STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR REGULATING THE

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL STANDARDS
BODY AND OTHER PARTS OF BSI

REVISED 2010






















Annex: Specific Guidance on Co-operation activities

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CODE OF CONDUCT FOR REGULATING THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN THE NATIONAL STANDARDS BODY AND OTHER PARTS OF
BSI

REVISED 2010


1. PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT

1.1 To set out the scope of BSIs National Standards Body activity. Please see
paragraph 2 below.

1.2 To reinforce BSIs commitment to be compliant with all its relevant obligations,
including those set out in its Royal Charter and the Memorandum of
Understanding with the UK Government dated 20 June 2002, and other
related legal and regulatory requirements e.g. UK and EU Competition Law,
EU Directive 98/34/EC, Data Protection Law etc.

1.3 To provide specific guidance to BSI employees/contractors to enable BSI to
develop the co-operation opportunities offered by One BSI between the NSB
activities and non-NSB activities of BSI, whilst respecting the aforementioned
obligations.

1.4 To enable BSI to service the needs of its customers by providing an
integrated and innovative product offering in order to further develop the
Standards market and provide customers with value added solutions.

1.5 The specific guidance is set out in the Annex to this Code of Conduct and
covers the following co-operation activities:

1.5.1 High-level Dos and Donts;
1.5.2 Customer and member data sharing;
1.5.3 Joint marketing of One BSI;
1.5.4 Pricing, including Standards and bundled products;
1.5.5 Forward visibility of the standards programme and Standards know-
how; and
1.5.6 New Product Development.

1.6 To set out a process for referring and resolving any issues which BSI
employees/contractors may have in the context of greater co-operation
between the NSB activities and non-NSB activities of BSI. This referral
process is set out in Paragraph 5 of this Code of Conduct.

1.7 To confirm that a sub-committee of the BSI Executive, chaired by the BSI
CEO and to include, amongst others, the Director of Standards, Director of
Legal Affairs, and the Director of Group Global Customer and Product
Strategy (referred to as the BSI Overview Committee) has been
established to act as a high-level governance body to manage the
implementation of the co-operation activities.


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1.8 To confirm that all BSI employees/contractors must comply with this Code of
Conduct and must not do anything that might result in or otherwise have the
effect of causing BSI to breach its obligations under this Code of Conduct.

1.9 To replace in its entirety the previous 2004 version of the BSI Code of
Conduct.

2. THE NATIONAL STANDARDS BODY
2.1 The British Standards Institution (BSI), incorporated as a Royal Charter
company, acts as the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK.
2.2 BSIs NSB activities under the Memorandum of Understanding between the
UK Government and BSI are:

2.2.1 The development, publication, promotion, licensing, sales and
distribution of British Standards, European Standards, International
Standards, and any other standards-type documents produced by the
European and International Standards Bodies (CEN, CENELEC,
ETSI, ISO, IEC);

2.2.2 Any other standardization work carried out as part of BSIs
membership of CEN, CENELEC, ISO, IEC; and

2.2.3 The development, publication, promotion, sales and distribution of BSI
Publicly Available Specifications (PASs) in the United Kingdom.

2.3 For the purposes of this Code of Conduct, the NSB activities:
2.3.1 In paragraph 2.2.1 above shall be referred to as Standards; and
2.3.2 In paragraphs 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 above shall be referred to as
Standardisation Products.

2.4 BSIs Intellectual Property Rights Policy Statement:

All the data, software and documentation set out in Standards and
Standardisation Products are the property of and are copyrighted by BSI; or
some other person or entity that owns copyright in the information used and
has formally licensed such information to BSI for its commercial publication
and use.

2.5 As a general principle, BSI considers that the specific BSI products and
services which do not fall into the definition of NSB activities include, but not
limited to, the following products and services:
2.5.1 Training;
2.5.2 Books and other commissioned works;
2.5.3 Certification;
2.5.4 Product and healthcare testing;
2.5.5 Consultancy;
2.5.6 International projects;
2.5.7 Private Standards; and

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2.5.8 BSIs Information products, such as SATS, BSOL, Entropy, SCM, BSI
sales web-pages and shop-fronts or IPP software products, insofar as
these products go beyond the simple provision of the Standard and/or
Standardisation Product.

2.6 In certain exceptional circumstances, the above stated non-NSB products and
services may be regarded as NSB activities in the event all the following
criteria apply to any particular activity:

2.6.1 The activity involves a formal committee-based consensus process;
and
2.6.2 The activity is formally funded by the UK Government as part of the
Governments annual funding of BSI activity; and
2.6.3 The activity is driven by a formal UK Government policy driver relating
to harmonization of standards.

2.7 Where such BSI activities are designated NSB activities, the BSI
employees/contractors working on these activities will be notified by the
Director of Standards or his direct reports.


3. BSIS GOVERNING PRINCIPLES AND OBLIGATIONS

BSI has obligations set out in:

3.1 The BSI Royal Charter, as amended in 1998, which can viewed on the BSI
Group Legal page on Connect.

The obligations on BSI under the Royal Charter insofar as they relate to co-
operation between the NSB activities and non-NSB activities of BSI are
summarized in paragraph 4.1 below.

3.2 The Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and BSI
dated 20 June 2002 (the 'MOU'), which can viewed on the BSI Group Legal
page on Connect.

The MOU is a complex document and the obligations on BSI which relate to
co-operation between the NSB activities and non-NSB activities of BSI are
summarised in Paragraph 4.2 below.

The MOU also requires BSI to ring-fence the Government funding. For your
information, BSI Finance ensures that HMG cash funding is kept separate
from other funds in a separate bank account and is only spent as directed and
agreed by HMG and permitted by the terms of the Annual Funding letter
agreements between BSI and HMG. Further, BSI Internal Audit carries out
annual audits of the ring-fencing obligations to ensure compliance.

3.3 Directive 98/34/EC (to be revised 2011), which can be viewed on the BSI
Group Legal page on Connect.

3.4 The UK Government Public Policy Interest in Standardisation 2009, which
can be viewed on the BSI Group Legal page on Connect.


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3.5 UK and EU Competition law.

Please refer to the BSI Group Competition Compliance materials on the BSI
Group Legal page on Connect for more information

3.6 The rules on sales and distribution of standards which form part of our
membership of the European and International Standards Bodies (e.g.
CEN/CENELEC Guide 10; ISO POCOSA, IEC Sales Policy).

The relevant obligations arising from these rules insofar as they relate to this
Code of Conduct are set out in Paragraph 4.3 below.



4. SPECIFIC GOVERNING PRINCIPLES ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN
BSIS NSB ACTIVITIES AND NON-NSB ACTIVITIES:

4.1 ROYAL CHARTER:
The Royal Charter governs the BSI organisation and, in section 3, defines its objects:
Sections 3(a) and (b) relate to standardisation and require BSI to coordinate
standardisation, and to prepare and promote British Standards. ('British
Standards' is defined in the MOU (see below) as "formal consensus standards as
set out in BS 0-1 paragraph 3.2 and based on the principles of standardisation
recognised inter alia in European standardisation policy".)
Section 3(c) relates to registering relevant marks, both in relation to BSI's
standardisation activities and its other activities.
Section 3(d) permits BSI to promote and sell systems assessment, registration,
product and materials inspection, testing and certification, training, consultancy
and arbitration, provided this does not prejudice the objects in section 3(a) to (c).
Section 3(e) requires BSI to take such action as may appear desirable or
necessary to protect the objects or interests of BSI.
The relevant restriction for the purposes of this Code of Conduct can therefore be
summarised as follows: BSI's non-standardisation activities (such as certification,
healthcare and testing and training) must not prejudice the standardisation activities
referred to in section 3(a) to (c) of the BSI Royal Charter.

4.2 MOU OBLIGATIONS:
BSI may favour non-NSB activities as long as these decisions are not to the
detriment of the customers and stakeholders of the NSB activity;

BSI has to comply with Competition Law including where there is co-operation
between the NSB activities and non-NSB activities of BSI;

BSI's non-NSB activities should not conflict with the NSB activities;

BSI has to ensure that the provisions in British Standards do not discriminate
between conformity assessment bodies; and


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BSI has to avoid confusion both between formal consensus standards work and
other standardisation activities (such as PASs) and between the NSB activities
and non-NSB activities.

These restrictions apply to all BSI activities, regardless of the jurisdiction in which BSI
operates.

4.3 CEN/CENELEC Guide 10; ISO POCOSA, IEC SALES POLICY OBLIGATIONS:

The value of standards should be maintained;

Standards should not be given away for free to "general users"; and

ISO POCOSA and IEC Sales Policy require BSI not to actively market
International Standards in the territories of other ISO or IEC members without
their specific permission. By custom and practice, these restrictions also apply to
the active marketing of national adoptions of International Standards.
CEN/CENELEC Guide 10 similarly requires BSI not to actively market national
implementations of European Standards in the territories of other CEN/CENELEC
members without their specific permission.

These restrictions apply to all BSI activities, regardless of the jurisdiction in which BSI
operates.

4.4 TAX AND FINANCE
Each of the co-operation projects between the NSB activities and non-NSB activities
of BSI will need to be reviewed in advance by BSI Group Finance and BSI Group Tax
and Treasury to ensure that they are structured in a tax efficient and compliant
manner.

5. BSI EMPLOYEES/CONTRACTORS GUIDANCE ON WORKING ON CO-
OPERATION ACTIVITIES

5.1 BSI employees/contractors working within the Standards division on NSB
activities may be required to work on BSI Group-wide co-operation activities or
involve colleagues from non-NSB activities of BSI in internal and external
meetings on the following basis:

5.1.1 The Director of Standards or his direct reports are satisfied that the co-
operation project complies with the Code of Conduct and is not to the
detriment of customers or stakeholders of the NSB activities.

5.1.2 In any dealings with external parties, BSI employees/contractors should
ensure that the external party is not confused as to whether the meeting
in question relates to a NSB activity. If the meeting does concern a NSB
activity, the external party should also be clear whether the meeting
relates to a formal British Standard or a PAS.

5.2 If any BSI employee/contractor feels uncomfortable that he or she is being
asked to work in such a way which put him or her in breach of the Code of
Conduct, the BSI employee/contractor should refer their concern to their

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immediate line manager or if the concern relates to the line manager, the
referral should be made direct to the Director of Standard and BSI Group Legal.


5.3 Any BSI employee/contractor who may wish to refer a matter on an anonymous
basis is requested to follow BSIs Whistle-blowing Process. Full details of this
process can be found on the BSI Group Risk and Compliance page on Connect.



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ANNEX: GUIDANCE ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN NSB ACTIVITY AND NON-
NSB ACTIVITIES OF BSI


A. HIGH-LEVEL DOS AND DONTS

A1. BSI employees/contractors working on the NSB activity must:
1.1 Comply at all times with the Code of Conduct; and
1.2 Comply at all times with BSIs Competition Compliance Policy.

A2 BSI employees/contractors working on the NSB activity may:
2.1 Engage in joint activities with other non-NSB BSI businesses (i.e. the
certification, product and healthcare and training businesses) provided
that such joint activity does not compromise in any way the neutrality or
independence of the NSB activity and is not to the detriment of the
customers or stakeholders of the NSB activity; where appropriate there
should be a formal contract. Further guidance on such co-operation
activities is set out in Section B to F of this Annex; and

A3. BSI employees/contractors working on the NSB activity must not:
3.1 Provide information relating to NSB activity customers and subscribing
members to other non-NSB BSI businesses unless such provision of
information is permitted under Section B below of this Annex;
3.2 Provide information relating to NSB activity committee members to other
non-NSB BSI businesses; and
3.3 Enter into any agreement granting rights in NSB activity assets without the
approval of the Director of Standards.

A4. BSI employees/contractors in non-NSB BSI businesses must not:
4.1 Do anything that might result in or otherwise have the effect of causing the
NSB activity to breach its obligations under the Code of Conduct; and
4.2 In any way seek to induce BSI employees/contractors working in the NSB
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B. CUSTOMER AND MEMBER DATA SHARING

Definitions:
Customer data is: data from NSB customers and BSI Subscribing Members which
may include: (a) identity and contact information; and (b) purchase history including
prices.

Excluded Data is: (a) identity of Standards committee members, together with
meeting minutes and documentation unless these are in the public domain; and (b)
royalty data where BSI is contractually prevented under Distribution Agreements from
using the royalty data for any purpose other than to check the royalty flows.

NSB customer is a customer of BSI who has purchased Standards or
Standardisation Products either through BSOL, hard copy sales or through other BSI
channels.

These rules apply to BSI worldwide.

B1. Exchange of NSB Customer data from NSB activity to non-NSB activity for
purposes of external marketing:

This is permitted provided the customer opts-in.

The following wording must be placed prominently on each website/email sent to or
accessed by the NSB customer:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal Charter),
performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI, together with
other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of business solutions other
than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to improve results through
Standards-based best practice (such as certification, self-assessment tools, software,
product testing, information products and training).

The following opt-in wording is suggested as a tick-box at the point of sale:

Please tick here if you are interested in hearing from BSI and BSIs group
companies about their products and services relating to: [certification, product
testing, training etc]". BSI does not share your information with third parties.

BSI does not propose to use pre-ticking for these purposes.

B2. Exchange of non-NSB activity customer data to the NSB activity:

This is permitted provided the customer opts-in.

B3. Exchange of NSB activity Customer data from NSB activity to BSI Group
for internal strategic analysis.

This is permitted. The opt-in is not necessary in this case.

B4. Exchange of Excluded Data from NSB activity to non-NSB activity.


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This is not permitted.
C. JOINT MARKETING OF ONE BSI

Definitions:

Standards means British Standards, European Standards, International Standards,
and any other standards-type documents produced by the European and
International Standards Bodies (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, ISO, IEC).

Standardisation Products means (1) any standardization work carried out as part of
BSIs membership of CEN, CENELEC, ISO, IEC; and (2) the development,
publication, promotion, sales and distribution of BSI Publicly Available Specifications
(PASs) in the United Kingdom.

Related New BSI Product means a non-NSB activity product (such as certification
schemes (accredited or unaccredited), training or Information Products) developed
by BSI against a Standard or Standardisation Product.

C1. Integrated BSI website:

This is permitted on the following basis:

The following banner wording must be placed prominently on each BSI website:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal
Charter), performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI,
together with other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of
business solutions other than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to
improve results through Standards-based best practice (such as certification,
self-assessment tools, software, product testing, information products and
training).

In addition, the relevant page of the website must then explicitly state whether
any particular BSI product or service being sold or referred to is a NSB activity
or not, and whether it is a Standard or other Standardisation Product.

By way of example, if the website refers to BSIs training services against a
particular British Standard, then the following wording should be used as well as
the banner wording above:

BSI offers a selection of training courses related to the British Standard [ ]
which is a NSB product. These training courses are provided by BSI as part of
its non-NSB services. Click [here] for details and to make a booking.

Any integration projects will be supervised by the BSI Overview Committee to ensure
compliance with this Code of Conduct.

C2. Joint launch events and press releases (including multi-media launches
and releases and events sponsored by third parties):

(a) New Standard and Related New BSI Product

(i) Where BSI is the only body to have developed a Related New BSI Product against
a new Standard, then joint launch events and press releases are not permitted.


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There must be at least a months gap between the launch event/press release of the
new Standard and the launch event/press release of the Related New BSI Product.

However, BSI can refer in the press release for the new Standard to the availability of
the Related New BSI Product generally. The following wording is suggested:

"[Certification, Training, SAT etc] for this standard [is] [will be] available and a number
of providers can be found on [UKAS] website "


(ii) Where there are several products similar to the Related New BSI Product already
in existence, then joint launch events and press releases are permitted provided that:
The event materials/press release include the following statement to avoid any
confusion between NSB activities and non-NSB activities:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal
Charter), performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI,
together with other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of
business solutions other than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to
improve results through Standards-based best practice (such as certification,
self-assessment tools, software, product testing, information products and
training).

The products launched today, namely [] are provided by [BSI as NSB/BSI in
its non-NSB operations].

Where the Related New BSI Product is a new certification scheme, the event
materials/ press release should include the following statement explaining that
BSI and other certification bodies can certify against the new Standard:

"Should your organisation wish to proceed to third party certification to the standard,
there are many accredited certification bodies that can help, including BSI itself.
Further details about BSIs services in this respect can be obtained from
www.bsi.co.uk/9001. Further details about Accreditation and Certification Bodies
internationally and in the UK can be found at: Internationally: http://www.anab.org/
UK: http://www.ukas.com/about-
accreditation/What_is_Accreditation/What_is_Accreditation.asp
http://www.ukas.com/about-accreditation/accredited-bodies/default.asp "

(b) New Standardisation Products and a Related New BSI Product

(i) Where BSI is the first body to have developed a Related New BSI Product against
the new Standardisation Product, then joint launch events/ press releases are
permitted provided that:
Director of Standards and BSI Group Legal are comfortable that the joint launch
event/ press release does not give BSI a significant unfair advantage over
competitors; and

The event materials/ press release should include the following statement to
avoid any confusion between NSB activities and non-NSB activities:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal Charter),
performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI, together with

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other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of business solutions other
than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to improve results through
Standards-based best practice (such as certification, self-assessment tools, software,
product testing, information products and training).

The products launched today, namely [] are provided by [BSI as NSB/BSI in its
non-NSB operations]."

(ii) Where there are several products similar to the Related New BSI Product already
in existence, then joint launch events/ press releases are permitted provided that:
Where the Related New BSI Product is a new certification scheme, the event
materials/ press release should include the following statement explaining that
BSI and other certification bodies can certify against the new Standardisation
Product:

"Should your organisation wish to proceed to third party certification to the standard,
there are many accredited certification bodies that can help, including BSI itself.
Further details about BSIs services in this respect can be obtained from
www.bsi.co.uk/9001. Further details about Accreditation and Certification Bodies
internationally and in the UK can be found at: Internationally: http://www.anab.org/
UK: http://www.ukas.com/about-
accreditation/What_is_Accreditation/What_is_Accreditation.asp
http://www.ukas.com/about-accreditation/accredited-bodies/default.asp "

The event materials/ press release should include the following statement to
avoid any confusion between NSB activities and non-NSB activities:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal Charter),
performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI, together with
other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of business solutions other
than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to improve results through
Standards-based best practice (such as certification, self-assessment tools, software,
product testing, information products and training).
The products launched today, namely [] are provided by [BSI as NSB/BSI in its
non-NSB operations]."


C3. Joint Conferences and Events (other than Joint Launch events)

Joint conferences and events showcasing BSIs NSB activity and non-NSB activities
are permitted provided the conference materials contain the following statement:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal Charter),
performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI, together with
other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of business solutions other
than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to improve results through
Standards-based best practice (such as certification, self-assessment tools, software,
product testing, information products and training).
The products showcased at this conference, namely [] are provided by [BSI as
NSB/BSI in its non-NSB operations]."


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C4. Joint Marketing literature including promotional flyers/further information
leaflets etc

Joint general BSI marketing literature (other than joint launch press releases
discussed above) is permitted provided the relevant customers and stakeholders
reading the marketing literature are not confused as to whether any product referred
to is a NSB activity or non-NSB activity product.

As such, the following banner wording must be placed prominently on the joint
marketing literature:

"The British Standards Institution (BSI, a company incorporated by Royal Charter),
performs the National Standards Body activity (NSB) in the UK. BSI, together with
other BSI Group Companies, also offers a broad portfolio of business solutions other
than the NSB activity that help businesses worldwide to improve results through
Standards-based best practice (such as certification, self-assessment tools, software,
product testing, information products and training).

In addition, the marketing literature must then explicitly state whether any particular
BSI product or service being sold or referred to is a NSB activity or not, and whether
it is a Standard or other Standardisation Product, such as a PAS.

By way of example, if the joint marketing literature refers to BSIs training services
against a particular British Standard, then the following wording should be used as
well as the banner wording above:

BSI offers a selection of training courses related to the British Standard [ ] which is
a NSB product. These training courses are provided by BSI as part of its non-NSB
services. Click [here] for details and to make a booking.

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D. PRICING (INCLUDING STANDARDS AND BUNDLED PRODUCTS)


D1. Provision of Standards and Standardisation Products to non-NSB activity
personnel for internal use only (not resale)

This is permitted provided that:

The Standards and Standardisation Products are provided to the non-NSB
activity on license at a cost to be set by BSI Group Finance to satisfy Tax and
Legal requirements; and
The Standard and NSB Standardization Products must not be released to any
external party or customer.

D2. Provision of Standards to non-NSB activity of BSI without charge for
external marketing use

This is not permitted.

D3. Provision of Standards to non-NSB activity of BSI for on-sale of standard
alone

This is permitted provided the Standard is sold to the customer by the non-NSB
activity of BSI (as either the sales agent or distributor of the NSB activity) at the BSI
list price (including relevant volume discounts).

D4. Provision of Standards to non-NSB activity of BSI for on-sale as part of a
bundled product

This is permitted provided the overall price of the bundled product complies with the
following general rules:

The Standard is provided by the NSB activity to the non-NSB activity of BSI at
the BSI list price (including relevant volume discounts);

The overall price of the bundled product should reflect the BSI list price
(including relevant volume discount) of the Standard;

The remainder of the overall cost price of the bundled product i.e. relating to
the other service/product bundled with the Standard must not be so low that
any third party competing with the bundled product is prevented from offering its
own bundled product and recover their costs of distribution and a reasonable
margin. In other words, the competitors margin must not be squeezed so as to
prevent them from competing effectively against BSI in the sale of the bundled
product;

The pricing of bundled products must be pre-approved by the BSI Overview
Committee; and

Also see Guidance F below for further non-price related guidance on bundled
products.

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E. FORWARD VISIBILITY OF STANDARDS PROGRAMME AND STANDARDS
GENERAL KNOW-HOW


E1. Provision of public domain information regarding future Standards (i.e
current standards programme) to non-NSB activity of BSI.

This is permitted provided that:
The information is in the public domain i.e. is published on a website available
to BSIs competitors;
The non-NSB activity of BSI should not seek to influence the contents or timing
of standards (other than in the ordinary course via its trade association
participation on the committee); and
The non-NSB activity of BSI can not then publish or release this information to
external parties without the prior consent of the Director of Standards.


E2. Provision on non-public domain information regarding future Standards or
other Standardisation Products to non-NSB activity of BSI.

This information must be treated with greater care, and includes general know-how
information generated from BSI employees/contractors participation in the Standard
setting process, including the committee process.

Disclosure of this type of information is only permitted if it is approved in advance by
the Director of Standards and BSI Group Legal. The Director of Standards and BSI
Group Legal must consider the disclosure on a case by case basis and decide
whether the disclosure gives BSI a significant unfair advantage over competitors.

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F. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT


F1. Internal BSI sponsorship of a new NSB activity product, such as a PAS
sponsored in the UK

This type of new BSI product is permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

The Director of Standards confirms that the development of the new product,
such as a PAS in the UK, is not to the detriment of customers and stakeholders
of the NSB activity, i.e. internal BSI sponsorship of the product does not prevent
third party sponsorship of the product;
In the sale of the new NSB activity product and any related non-NSB product
(eg certification or testing), BSI makes it clear that the new product is the only
NSB activity product and where the new product is a PAS in the UK, that the
PAS is a Standardisation Product and not a Standard; and
The Director of Standards and BSI Group Legal confirm that the new product
and related non-NSB products do not give BSI an unfair advantage over
competitors.



F2. Bundled Product

A bundled product is a BSI product combining a Standard with other non-NSB
activities, such as certification or testing.

These types of new products are permitted provided the following conditions are met:

BSI makes it clear to the customer that the bundled product contains a Standard
which can be purchased separately if the customer so wishes;

The Director of Standards confirms that the development of the bundled product
is not to the detriment of the customers and stakeholders of the NSB activity;

The BSI Overview Committee confirm that the pricing of the bundled product
does not give BSI an unfair advantage over competitors; and

The Director of Standards and BSI Group Legal confirm that the sale of the new
bundled product does not infringe the territoriality restrictions set out in the rules
on sales and distribution of standards which form part of our membership of the
European and International Standards Bodies (e.g. CEN/CENELEC Guide 10;
ISO POCOSA, IEC Sales Policy).