UNECE

The UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)

The UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) was established within the United Nations Committee on Trade as a forum for dialogue among all of the interested subjects (for example regulators, policy makers, etc.) concerning a wide range of issues, including technical regulations, standardization, conformity assessment, metrology and market surveillance.

The Working Party makes recommendations that promote regulatory policies to protect the health and safety of consumer and workers, and preserve our natural environment, without creating unnecessary barriers to trade and investment.

These recommendations and more detailed information about WP.6 are available on the following websites:

http://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/welcome.htm

Within the frame of the meeting of WP.6  at the end of November 2009 in Geneva the Czech Republic made a proposal to draft quarterly reports and a yearly consolidated report on regulatory and standardization developments in the EU, namely on technical regulations that are ongoing discussion within the Council of the European Union - Working Party for Technical Harmonization (G7). The States that are not Members of the European Union were called to prepare the similar information also about the regulations upcoming/approved in theirs region. The information will be published on the WP.6 websites. http://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/NewsLetters/2010_FirstQuarter/FirstQuarter.html

The representative of the Office has been nominated as a Rapporteur for developments in EU