to reflect persuasive technical comments received. If an amendment is drafted, it requires a two-month vote as above.