Since the 17^th plenary meeting of ISO/TC 188 our Working Group 14 met on 2001-12-2/5 in Sirkka/Finland and 2002-05-6/6 in Cologne/Germany.

The next meeting will be held m May or June 2003 in the Southern part of the USA.

　

2.1 The following draft standards have been completed in ISO/TC 188/WG 14:

In accordance with the Vienna Agreement CEN is leading in developing these standards. Therefore they have been forwarded to CMC for launching the first parallel enquiry in CEN and ISO. We hope for starting this enquiry in autumn 2002.

　

2.2 The following draft standards have been also completed in ISO/TC 188/WG 14

In accordance with the internal rules of CEN/TC 162 they have been forwarded to this Technical Committee for accepting to launch a second parallel enquiry in CEN and ISO.

　

2.3 The draft for EN ISO 12402-9 "PFDs - Test methods" has been agreed in WG 14. It Will be finalized to be forwarded for a second parallel enquiry in CEN and ISO.

　

2.4 All comments received on ISO/DIS 12401 "Small craft - Deck safety harness and safety line for use on recreational craft - Safety requirements and test methods" have been decided in WG 14 The Final Draft (FDIS) for formal vote will be finalized next time.

　

2.5 The standards

have been published in CEN and ISO in March 2002.

　

There is a urgent need for co-operation with this Subcommittee. As an important step the WG 14 convenor reached a first exchange of experience. But the co-operation has to be extended.

　

Rolf Popp, Convenor

　

　

Since the nomination of the new convener, Pierre BARBLEU, WG 15 met twice:

　

For the moment the only international standard or regulation dealing with liferafts is the SOLAS liferaft regulation

The specification describes a liferaft to be used on commercial ships with temperature conditions of inflation down to - 30°C and design for "severe conditions".

The Recreational craft community asked TC 188 to make two sets of standard for recreational craft.

This ended with ISO 9650 which is made of 3 parts: "general use" liferaft, "limited use" liferaft and "materials".

　

For Part 1 of 9650 a CD has been positively voted in 20OO (see ISO/TC188N 492).

A DIS is in preparation but raises problems about which the convener seeks the advice of TC 188.

　

- Part 1 - General Use (Name still to be fully defined)

application on boats designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above, and vessels largely self-sufficient, but excluding abnormal conditions such as hurricane.

This General use raft is divided in 4 categories

1°air temperature at inflation: (0℃ to +65℃) or (-15℃ to +65℃)

2°time spent onboard: (< 1 day) or (>1 day)

　

- Part 2 - Limited Use (Name still to be fully defined)

application on boats designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to, and including, wind force 6 and significant wave heights up to, and including, 2 m may be experienced.

This limited use liferaft includes only one type:

1°air temperature at inflation between 0℃ and +65℃

2°time spent onboard < 1 day

　

- Part 3 - Material

This draft has a DIS circulated in 1998.

　

Some of the WG 15 members still wish to align the part 1 to Solas, and forget part 2.

　

The convener thinks that Solas specifications already exist and may be used, and that small craft need cheaper liferafs to be defined according to their potential use for allowing a maximum users to be equipped with a good liferaft.

　

　

　

After a round of self introductions (see attachment I for list of attendees and e-mail addresses), Mr. Paul Handley, with CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, addressed the group with the suggestion that instead eight normative standard, the group should consider making CD 16180 and informational standard. The principal advantage to this would be that it would allow each member of ISO as well as the various manufacturers of navigation lights additional time to come into compliance.

　

A review of the comments submitted in response to the vote on the Committee Draft followed. It was felt that the large quantity of ballot comments and the difficulty in understanding the Committee Draft was in part due to the repetition of many of the elements contained in 72 COLREGS. It was decided to revise the committee draft to delete those sections that merely repeat the requirements of 72 COLREGS and limit the CD to those items that were discussed at the 2000 meeting in London. These include tests for:

・Color

・Intensity

・Cutoff angles

・Shock and vibration for both the bulb and the navigation lights

・UV resistance

・Salt spray

・Water protection

・Extreme temperatures

It was also decided to change the committee draft from a normative standard to an informational standard.

　

After intensive review of the ballot comments, the committee draft was substantially revised. The revised committee draft is shown as attachment 2, Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 16180. This draft standard was developed in concert with all members present and was unanimously endorsed.

　

The Working Group adopted the following resolution and requested that it be sent to TC 188 for consideration at the June plenary session:

　

"Working group 19 has review the ballot comments submitted in regard to CD 16180. In response to that review and in order to address the concerns of the voting members, it is unanimously agreed by the members of working group 19 that it is necessary to redraft the CD in order to simplify and clarify it. Accordingly, the working group unanimously adopts the following statement:

　

Working group 19 unanimously recommends issuing the Committee Draft as a Draft International Standard."

　

Respectfully submitted,

　

Paul Michalczyk, Secretary WG 19