ISO and IEC publish a number of international standards

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Recently, ISO and IEC have new developments, including ISO will revise the ISO 26000 standard, release international standards for electric bicycles, and revise international standards for medical device testing. IEC releases new standards for the detection of toxic substances and releases to ensure that urban services are in disaster New standards for continuing power supply when it strikes, etc., quality and certification (ID: cncete) organize the latest developments of ISO and IEC as follows:

ISO will revise the ISO 26000 standard

Recently, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved France’s initiative to set up a technical committee dedicated to social responsibility. Its primary task is to revise the voluntary standard ISO 26000 issued in 2010. The purpose of this revision is to enable ISO26000 to support corporate social responsibility policies and sustainable development goals more effectively on the basis of widespread application.

The voluntary standard ISO 26000 will be revised. The standard was released in 2010 and has been recognized by 93% of organizations in this field. This revision will absorb feedback from thousands of organizations in the past decade, all of which hope to make progress in this field while complying with the Sustainable Development Goals. The revised plan will be completed by the ISO organization. Not long ago, under the advocacy of France, enterprises, governments, associations, local enterprises and regional representatives from 67 countries discussed and voted on the plan. The final result was 38 votes in favor, 16 abstentions, and 13 votes against. The plan was passed. The goal of the plan is to provide organizations with better standards and tools, and place social responsibility issues at the core of social governance and economic development models. In addition to revising ISO 26000, it also has another important task, which is to find and develop a set of methods to enable enterprises to be effective regardless of their type, scale, industry and maturity in terms of social responsibility. Take on social responsibility.

1. Promote independent innovation of micro-enterprises (TPE)/small and medium-sized enterprises (PME)

"Goodwill-management 2020" (Goodwill-management) research shows that 83% of the companies with the CSR label are small and medium enterprises and micro enterprises. Therefore, facing the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations, the development of corporate social responsibility still appears to be a long way to go. At the same time, if Europe’s participation is important enough that Europe’s vision of social responsibility may be promoted, then this ISO revision plan actually responds to a related recommendation issued by the French Senate on June 25, 2020.

The key to this revised plan is how to position ISO 26000 as the basic framework that corporate social responsibility labels will refer to in the next ten years. And it also coincides with the services provided by the French corporate social responsibility platform (Plateforme RSE). The platform is under the responsibility of the French Prime Minister, who will report and summarize the current trials of using socially responsible corporate labels in various industries in France in early September 2020.


AFNOR proposed to ISO to form a technical committee in April 2020, and ISO will be formally established at the end of September, when the secretary country of the technical committee will also be designated. France is one of the candidates for the secretary country. The French Special Committee on Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility will give full play to its expertise and contribute to the ISO Technical Committee, and put forward suggestions and opinions for discussion by participating countries. From now on, all interested parties are welcome to participate in this project. At the same time, AFNOR is also advancing some projects between France and French-speaking countries, such as how to better understand the "missions" introduced in the "Plan of Action to Promote Corporate Growth and Reform (PACTE)" promulgated on May 22, 2019. Concepts such as "sociétés à mission" and "reason of existence" (raison d'être), for which AFNOR drafted framework documents.


On the international stage, AFNOR strategically supports French companies and organizations to help them combine innovation and standardization. This is especially reflected in the issue of circular economy in 2018 and the issue of biodiversity conservation in July 2020.

The 2020 edition of the latest international standardization barometer shows that France ranks second in Europe (CEN and CENELEC) and third in the international context (ISO and IEC). In ISO, France ranks fifth, tied with Japan. France currently undertakes 76 secretariat tasks, and the number has reached a peak since 2008.


The newly released Biobanking Guidelines will help further promote scientific research and development.

Biobank is indeed changing our world. They have hundreds of millions of biological samples, including samples from humans, animals, plants and microorganisms. The Biobank helps the global scientific community advance everything from crop production to the development of personalized medicine.

ISO has published ISO 20387, an international standard for biobanking requirements, and this standard is widely used. This new guidance document has just been released to help organizations get the most out of it.

ISO/TR 22758 "Biotechnology-Biobanking-ISO 20387 Implementation Guide" provides detailed guidance on how to implement ISO 20387 "Biotechnology-Biobanking-General Requirements for Biobanking".

The new technical report is intended to supplement rather than replace ISO 20387, which specifies the requirements for the capability, fairness, and consistent operation of biobanks. Under the common specifications of the two documents, it will help improve the quality of biological materials and the quality of data collection stored and shared, enhance cooperation results, strengthen trust between partners, and promote research and development.

Dr. Ricardo Gent, Chairman of the ISO Committee of the Development Biobank, said that biobanks differ in the types of biomaterials they have, the activities they engage in, the services they provide, and their geographic location, scale and structure. Big.

He said: “Having an internationally agreed common guideline helps to improve the performance of biobanks because it eliminates these differences and achieves a global consensus on quality, trust and reliability.”

"The requirements of ISO 20387 are already complex, so the supplementary guidance in ISO/TR 22758 will help organizations better understand how to implement the standard and how to fully recognize the benefits it brings."

ISO/TR 22758 and ISO 20387 were formulated by the ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology Committee, and the secretariat was undertaken by the German member DIN of ISO.


Electric bicycles may be one of the best ways to deal with pollution problems, followed by the best choice, and the electric vehicle industry is accelerating at a record speed. Even before the spread of the new crown pneumonia virus, the sales of electric bicycles have been hot and the growth momentum is strong, but the claustrophobia during the closure of the city has made the demand for electric bicycles even greater, because people not only want to avoid public transportation, but also Want to go for a walk.

Recognizing the needs of industry development, ISO has just released a new safety technical specification for electric bicycles to help technology develop in the right direction. ISO/TS4210-10 "Bicycle-Bicycle Safety Requirements-Part 10: Safety Requirements for Electric Assisted Bicycles (EPACs)" brings together the laws and regulations of various countries to provide internationally recognized and safe requirements.

Mr. Yoshimura Shinji, the convener of the ISO working group that developed the document, said that global attention to the environmental impact of automobiles has promoted the development of this industry for some time, and technology has also developed rapidly.

"By pooling international expertise and providing a set of standardized requirements, the industry can put user safety first and thus be further developed."

ISO/TS4210-10 is the latest standard released in the ISO bicycle series standards. This series of standards is divided into 10 parts, and the other nine standards are currently being updated. These include ISO4210-2 "Safety requirements for bicycles-Part 2: Urban and hiking, young people, mountain and racing requirements", and ISO4210-3 "Safety requirements for bicycles-Part 3: General test methods" .


The new guidelines issued by ISO will help ensure that climate change issues are addressed in each new standard.

During the recent epidemic, we perceive the current environment more strongly. Once the birds sang, the fresh air, the blue sky. We are also more and more aware that the current economic model has caused the temperature to rise, and this will continue to cause severe damage to the weather and society. The resulting climate change is real, and we must take immediate action to address its impact.

With this in mind, ISO’s Climate Change Coordination Working Group (CCC TF7) recently developed a new guideline for standardization developers to take climate change into account when formulating each new standard. ISO Guide 84 "Guidelines for Addressing Climate Change in Standards" provides a systematic approach, relevant principles and useful information to help standard developers address the impacts, risks and opportunities of climate change in their standardization work.

Nick Blyth, the convener of CCC TF7 that developed the guidelines, said that every industry needs to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

He said: "Importantly, ISO Guide 84 can help raise the awareness and understanding of the entire standardization community, not just those involved in the development of sustainability standards."

"It is related to standards widely used in many industries, which ultimately helps organizations build resilience and prevention capabilities to address future climate impacts, as well as the risks and possibilities of low-carbon transition."

"More importantly," he added, "the guidelines encourage the revision of existing standards that do not take into account climate change issues, so that all regions are moving towards sustainable development."

Using this guide will also make a greater contribution to the realization of the UN's 17 sustainable development goals.

ISO Guide 84 is formulated by CCC TF7, which is part of the ISO Technical Management Bureau (TMB) and is a supporting document of ISO Guide 82 "Guidelines for Solving Sustainability in Standards".


ISO 14155 is an industry reference for good practices in clinical trials. The focus of ISO 14155 in revising ISO 14155 is patient safety.

The clinical research of medical devices is naturally highly regulated, and manufacturers, researchers and other parties involved in clinical trials must abide by the rules and requirements of various countries and regions.

ISO 14155 "Clinical Research of Medical Devices for Human Use-Good Clinical Practice" helps manufacturers meet the requirements of good clinical practice in the design, implementation and reporting of clinical studies.

ISO 14155 has been revised to comply with recent changes in regulations and other related standard revisions. ISO 14155 is widely used throughout the industry. The standard also provides a lot of details and information, designed to help protect clinical trial participants and medical device users, and achieve good results.

This standard safeguards the rights, safety and well-being of trial participants, and includes requirements for ensuring scientific credibility and applicable methods of clinical data. It sets out the responsibilities of sponsors and investigators, and explains the roles of ethics committees, regulatory agencies, safety committees, and other interested parties.

Danielle Giroud, the convenor of the ISO expert working group that developed the standard, said that patient safety has always been a priority.

She said: "We have provided more guidance in areas such as risk-based monitoring, quality management, research design, review and ethics committees."

"This means that there are more details on informed consent, vulnerable populations, data protection and statistical considerations, all of which will make clinical research safer and more conclusive."

"ISO 14155 is also in line with other standards and regulatory changes in the industry, such as the European Medical Device Regulations, the European Commission’s Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and other similar guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration."

ISO 14155 was formulated by ISO/TC194 "Medical Device Biology and Clinical Evaluation Technical Committee" WG 4 "Human Medical Device Clinical Research Working Group". The secretariat of this technical committee is the German Standards Association ( DIN) bear.

As environmental problems intensify, to some extent Covid-19 has exacerbated this concern, and plastic has become an important source of anxiety for all of us. There are reports that because people are worried about pollution, medical masks cannot be recycled, and the use of plastic packaging for food is making a comeback. This has not only aroused the anxiety of environmentalists, but also of consumers.

We all know that plastics are difficult to recycle. It takes a long time to decompose when buried underground. Incineration will pollute the ocean and release all kinds of harmful greenhouse gases.

There is a problem, plastic is everywhere. Polymers even exist in electronic products you can't think of, and these polymers are made of toxic substances. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic substances found in the raw materials polymers used to make electronics and electronic devices. For example, carbon black can be used to coat wires.

new standard

The 111th IEC Technical Committee is preparing to formulate horizontal environmental standards in the IEC. IEC has just released the IEC 62321-10 standard, which provides manufacturers with test methods that enable the electrical industry to determine the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in their products. This will enable them to meet the expected European regulation REACH SVHC, which limits the PAH content in polymers to 1 mg/kg. The detection method is gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

The working principle of gas chromatography is that the mixture separates into individual substances when heated. The heated gas passes through a chromatographic column filled with an inert gas (such as helium). Mass spectrometry uses the mass of the analyte molecule to identify compounds. A library of known mass spectra containing thousands of compounds is stored on the computer. Mass spectrometry is considered the only authoritative analytical detector.

IEC 62321-10 is part of a set of horizontal standards, involving the testing of toxic substances in all electrical and electronic equipment and systems. For example, IEC 62

IEC 62321-10 is part of a set of horizontal standards, involving the testing of toxic substances in all electrical and electronic equipment and systems. For example, IEC 62321-7-1 describes a boiling water extraction procedure designed to qualitatively determine the presence of hexavalent chromium in the colorless and colored corrosion protection coatings of metal samples.

"It is very important for the industry to have a uniform measurement method to declare substance content. This allows manufacturers to better understand and compare the declarations of their suppliers, and to ensure a better understanding of hazardous substances in the final product," TC111 Chairman Christophe Garnier said.

IEC issues new standards to ensure that city services continue to supply electricity in the event of a disaster

Electricity is an important pillar of modern cities. It can ensure safety through lighting and traffic signal systems, and communicate with broadcasting, Internet and telephone services. Medical equipment relies on electricity, as do electronic payments used in stores and banks.

However, the power supply may be interrupted. Compared with other natural disasters, hurricanes, earthquakes, severe droughts and floods occur more frequently and with greater intensity. These events can have a significant impact on the city and the services it provides to residents.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) recently released IEC 63152 as a best practice tool for city planners. In view of the increasing frequency of natural disasters and the damage they cause, this standard provides guidelines for the continuation of various city services after service interruptions.

As the project leader of the IEC SyC Smart City project team responsible for the continuity of urban services, Tatsuya Shimoji said, "We need to ask ourselves: If such a disaster occurs, how do we survive in the city? This is the concept we are trying to solve."

Continuity planning is a key factor in minimizing costs and losses when critical infrastructure cannot operate. It ensures that potential disasters are taken into account, and has developed a local plan to restore services. As the services of any city cannot be separated from electricity, restoring power is the most urgent and important task after the disaster.

As Shimoji said, “With this standard, we hope to provide documented procedures to guide the organization and ensure the continuity of power supply to maintain city services. In order to ensure that the city’s services meet the minimum requirements during the grid outage caused by a disaster Demand, every organization providing services should develop a business continuity plan to ensure proper power supply."

Planning and preparation are essential

The city faces many threats. Natural disasters can happen anywhere in the world, leading to power outages. Non-natural disasters such as networks and terrorist attacks may also threaten the electricity supply of cities. And, as evidenced by the new coronary pneumonia, we rely on electricity to survive.

As Shimoji said, “Disaster prevention is very important. Unfortunately, we cannot foresee when and where such a disaster will occur, nor can we completely escape the impact and destruction caused by the disaster in reality. Therefore, planning and preparation are Very important tool to minimize damage and ensure that city services are available as much as possible, or to restore services as quickly as possible."


High dynamic range, IEC/ISO JTC 1, ISO/IEC 23090-3, video coding-a new video coding standard takes high-resolution video technology forward. High dynamic range (HDR) video is one of the notable advances in broadcast film technology in recent years.

This technology has been the focus of the recent International Broadcasting Conferences ((IBC) in Amsterdam, it can significantly increase the brightness range and work in 4k and 8k video formats.

According to a well-known graphics processor company in the field, "With HDR, bright things can be really bright, and dark things can be really dark. The details can be seen in both."

ISO/IEC 23090-3 (also known as H.266 in ITU-T) is the latest standard in a series of very successful video coding standards jointly developed with ITU-T. It is a famous and widely used high-efficiency video Coding—HEVC—(ISO/IEC 23008-2/ITU-T H.265) and Advanced Video Coding—AVC—(ISO/IEC 14496-10/ITU-T H.264) standards.

This newly developed Universal Video Coding (VVC) standard improves the level of video compression technology and has unprecedented application versatility. In addition to specifying HDR and high-resolution video encoding, it also has the flexibility to support emerging applications, such as 360-degree immersive multimedia, remote screen sharing, cloud-based collaboration, cloud gaming, and region-based extraction and merging.

Emmy Awards

In 2017, the HEVC standard won the Emmy Primetime Award in recognition of having become the main encoding format for Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV services. This standard has become a key technology for UHD viewing, and it also enables operators to use network capacity more effectively.

The AVC standard also won the 2008 Emmys Primetime Award in recognition of its significant progress in the video field from high-definition television (HDTV) to 3G mobile multimedia. This standard allows video quality to be improved, thereby facilitating the deployment of HDTV services. This standard is still the most widely deployed video compression standard in the world.