Standardisation FAQ

What are the requirements for approving a committee’s decision?

According to the guide, EVS JUHEND 6, the committee takes its decisions either at the meetings or in writing outside the meetings.

Committee meetings are announced at least one week in advance. Meeting minutes are signed by the chairman and the secretary and are made available to all the committee members and EVS within one week.

The draft decision to be taken outside of meeting is circulated to all committee members at least one week in advance. The voting record must include the voting result (including the votes of the members) and it must be annexed to the committee decision, that is signed by the committee chairman or the project manager. The decision is made available to all the committee members and EVS within one week.

In General, more than 50 % of committee voting members must be in favor to take a committee decision. Issues requiring different consensus are as follows:

Issue that requires voting	Required consensus	Notes
Establishment of EVS/TC or EVS/PC	Unanimous
Changing the scope of the committee or project description	The approval of 3/4 of the committee’s voting members	e.g. adding a mirror committee, etc.
Disbandment of EVS/TC or EVS/PC	The approval of 3/4 of the committee’s voting members
The exclusion of a committee member	The approval of 2/3 of the committee’s voting members
Approval of draft Estonian homegrown standard and draft Estonian standard, based on modified international standard or including national annexes, for public enquiry	The approval of 2/3 of the committee’s voting members	The approval must be based on a consensus of the committee members.
Proposal for enforcing an Estonian standard	The approval of 2/3 of the committee’s voting members	The proposal for enforcing an Estonian standard must be based on a consensus of the committee members.
Proposal for withdrawing an Estonian standard	The approval of 2/3 of the committee’s voting members	The proposal for withdrawing an Estonian standard must be based on a consensus of the committee members.
Confirmation of (new) committee member	Written confirmation of the chairman or project manager
Agreement related to the covering of administrative cost	The approval of all participants included in the agreement
Only the voter’s clear and unambiguous unconditional agreement is considered as an approval. No response is not considered as an approval.

 

How does voting on European and international standard drafts take place?

Voting on European drafts and international drafts that are being consulted publicly and up for a formal vote, in the compilation of which the committee participates as a participating member (P-member), is organised centrally via the Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation and based on the committee’s input.

In case of other votes (e.g. a committee’s internal vote), the relevant committee is responsible for giving the relevant input.

The summarised table | 120 KB | PDF includes the voting procedures, voting length, and voters.