With regard to construction equipment, it is increasingly important
to harmonize domestic standards with international counterparts. In
doing so, the following areas must be considered: definition of standards
in terms of social needs such as environment and safety, identification
of the specifications and performance to ensure fair trades, and potential
for use as basis for legislation. The committee is composed of the
following subcommittees whose mission includes reviewing of policies
for domestic and global standardization, preparation of draft standards,
deliberations and approvals.
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Standardization Council |
| This council examines the strategies for domestic
and global standardization and coordinates subcommittees within
the committee. |
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Efforts for global standardization |
| Under the designation by the Japanese Industrial
Standards Committee (JISC), the following three subcommittees
corresponding to three TC technical committees discuss domestic
ISO standards. |
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ISO/TC 127 Earth-Moving
Machinery Subcommittee |
| The Earth-Moving Machinery Subcommittee, as a
P category member (actively participating member), are working
as a member of the TC and also of four affiliated subcommittees
(SC) under the TC to develop about 100 different global standards,
including making comments and drafting standards. It also acts
as a directive country member in the affairs relating to the
subcommittees (SC3) for operation and maintenance, thus contributing
largely to the administration and operation of the international
committee. |
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ISO/TC 195
Building Construction Machinery and Equipment Subcommittee |
| The ISO/TC 195 Building Construction Machinery
and Equipment Subcommittee, as a P member, is engaged in development
of standards for road construction equipment. In the field of
concrete machinery, this subcommittee drafts the standards,
and functions as chief examiner in the international working
group (WG). |
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ISO/TC 214 Elevating
Work Platforms Subcommittee |
| This subcommittee, as a P member, participates
in the development of standards on elevated work vehicles. |
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Efforts for domestic
standardization (Domestic Standard Subcommittee) |
| The subcommittee, composed of representatives
for manufacturers, users and third parties, prepares drafts
of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) in the fields of
construction machinery. The task includes development of the
JCMAS standard for our association based upon the WTO Agreement
on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Code of Good Practice
(CGP). |
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