ISO Focus - March 2004

Safe driving  

ISO Focus, March 2004

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Comment

Vadim Koutenev, Chair of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), UNECE
Proactive standardization facilitates regulatory work  

Guest View

Jean-Martin Folz, President of PSA Peugeot Citroën

"PSA has been involved for a long time in a voluntary policy to protect the natural environment and the quality of life in the vicinity of industrial sites."
Read the full interview (PDF, 426 KB)

Main Focus

Safe driving

• Greater responsiveness is needed
• Opportunities to enhance ISO's contributions
• Ergonomics in the driving seat
• Safety: a priority for manufacturers and users
• Steering into a new source of power
• Tyres hold the road
• Do not reinvent the wheel !

Developments and initiatives

• Interfaces between launch vehicles and spacecraft
• Barcoding for the aircraft industry
• Consumers want International Standards for second hand goods
• Reliability of fluid power products
• The "Train the trainer" approach in Estonia

New this month  

• Data management
• A safer working environment for personnel of medical laboratories
• A unique international identification code for libraries
• ISO CataloguePlus 2004
• ISO Memento  
• WTO/TBT Standards Code Directory 2004

World Scene

• Highlights of events from around the world  

ISO Scene

• Highlights of news from ISO