TPC - Technical Policy Committee

Terms of Reference

1. Technical Policy Committee reports to the Board of Directors and MCCB to whom it should provide summary executive reports and proposals.

2. The Technical Policy committee shall exercise its powers and carry out its duties with a sense of objective judgment and impartiality in the best interests of the ENEC and CCA Signatories.

3. The Technical Policy Committee supervises and handles matters relating to the operational and technical aspects of the Schemes such as but not limited to:

a) Advise the MCCB on technical issues

b) Maintenance and development of the operational and technical documents relevant for the ENEC and/or CCA Schemes.

c) Review and validate Test Report Forms developed either directly or by the Scheme Members of ENEC and CCA;

d) Give advice on requests for interpretations on certification issues inside the schemes administrated by ETICS.

e) Provide lecturers on workshops and seminars to promote third party conformity assessment on sectors falling under the relevant ENEC and/or CCA Schemes.

4. The Chairman or the Secretary of each OSM, at their convenience and availability, is invited on a permanent basis to participate in the TPC meetings.

5. The TPC can establish and coordinate Task Forces and WGs.

	Ted Gaertner Chairman DEKRA Certification BV Arnhem NL
	Patrick Schrooten Secretary ETICS Brussels Belgium

Members
	Ted Gaertner DEKRA Certification BV Arnhem NL	Bence Thurnay ETICS Brussels Belgium
	Skule Moe Nemko Group AS Oslo NO	Michael Hingott TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH München DE
	Fausto Pozzi UL International Demko A/S Ballerup DK	Thomas Bilz VDE Prüf- und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH OFFENBACH AM MAIN DE
	Silvio Piras SGS Belgium NV - Division SGS-CEBEC BRUSSELS BE	Christian Maes SGS Belgium NV - Division SGS-CEBEC BRUSSELS BE
	Rafael Guirado AENOR INTERNACIONAL, S.A.U MADRID ES	Mauro Casari ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEL MARCHIO DI QUALITA' S.p.A. MILANO IT
	Patrick Schrooten ETICS Brussels Belgium	Antonio Balado Pachon AENOR INTERNACIONAL, S.A.U MADRID ES
	Miroslav Sedlacek Elektrotechnický zkušební ústav, s.p. Praha 8 - Troja CZ	Bojan Pecavar Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology Ljubljana SI
	Chris Colgan Intertek Testing & Certification Ltd Leatherhead Surrey	Ted Drost DEKRA Certification BV Arnhem NL