OSM-HA

Terms of Reference

The OSM-HA (Operational Staff Meeting for Household Appliances) is responsible to the ECS MCCB (Management Committee of Certification Bodies) Chaiman in accordance with Operational Document ECS 030 for:
1.        Providing specialist advice in the area of
-   Household and similar equipment (product category HOUS
-   Portable tools (product category TOOL
   The list of product categories and standard scope is given in the Standards and Scopes Database of the ETICS website. The classification of product categories is the same as adopted by CTL in the IECEE
2.        Agreeing upon common understanding and application of standards covering the area indicated in Item 1
3.        Clarifying testing practices and methods;
4.        Proposing amendments to existing standards or provisional test schedules to the relevant Technical Committees or Reporting Secretariats of CENELEC;
5.        Strengthening technical cooperation for certification matters for the benefit of the manufacturer;
6.        Liaising with and providing support to other OSMs with respect to relevant issues;
7.        Liaising with IECEE/CTL Expert Task Forces CTL-ETF1 “HOUS, TOOL, TOYS” with respect to relevant issues, with the task of a routine exchange of views on interpretations;
8.        Reviewing of the relevant IECEE/CTL Decisions, with respect to relevant issues, for incorporation into the OSM Decisions Lists. 
Rafael Guirado
Chairman
AENOR CONFIA, S.A.U
Madrid ES
Christian Maes
Secretary
SGS Belgium NV - Division SGS-CEBEC
Brussels BE
 
 
Members    
Anders Ahman
Intertek Semko AB
Kista SE 		Florian Blei
Austrian Electrotechnical Association Testing & Certification
Vienna AT
Helmut Boehn
VDE Prüf- und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH
Offenbach am Main DE 		Esau Cardoso
CERTIF Associação para a Certificação
Almada PT
Nikos Exarcheas
Materials Industrial Research and Technology Center s.a.
Volos GR 		Peter Fagerstedt
SGS Fimko Ltd.
Helsinki FI
Markus Greenwood
Intertek Testing & Certification Ltd
Leatherhead UK 		Rafael Guirado
AENOR CONFIA, S.A.U
Madrid ES
Anders Krzywkowski
UL International Demko A/S
Ballerup DK 		Ralf Laborenz
TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH
München DE
Marc Lescure
Bureau Veritas LCIE
Fontenay-aux-Roses FR 		Joao Luz Costa
CERTIF Associação para a Certificação
Almada PT
Christian Maes
SGS Belgium NV - Division SGS-CEBEC
Brussels BE 		Juan Carlos Molina
AENOR CONFIA, S.A.U
Madrid ES
Andrej Perko
Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology
Ljubljana SI 		Davide Pietrosemoli
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEL MARCHIO DI QUALITA' S.p.A.
Milano IT
Jan Polak
Elektrotechnický zkušební ústav, s.p.
Praha CZ 		Gerhard Richter
TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH
Cologne DE
Claude Rickenbacher
Eurofins Electric & Electronic Product Testing AG
Fehraltorf CH 		Filippo Scaglione
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEL MARCHIO DI QUALITA' S.p.A.
Milano IT
Patrick Schrooten
ETICS
Brussels Belgium 		Dariusz Szczepanowski
Stowarzyszenie Elektrykow Polskich - Biuro Badawcze ds. Jakosci
Warsaw PL
Imre Tamasoczki
TÜV Rheinland InterCert Kft., Division MEEI
Budapest HU 		Terje Ulsrud
Nemko Group AS
Oslo NO
Thijs van Zanten
DEKRA Certification BV
Arnhem NL 		Medine CANBOLAT
Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü
Ankara TR
Miko Multamäki
SGS Fimko Ltd.
Helsinki FI 		Jan Ajewski
Lukasiewicz Research Network IMiF PREDOM Division Testing and Certification
Warsaw PL
Jozef Kovalicek
EVPÚ a.s.
Nová Dubnica SK