Scott Steedman - E-Cigarette Summit 2014

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Developing standards to ensure consumer and

public confidence in product safety

Scott Steedman CBE Director of Standards THE E-CIGARETTE SUMMIT, 13 November 2014

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Staff in the NSB, Standards and Publishing 300

Subscribing members 14,900

Committee members >10,000

Technical and Subcommittees 1,200

Live projects (ISO/IEC/CEN/CLC and

national standards) 7,000

International/European secretariats 190

International and European Standards work 93%

BSI – the UK National Standards Body (NSB)


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• Standards are written by experts with open public consultation.

• Standards can be best practice guidance, codes or specifications.

• Standards are a voluntary tool that captures the consensus of all relevant stakeholders of ‘what good looks like’ on any issue.

• Standards are used very effectively alongside, or as an alternative to regulation, as a market driven stimulus to higher performance.

Standards are not Regulations


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Organisations use three types of formal standard to deliver products and services for the rapidly changing world market

NSB standards have to meet WTO principles:

1. Full stakeholder engagement,

2. Open public consultation,

3. Consensus.


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NSB engagement

Unions

Business Regional Government

Central Government

Trading Standards

Regulators

Consumers Charities

BIS, Cabinet Office, UKTI, FCO, No. 10,

HSE, MOD, DEFRA, DECC IPO, TSB, Research Councils

CPISAC, IEHF

RNIB TSI, SCOTTS

Finance (FCA, Lambert) Health (CQC, DoH)

Food (FSA, Elliott Review)

TUC

Professions RIBA, ICE, IET, BMA,

Royal Colleges

OEMs (BAE Systems, ARUP, Syngenta) SME Forum

CBI, IOD, FSB, Chambers of Commerce

Academia

Stakeholders

Cambridge, Edinburgh Strathclyde, Surrey Universities

Scotland, Wales

Government Industry

Public


• Some consumers are excluded or disadvantaged by organizations and processes.

• Vulnerability is complex and

• Information may not be clear.

• Promotions can be confusing.

• There are unfair or misleading practices and mis-selling, despite a regulatory framework including the Equality Act and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.

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Consumer issues: Inclusive Service Provision

BS 18477 on Inclusive Service Provision was developed following research with support from government, charities and consumer bodies.


Environmental issues

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PAS 2070:2013

Supported by the

Mayor of London,

the first standard in

the world for the

assessment of

greenhouse gas

emissions of a city.


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Agreeing best practices through the standards process is vital to:

• accelerate innovation (terminology, data quality and reliability, processes, principles),

• stimulate collaborative working,

• build client confidence in the products (open, shared ways of working),

• minimise regulation.

Standards for new and emerging industries


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A new standard

• To provide guidance on manufacturing, importing, testing, labelling, marketing and sale of personal vapour inhalers and directly-related products, and

• To specify robust testing methodologies intended to protect consumers from dangerous products on the market.

Users are expected to be:

• manufacturers, distributors and vendors of vaping products,

• laboratories and testing houses engaged in, or planning to be engaged in, the testing of e-liquids.

The PAS development process is directed by BSI and sponsored by the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA). The standard is not intended to cover those vaping products licensed as medicinal products.

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PAS 54115 – Guidance for production of e-cigarettes


National standards are developed using a rigorous consensus-based process. The role of the NSB is to independently facilitate the process in accordance with our ‘standard for standards’, PAS 0.

All interested parties can input to the development of the PAS. There are two opportunities for input:

• Steering Group – representatives of organizations identified as being important stakeholders in the project. Ultimate responsibility for composition of the Steering Group rests with BSI.

• Review Panel at the public consultation stage.

The draft of PAS 54115 is currently open for public comment at

http://drafts.bsigroup.com

The deadline for comments is 28 November 2014.

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PAS 54115 – Public consultation is open to 28/11/15


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• Standards are not Regulation but can be used effectively

alongside Regulation to deliver a policy outcome.

• This new guidance standard is an example of the work of the

National Standards Body in supporting consensus between an

emerging industry, consumers and regulators.

• The standard is open for public consultation and we would

welcome all comment, which will be considered by the

standards committee before the guidance is finalised.

• PAS 54115 is scheduled to publish in Spring 2015.

Scott Steedman, 13 November 2014

Standards build consumer and public confidence

Health & Medicine

Scott Steedman - E-Cigarette Summit 2014