Technical Management Board resolution 11/1998
Alternative procedures
The Technical Management Board,
accepts as alternative procedures
a) the possibility for committees to agree that working drafts be submitted directly for processing as draft International Standards, thereby eliminating the committee stage;
b) that when a DIS has received 100% approval from the member bodies voting, the committee secretariat may propose exemption from the approval stage, on condition that
1) the ISO Central Secretariat confirms that this is appropriate and in cases of dispute refers the matter to the TMB,
2) the approval stage is maintained for all standards being developed in parallel with CEN or IEC
c) that, for a trial period of two years, the TMB authorizes fast-track submissions of P-members and A liaisons without prior approval by the TMB for proposals within the scope of an existing ISO committee. The TMB will review the situation at the end of this 2 year period.
