Technical review by the Secretariat to the Commission. Each program under review is assigned a liaison. Program may proceed to site visit regardless of Commission's recommendation. Commission sends the program an Interim Report listing specific standards which need further clarification beyond the SSR in order to assess the program's conformance.
Program responds to interim report.
First contact with liaison generally occurs after receipt of interim report and may be initiated by the liaison or program. Program may eliminate one name. Site visit occurs between January 1 to March 31. SVT prepares a draft report. Program responds and final SVT report is sent to Commission by May.