‘Annex L’ refers to the annex in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1, 2019 edition, dealing with proposals and criteria for management system standards (‘MSS’). It was introduced in 2012 as ‘Annex SL’ of the ISO Supplement to the ISO/IEC Directives, and was originally only applicable to management system standards developed by ISO; from 2019 also IEC will apply this annex.
ISO’s Joint Technical Coordination Group (‘JTCG’) was established in 2007 and comprises representatives from all of ISO’s management system standards committees. It is responsible for what until now has been known as ‘Annex SL’ of the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1. This annex defines the terminology, high-level structure (‘HLS’) and core text to enhance the consistency of ISO’s and IEC’s portfolio of management system standards. Taskforce 14 (TF 14) was established in late 2018 to conduct a limited revision of this Annex SL. TF 14 held its kick-off meeting from 26 February to 1 March 2019, hosted by the Enterprise Innovation Institute of the Georgia Institute of Technology (‘Georgia Tech’) in Atlanta, USA, and sponsored by the US TAG to ISO/TC 301 ‘Energy management’. Approximately 40 participants were welcomed by the hosts Deann Desai (chair of the JTCG) and Chris Downing (President of the Institute).
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