• CENELEC
  

Cenelec is the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation. It was created in 1973 as a conclusion of the two former European organisations CENELCOM and CENEL. Today the members are the National Electrotechnical Committees of 30 European countries. In addition, 8 National Committees from neighbouring countries are participating active in CENELEC with an Affiliate status. Since the 1950´s the different members have been working together in the interest of European harmonisation. The process of standardisation is oriented on requests by the market and harmonized standards in support of European legislation. All CENELEC standards are voluntary.

www.cenelec.org

• CEN
  

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) was founded in 1961. The incorporators were the national standards bodies in the European Economic Community and EFTA countries.

Today CEN is contributing to the objectives of the European Union and European Economic Area with a number of technical standards which promote free trade, the safety of workers and consumers, interoperability of networks, environmental protection, exploitation of research and development programmes, and public procurement. All standards developed by CEN are voluntary.

• CEPT
  

The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), established on June 26, 1959 is a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal organisations. The acronym comes from the French version of its name Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications. Current CEPT organisations include:

·   the European Radiocommunications Committee,

·   the CERP (Comité européen des régulateurs postaux),

·   the European Committee for Regulatory Telecommunications Affairs and

·   the European Telecommunications Office.

Today regulatory authorities from 47 European countries are active members of the CEPT. They are working together to create regulations for postal and telecommunication applications in Europe.

• ETSI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), headquartered in Sophia Antipolis (France),  is an independent and non-profit organisation. The organisations task is to produce telecommunications standards for today and for the future. It is official responsible for the development of standards for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within Europe. These technologies include telecommunications, broadcasting and related areas such as intelligent transportation and medical electronics. Presently the 655 members of ETSI are coming from 59 countries all over the world. They are manufacturers, network operators, administrations, service providers, research bodies and users. ETSI is developing a wide range of standards and other technical documentation as Europe's contribution to world-wide ICT standardisations. These standards are close to market needs and have a wide acceptance. The prime objective of the organisation is to support the global harmonization by providing a forum in which all players can participate active. ETSI is reporting into European Commission and officially recognized by the EFTA secretariat.

• ICNIRP
  

ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) is a body of independent scientific experts. It is consisting of a main Commission of 14 members, 4 Scientific Standing Committees covering Epidemiology, Biology, Dosimetry and Optical Radiation and a number of consulting experts. ICNIRP aims to disseminate information on the potential health hazards of exposure to non-ionizing radiation to everyone with an interest in the subject. ICNIRP's information and advice covers most non-ionizing radiations including optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible and infrared - and lasers), static and time-varying electric and magnetic fields as well as radiofrequency (including microwave) radiation and ultrasound. The organisation is supported material and organisational by the German government.

• IEC
  

The International Electrotechnical Commission is a global organisation that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies, which shall be used as a reference for national standardisation and international tenders and contracts. The Commission's objectives are to:

·   meet the requirements of the global market efficiently

·   ensure primacy and maximum world-wide use of its standards and conformity assessment schemes

·   improve the quality of products and services covered by its standards

·   establish the conditions for the interoperability of complex systems

·   increase the efficiency of industrial processes

·   contribute to the improvement of human health and safety

·   contribute to the protection of the environment.

www.iec.ch

• ISO
  

ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) is one of the world's largest developer of standards. The principal activity of ISO is the development of technical standards. The standards are used by all different groups of the society: industrial and business organisations of all types, governments and other regulatory bodies, trade officials, conformity assessment professionals, suppliers and customers of products and services in both public and private sector. The standards have an important economic and social repercussion. ISO standards try to contribute to make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient and safer, the trade between countries easier and fairer and to provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental legislation.

• ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17
  

In 1988 the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) created a Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1). Sub-Committee 17 (SC17) is responsible for the development of standards for Identification Cards and personal identification. SC17 is divided in different Working Groups that are responsible for the different aspects of standardisation.

·   WG1 - Physical Characteristics And Test Methods For Identification Cards

·   WG3 - Machine Readable Travel Documents

·   WG4 - Integrated Circuit Cards With Contacts

·   WG5 - Registration Management Group

·   WG7 - Financial Transaction Cards

·   WG8 – Contact less Integrated Circuit(s) Cards, Related Devices And Interfaces

·   WG9 - Optical Memory Cards And Devices

·   OWG - Technology Co-Existence On Identification Cards

·   WG10 - Motor Vehicle Driver Licences

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• ISO/IEC JTC1 SC31
  

Sub-Committee 31 of the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee cares about the development of standards for data formats, data syntax, data structures, data encoding, and technologies for the process of automatic identification and data capture. SC31 has 48 members. 24 of these 48 are participating and 7 are Observer National Bodies. The other 17 are Liaison members. SC17 is divided in 4 Working Groups:

·   WG 1 - Data Carrier

·   WG 2 - Data Structure

·   WG 3 - Conformance

• ISO TC23 SC19
  

TC23 SC19 specifies standards that define the structure of the radio-frequency (RF) identification code for animals. RF identification of animals requires that the bits transmitted by a transponder are interpretable by a transceiver. Usually the bit stream contains data bits, defining the identification code and a number of bits to ensure correct reception of the data bits.

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• ISO TC46 SC4
  

ISO Technical Committee 46/Subcommittee 4 (TC46/SC4) is the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Subcommittee responsible for technical standards used to facilitate interoperability of information services such as libraries, information centres, indexing and abstracting services, archives, and publishers. These technical standards include standards for information retrieval and interlibrary loan, applications of SGML, data elements directories, data formats, character sets, codes and user commands. Its scope is the standardisation of the methods and procedures for use of computers in information and documentation:

·   communication, including application protocols and formats,

·   data element directories, including interlibrary loan, acquisitions, etc.,

·   computer aspects of electronic manuscripts and publications,

·   data base management standards for information and documentation, including common command   language,

·   character sets,

·   codes for computer usage.

• ISO TC 104
  

An ISO committee was installed concerning on container dimensions - the “ISO Technical Committee 104 (TC104) on Freight Containers”. ISO TC 104 members are coming from 57 countries all over the world and are split into 32 participating and 25 observer countries.

The scope of ISO TC 104 is the standardisation of freight containers, having an external volume of one cubic meter and greater, as regards terminology, classification, dimensions, specifications, handling, test methods and marking. Within these activities the TC 104 is developing RFID application standards for freight container and returnable transport units. For this purpose the Joint Working Group (JWG) of ISO Technical Committee 122 and ISO Technical Committee 104 with the title “Supply Chain Applications on RFID” was founded.

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• ISO TC 122
  

An ISO committee was installed concerning on shipping labels and on product packaging - the “ISO Technical Committee 122 (TC122) on Packaging”. The ISO TC 122 members are coming from 71 countries all over the world and are split into 29 participating and 42 observer countries.

The scope of ISO TC 122 is the standardisation in the field of packaging with regard to terminology and definitions, packaging dimensions, performance requirements and tests. Excluded are matters falling within the scopes of particular committees (e.g. TC 6, 52 and 104).

Within these activities the TC 122 is developing RFID application standards for product tagging and packaging. For this purpose the Joint Working Group (JWG) of ISO Technical Committee 122 and ISO Technical Committee 104 with the title “Supply Chain Applications on RFID” was founded.

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• ISO TC 204
  

An ISO committee was installed concerning on surface transportation - the “ISO Technical Committee 204 (TC204) on Intelligent Transport Systems”. The ISO TC 122 members are coming from 51 countries all over the world and are split into 24 participating and 27 observer countries.

The scope of ISO TC 204 is the standardisation of information, communication and control systems in the field of urban and rural surface transportation, including intermodal and multimodal aspects thereof, traveller information, traffic management, public transport, commercial transport, emergency services and commercial services in the intelligent transport systems (ITS) field. Excluded are in-vehicle transport information and control systems (ISO / TC 22).

It should be noted, that ISO / TC 204 is responsible for the overall system aspects and infrastructure aspects of intelligent transport systems (ITS), as well as the coordination of the overall ISO work programme in this field including the schedule for standards development, taking into account the work of international standard bodies.