Hello and Welcome!
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, this first post covers the most common procedural issues that you may encounter. Below we answer some Frequently Asked Questions and give additional tips so that you can ensure you’ve covered everything and the process runs smoothly.
How do I submit draft ENs to CCMC?
For CENELEC Technical Bodies it’s via email and we have a new address – production@cencenelec.eu – all emails to the former address (procedures@....) are auto forwarded to the new address. For CEN Technical Committees delivery of drafts is via eTrans on Livelink. There are dedicated folders for Enquiry (1.1.1), Formal Vote/UAP (2.1.1).
What do I submit?
Please use the Transmission Notice (available here and here). This is really important for us because we need it to identify your project. As for the draft text, you have to provide us with both a revisable Word file (formats .doc and .docx accepted) and a PDF version. If you have drawings (figures) in your draft then you have to send these to us as separate files in either .tiff or .eps, but this is only obligatory for CEN Technical Committees.
What happens next?
Enough text now! Here’s a flowchart describing basically the main steps once your text has been delivered to us:
Did
you know? One of the ways we measure our performance is based on our CCMC
Processing Timeframe for editing.
What if I need to make a change to the text but I’ve already sent it to
CCMC?
It can happen that you contact us because changes are needed in a draft or you spotted an error. This can be corrected, but we require that you communicate this by email to production@cencenelec.eu and not send us a new delivery of the full text. If you just explain the changes needed clearly then we can implement them in the initial text that you sent us. If we have already edited the text and sent it to translation, no problem, we can still make changes and inform the translators. Of course, we need to kindly ask that you check the entirety of your draft prior to sending it to CCMC to ensure that you’ve covered everything.
How do I know who’s editing my draft?
Throughout the blog you’ll get to know the editors little by little. Like you, they are all dedicated and hard-working. You can see exactly who your assigned editor is by consulting the project on Projex-Online.
Matthew Tomlin
It can happen that you contact us because changes are needed in a draft or you spotted an error. This can be corrected, but we require that you communicate this by email to production@cencenelec.eu and not send us a new delivery of the full text. If you just explain the changes needed clearly then we can implement them in the initial text that you sent us. If we have already edited the text and sent it to translation, no problem, we can still make changes and inform the translators. Of course, we need to kindly ask that you check the entirety of your draft prior to sending it to CCMC to ensure that you’ve covered everything.
How do I know who’s editing my draft?
Throughout the blog you’ll get to know the editors little by little. Like you, they are all dedicated and hard-working. You can see exactly who your assigned editor is by consulting the project on Projex-Online.
Matthew Tomlin
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Hi, just checking in to the blog. It is good to have greater contact between WGs and CCMC, and i hope this Blog becomes a useful resource ... i think we will need this for the new ENQ/FV process. Hugh Barton (TC256 WG9 Convenor)
ReplyDeleteHi Hugh, Thanks for the comment. There's going to be a dedicated webinar for CEN/TCs regarding the new ENQ/FV process. We'll advertize it on the blog closer to the date! Matthew Tomlin
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