Chương IV Thông tư 11/2021/TT-BKHCN hướng dẫn xây dựng và áp dụng tiêu chuẩn: Hướng dẫn xây dựng và công bố tiêu chuẩn cơ sở

Chapter IV

GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLISHING OF INTERNAL STANDARDS

Article 12. Requirements and basis for development of internal standards

1. Requirements for internal standards:

a) Internal standards must not contradict corresponding technical regulations and regulations of law;

b) Development of internal standards shall be appropriate for science and technology development, meet requirements for management and business operation of business organizations, social-professional organizations, state agencies, public service providers and other organizations (hereinafter referred to as “establishments”)

c) An internal standard shall be applied to management and business operation of the organization, agency or unit that develops and publishes it.

2. Basis for development of internal standards

a) Internal standards shall be developed on the basis of science and technology research findings; technological advancements; demands and reality of management and business operation of establishments.

b) It is recommended to develop internal standards by studying to or adopting national standards, international standards, regional standards and foreign standards.

Article 13. Types and methods for development of internal standards

1. Types of internal standards

Types of internal standards include:

a) Technical requirement standards;

b) Standards for testing, measurement, calibration methods;

c) Standards for recording, packaging, transport, storage;

d) Process standards;

dd) Service standards;

e) Environmental standards.

Depending on the form and scale of business, purposes and requirements of management, establishments shall apply or add appropriate types of internal standards.

2. Methods for development of internal standards

Typical methods for development of internal standards:

a) Adoption of corresponding national standards, international standards, regional standards and foreign standards;

b) Development of new internal standards on the basis of science and technology research findings; results of testing, assessment, analysis and experiments;

c) Revision, supplementation of internal standards.

Article 14. Procedures for development and publishing of internal standards

1. Depending on the form and scale of business of the establishment, an internal standard shall be developed by following these steps:

a) Step 1: Prepare the internal standard development plan;

b) Step 2: Draft the internal standard;

c) Step 3: Organize a survey on the draft internal standard;

d) Step 4: Organize a symposium on the draft internal standard;

dd) Step 5: Process comments and complete the draft internal standard;

e) Step 6: Prepare the draft internal standard dossier;

g) Step 7: Appraise the draft internal standard;

h) Step 8: Publish the internal standard;

i) Step 9: Print the internal standard.

2. Publishing internal standards

The head of the establishment shall consider issuing a written decision to publish the internal standard.

The internal standard publishing dossier shall be archived at the establishment.

3. Presentation of internal standards

a) Symbols of internal standards

a1) The symbol of an internal standard includes a number, publishing year after the abbreviation “TCCS”, separated by a colon (:).

a2) The abbreviation of the publishing establishment is placed after the publishing year, separated by a slash (/).

Example: TCCS 26:2017/XXX is the symbol of internal standard No. 26, developed and published in 2017 by a company abbreviated as XXX.

b) The contents of an internal standard shall have the following main parts:

b1) Table of contents;

b2) Foreword;

b3) General (overall part, technical part);

b4) Additional information.

Framework, presentation and sample contents can be found in TCVN 1-2:2008 Development of standards - Part 2: Rules for the structure and drafting of National Standards.

c) Internal standards should be concise, clear, accurate, unequivocal and correct; should not have contents that are general, confusing and ambiguous.

If the standard has technical requirements or testing method, its contents must be specific and can be assessed with existing of the establishment, domestic or overseas laboratory.

d) Internal standards can be bound separately or as a collection by topic or regulated entities.

The pages of the internal standard shall be numbered and printed as separate sheets for convenient addition, removal or replacement of contents. Every internal standard shall have covers.

4. Pursuant to these general guidelines, establishments shall establish their own procedures and guidelines for development, revision, supplementation and publishing of their internal standards according to their capacity and scale.