Annex 9
Report of ISO/TC 8/SC 9 "General requirements"
1. Title and scope
Title： General requirements
Scope： Investigate, develop and maintain standard specifications, test methods, definitions and practices for the design, construction and repair of marine vessels, shipboard quality assurance, human factors, management systems, regulatory requirements, technical data management.
2. Secretariat and chairman
Chairman： Mr. H. Koyama (1998 2003)
Secretariat： Mr. S. Arikawa / Japan (JISC JMSA)
3. Participation and liaisons
3.1 P-member bodies (14)
China, Cuba, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Rep of, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russian, Federation, Sweden, U.K., U.S.A.
3.2 O-member bodies (9)
Austria, Bulgaria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Slovakia, Ukraine
3.3 Liaisons
IACS(B)： International Association of Classification Societies
3.4 Changes since last plenary meeting of ISO/TC 8 (1997)
From P-member to O-member： Bulgaria, Brazil
4. Constitution
4.1 Working groups, with title, convener and participation
WG 1 "Review of existing maritime standards"
Convener： Mr. H. Koyama (Japan)
Participation： China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, U.K., U.S.A.
WG 2 "Sea trial"
Convener： Prof. M. Ikehata (Japan)
Participation： China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Korea Rep. of, Netherlands, Poland, U.K., U.S.A.
WG 3 "Compendium of standards"
Convener： Mr. A. W. van Dijk (Denmark)
Participation： China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, U.K., U.S.A.
