ISO/COPOLCO Committee on Consumer Policy
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_technical_committee.html?commid=55000
Secretariat: ISO Central Secretariat
Secretary: Mrs. Dana Kissinger-Matray
ISO Central Secretariat contact: Mrs. Dana Kissinger-Matray
Creation date: 1978
Scope:
Membership
COPOLCO membership is open to interested member bodies as participating (P) or observer (O) members and to interested correspondent members as observer (O) members.
Terms of reference
To study means of helping consumers to benefit from standardization, and means of improving consumer participation in national and international standardization.
To provide a forum for the exchange of information on the experience of consumer participation in the development and implementation of standards in the consumer field, and on other questions of interest to consumers in national and international standardization.
To advise ISO Council as to the consolidated viewpoints of consumers on matters relevant to ISO's current and potential standardization and conformity assessment work.
To advise ISO Council on the need for new or revised policies or actions within ISO as they relate to consumers' needs.
More information about COPOLCO and related ISO activities can be found in the section
Resources for consumers.
Number of published ISO standards under the direct responsibility of ISO/COPOLCO (number includes updates): 6
Participating countries: 66
Observing countries: 47
Subcommittee/Working Group - Title
ISO/COPOLCO/TG - Consumer issues in counterfeiting
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 1 - Chair's group members and other participants
ISO/COPOLCO/JWG 1 - Joint Working Group for the revision of ISO/IEC Guide 51
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 2 - Priorities from the consumer's point of view
ISO/COPOLCO/JWG 2 - Joint Working Group for the revision of ISO/IEC Guide 50
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 3 - Consumer participation
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 4 - Product safety
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 5 - Consumer protection in the global market place
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 6 - Training projects
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 7 - Revision of ISO/IEC Guide 37, Instructions for use of products for consumer interest
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 9 - Priorities Group Key Persons
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 10 - Guarantees/warranties task group
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 11 - Revision of Guide 74
ISO/COPOLCO/WG 12 - Revision of ISO/IEC Guide 46