WORK PROGRAMME OF THE
ACCSQ ELECTROTECHNICAL PRODUCT WORKING GROUP
GOAL AND STRATEGY		ACTIVITIES		EXPECTED OUTPUT	TIME FRAME	WG/DIALOGUE	STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION
						PARTNER
			Creation of the Working Group	WG formed	Dec-99		First meeting held on 8-9 Dec 99
I.	Transparency of regulations	I.1	Conduct a forum for exchange of information	Forum conducted	Dec-99		Held on 7 December 99
		I.2	Compilation of regulatory requirements:		Mar-00	ASEC
			-    Draft questionaire		Jan-00	Singapore	Completed and the information is
			-    Submission of the information according to the		Feb-00		available in the ASEAN Website on
			Questionaire by all Member Countries				Standards and Conformance
			-    Compilation of regulatory requirements
		I.3	Dissemination of information using internet as well as publication	Regulatory requirements accessible in internet	Jul-00
		I.4	Updating information on regulatory requirements	Summary updated	On-going	ASEAC/EPWG
II.	Harmonization	II.1	Comparative Study on the existing regulations
			-    Member Countries to provide necessary information	Submission	Apr-00	Thailand	Completed and the information is
			to the Secretariat			Singapore	available in the ASEAN Website on
			-    Matrix of regulations and recommendations	Findings recommended	Aug-00		Standards and Conformance
		II.2	Consideration of the recommendations and follow-up actions
		II.3	Acceptance of the IEC standards for regulatory purposes
			-    Member Countries to submit all the IEC standards	List of national standards	Third Meeting of EPWG
			accepted in their countries for regulatory purposes to	accepted
			the Secretariat
			-    Interpretation of the relevant IEC standards as necessary	Interpretation notes	On  need basis	Singapore
		II.4	Coordination with WG3 in harmonization of standards	Standards aligned
		II.5	Consideration of the Good Regulatory Practice (GRP)	Recommendations	On going	Singapore
		II.6	Acceptance of submission in English for regulatory requirement	Recommendations			Implemented
III.	Mutual Recognition Arrangements	III.1	Consideration of the feasibility of sectoral MRAs:
			-    Comparison of the APEC MRA on Electrical and Electronic	Findings and	Jun-00		Discussed  during the Second EPWG
			Equipment and the ASEAN Framework Agreement on MRAs	recommendations			Meeting held on 21-22 June 2000
			-   Possibility of using the APEC MRA on Electrical and	Findings and
			Electronic Equipment	recommendations	Jun-00
			-    Identification of sub-sectors or groups of products for	Groups of products	Jun-00
			possible MRAs if the APEC MRA can not be adopted as the	identified
			ASEAN MRA
		III.2	Draft ASEAN sectoral MRA:	1st draft	Sep-00	ASEAN Secretariat, Singapore, Malaysia
			-    Circulation to all members of the WG		End of Sept 2000	ASEAN Secretariat	Completed
			-    Members to provide comments on 1st draft	Comments received	Oct-00	All member countries	Completed
			-    Circulation to all members on the comments received		Before the Third EPWG Meeting	ASEAN Secretariat	Completed
			-    Consideration of the Draft by the EPWG at the Third Meeting	2nd draft	The Third Meeting of the EPWG	Third Meeting of the EPWG	Second draft endorsed by the Third EPWG Meeting held in Singapore 9-10 November 2000
			-    Member countries to provide comments on the second draft	Comments received	15-Jan-01	All member countries	Completed
			-    compilation all comments and circulation of the Third draft to	3rd draft	30-Jan-01	ASEAN Secretariat	Completed
			all member countries
			-    consideration and finalization of the draft by the EPWG		The 4th Meeting of the EPWG	4th Meeting of the EPWG	Final Draft endorsed by the 4th EPWG Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18-19 July 2001
			-    submission to ACCSQ for endorsement		The 18th ACCSQ Meeting	The Chair Of the EPWG
			-    Signing of the ASEAN E&E MRA		AEM in September 2001
			-    Preparing the necessary documentary requirements		The Fifth Meeting of the EPWG
			-    Developing detailed criteria and explanatory notes for being     designated as testing laboratories or certification bodies		The Fifth Meeting of the EPWG	Singapore
			-    Developing detailed SOPs or checklists to qualify for an     MRA		The Fifth Meeting of the EPWG	Malaysia
			-    Disseminating information and promoting the MRA to     industry; and		The Fifth Meeting of the EPWG	Viet Nam
			-    Enhancing confidence and technical competency in     technical infrastructure among member countries		The Fifth Meeting of the EPWG	Thailand
IV.	Technical Infrastructure		Cooperation with other WGs in survey of the technical infrastructure needs for electrical and electronic products	Testing and conformity assessment capability identified	Third Meeting of the EPWG	Malaysia
			Recommendations for improvement and actions		Jul-01	Malaysia	Consultation with Thailand
			Survey on Technical Infrastructure	Result of the survey	Jul-01	EPWG/ASEC	Completed information  posted in the ASEAN Website
			Update the results		On-going	EPWG/ASEC
V.	Quality Improvement		Develop action plan for quality improvement	Action plan adopted	Fourth Meeting of the EPWG	Philippines	Submitted by the Philippines to the Fourth EPWG Meeting
			Implementation of the action plan				Recommended to ACCSQ to include in the ACCSQ Work Programme, not at the EPWG level