Adopted at the 3rd WBPWG Meeting, 15-16 December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
1
1
ACTION PLAN/WORK PROGRAM FOR THE ACCSQPRODUCT WORKING GROUP ON WOOD BASED PRODUCT
ASEAN OVERALL GOAL : ASEAN MRA for Wood Based Products signed by AEM
WBP PWG GOAL : A
ssist the ACCSQ in addressing the elimination of technical barriers to trade for Wood-Based Products
OBJECTIVES STRATEGY EXPECTED OUTPUT ACTIVITIES TIME FRAME
(DUE DATE)
COUNTRY IN CHARGE
STATUS OF IMPLEMEN
TATION
1. To promote
transparency of
Wood Based
Products
standards,
technical
regulations and
conformity
assessment
procedures
among Member
Countries
1.1 Strengthen and enhance networking among ASEAN Member Countries on standards; technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures
1.1 Comprehensive ASEAN database on standards; technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures
1.1.1 Exchange information among Member Countries on standards; technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures
On going Indonesia
1.1.2 Indonesia develop
and circulate the template of
questionnaire to all Member Countries
October 2005 Indonesia Completed
1.1.3 Member countries to response the questionnaire to Indonesia
End of Jan 2006 Member countries
countries report (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
Adopted at the 3rd WBPWG Meeting, 15-16 December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
2
2
OBJECTIVES STRATEGY EXPECTED OUTPUT ACTIVITIES TIME FRAME
(DUE DATE)
COUNTRY IN CHARGE
STATUS OF IMPLEMEN
TATION
standards; technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures and list of contact persons in
ASEAN member Countries for posting on ASEAN website
1.1.5 Translation of
mandatory requirements (technical regulations) into English by Member Countries
July 2006 All Member
Countries
1.1.6 Make the information accessible to all stakeholders by
hyperlink the ASEAN website with Member countries website
July 2005 onward All Member Countries & ASEC
2. To identify areas
for harmonization of
technical regulations
and conformity
assessment
procedures.
1.2 Conduct comparative study(ies) of standards, technical regulations and conformity
assessment procedures among Member
Countries.
2.1 Observations/ recommendations for consideration of harmonization on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment in ASEAN
2.1.1 To develop the template for comparative study
Adopted at the 3rd WBPWG Meeting, 15-16 December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
3
3
OBJECTIVES STRATEGY EXPECTED OUTPUT ACTIVITIES TIME FRAME
(DUE DATE)
COUNTRY IN CHARGE
STATUS OF IMPLEMEN
TATION 2.1.2 Member Countries to
reply on the template
December 2005 Malaysia 5 country
report (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines)
2.1.3 Member countries to response the
comparative study to Malaysia
Mid of Jan 2006 Member
countries & Malaysia
2.1.4 To analyze the information and come up with the proposed areas for harmoniza-tion of technical regulations and conformity assessment for consideration by the WB PWG
June 2006 Malaysia
2.1.5 The PWGs to consider the inputs given by the lead country and agree on the specific areas for harmonization
Adopted at the 3rd WBPWG Meeting, 15-16 December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
4
4
OBJECTIVES STRATEGY EXPECTED OUTPUT ACTIVITIES TIME FRAME
(DUE DATE)
COUNTRY IN CHARGE
STATUS OF IMPLEMEN
TATION
3
To harmonize
technical
regulations and
conformity
assessment
procedures for
identified areas
under the
objective 2
3.1 Development of common requirements and conformity assessment
procedures for ASEAN Member Countries
3.1 Technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures for identified areas harmonized in ASEAN
