The Guidelines defines the roles of the parties involved in the harmonisation process. The document was developed through deliberations between ASEAN Member States managed by WG 1. The Guidelines clarify existing practices and arrangements and are intended to serve as a reference to the product working groups and also for national standards bodies of ASEAN Members States. The ASEAN Guidelines for Harmonisation of Standards was endorsed by the ACCSQ at its 42nd ACCSQ Meeting held in Yangon, Myanmar from 22 to 17th September 2014
These Guidelines on the harmonisation of standards are established and implemented to define a consistent, effective and sustainable programme for harmonisation of standards They apply to all ASEAN sectors and should be adopted by all AMSs. These Guidelines define the:
a. Scope of the harmonisation programme;
b. Approaches adopted for the harmonisation of standards;
c. Authority and processes for selection standards to be harmonised;
d. Responsibilities and roles of the ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards & Quality (ACCSQ), its subcommittees and working groups, and of ASEAN National Standards Bodies (NSB) regarding the harmonisation of standards within ASEAN;
e. Guidelines for the maintenance of a listing of harmonised standards;
f. Guidelines for the publication of standards that have been harmonised, associated information on the scope of application and the sourcing of copies; and
g. Requirement that standards committees be established in AMSs to support harmonisation.
ASEAN Guidelines for Harmonisation of Standards