ISO FORM 4

NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL (NP)

DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
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PROPOSER: REFERENCE NUMBER:
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Committee, liaison or other:
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PROPOSAL FOR A NEW PC

A proposal for a new work item within the scope of an existing committee shall be submitted to the
secretariat of that committee.

A proposal for a new project committee shall be submitted to the Central Secretariat, which will
process the proposal in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1,Clause 2.3 .

Guidelines for proposing and justifying new work items or new fields of technical activity (Project
Committee) are given in ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C .

IMPORTANT NOTE: Proposals without adequate justification and supporting information risk
rejection or referral to the originator.

PROPOSAL
(to be completed by the proposer, following discussion with committee leadership if appropriate)

English title

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French title

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(Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C , Clause C.4.2).

In case of amendment, revision or a new part of an existing document, please include the reference
number and current title

SCOPE
(Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C , Clause C.4.3)

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PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION

 (Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C and additional guidance on justification statements
in the brochure Guidance on New Work )
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PROPOSED PROJECT LEADER (name and email address)

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PROPOSER (including contact information of the proposer’s representative)

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The proposer confirms that this proposal has been drafted in compliance with ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 1, Annex C

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Preferred document
International Standard
Technical Specification
Publicly Available Specification*

* While a formal NP ballot is not required (no eForm04), the NP form may provide useful information
for the committee P-members to consider when deciding to initiate a Publicly Available
Specification.

Proposed Standard Development Track (SDT – to be discussed by the proposer with the committee
manager or ISO/CS)

18 months 24 months 36 months

Proposed date for first meeting: Click here to enter a date.

Proposed TARGET dates for key milestones

 Circulation of 1 st Working Draft (if any) to experts: Click here to enter a date.
 Committee Draft consultation (if any): Click here to enter a date.
 DIS submission*: Click here to enter a date.
 Publication*: Click here to enter a date.

* Target Dates for DIS submission and Publication should be set a few weeks ahead of the limit
dates automatically determined when selecting the SDT.

It is proposed that this DOCUMENT will be developed by:

An existing Working Group, add title Click or tap here to enter text.
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(Note that the establishment of a new Working Group requires approval by the parent committee by a
resolution)
The TC/SC directly
To be determined
This proposal relates to a new ISO document

This proposal relates to the adoption, as an active project, of an item currently registered as a
Preliminary Work Item

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Additional guidance on project management is available here.

PREPARATORY WORK

☐ A draft is attached
☐ An existing document serving as the initial basis is attached
☐ An outline is attached
Note: at minimum an outline of the proposed document is required

The proposer is prepared to undertake the preparatory work required:

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If a draft is attached to this proposal:

Please select from one of the following options:

☐ The draft document can be registered at Preparatory stage (WD – stage 20.00)
☐ The draft document can be registered at Committee stage (CD – stage 30.00)
☐ The draft document can be registered at enquiry stage (DIS – stage 40.00)

☐ If the attached document is copyrighted or includes copyrighted content, the proposer confirms
that copyright permission has been granted for ISO to use this content in compliance with
clause 2.13 of ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 (see also the Declaration on copyright ).

RELATION OF THE PROPOSAL TO EXISTING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND ON-GOING

STANDARDIZATION WORK

To the best of your knowledge, has this or a similar proposal been submitted to another standards
development organization or to another ISO committee?

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The proposer has checked whether the proposed scope of this new project overlaps with the scope of
any existing ISO project

If an overlap or the potential for overlap is identified, the proposer and the leaders of the existing project
have discussed on:
i. modification/restriction of the scope of the proposal to avoid overlapping,
ii. potential modification/restriction of the scope of the existing project to avoid overlapping.

If agreement with parties responsible for existing project(s) has not been reached, please explain why
the proposal should be approved
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Has a proposal on this subject already been submitted within an existing committee and rejected? If so,
what were the reasons for rejection?
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 This project may require possible joint/parallel work with
IEC (please specify the committee) Click or tap here to enter text.
CEN (please specify the committee) Click or tap here to enter text.
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Please select any UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that this proposed project
would support (information about SDGs, is available at www.iso.org/SDGs )

GOAL 1: No Poverty
GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
GOAL 4: Quality Education
GOAL 5: Gender Equality
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
GOAL 13: Climate Action
GOAL 14: Life Below Water
GOAL 15: Life on Land
GOAL 16: Peace, Justice and strong institutions
N/A GOAL 17: Partnerships for the goals

Identification and description of relevant affected stakeholder categories

(Please see ISO CONNECT )

Benefits/Impacts/Examples
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Industry and commerce – SMEs Click or tap here to enter text.
Government Click or tap here to enter text.
Consumers Click or tap here to enter text.
Labour Click or tap here to enter text.
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Listing of countries where the subject of the proposal is important for their national
commercial interests (Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C , Clause C.4.8)

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Listing of external international organizations or internal parties (other ISO and/or IEC
committees) to be engaged in this work (Please see ISO/IEC Directives, part 1, Annex C , Clause
C.4.9)

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Listing of relevant documents (such as standards and regulations) at international, regional

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Maintenance Agencies (MAs) and Registration Authorities (RAs)

☐ This proposal requires the designation of a maintenance agency.

If so, please identify the potential candidate:
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☐ This proposal requires the designation of a registration authority.

If so, please identify the potential candidate
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NOTE: Selection and appointment of the MA or RA are subject to the procedure outlined in ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 1, Annex G and Annex H .

Known patented Items (Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Clause 2.14 )

Yes No

If Yes, provide full information as an annex

Is this proposal for an ISO management System Standard (MSS)?

Yes No

Note: If yes, this proposal must have an accompanying justification study. Please see the
Consolidated Supplement to the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex SL or Annex JG