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ICSID Secretariat oversees the daily activities of the council it has been in Helsinki, Finland since 1985 Kaarina Pohto, Secretary General ICSID Secretariat Erottajankatu 11A-18 00130 Helsinki, Finland Tel +358 9 696 22 90 Fax +358 9 696 22 910 E-mail icsidsec icsid.org http www.icsid.org 

ICSID members are professional organizations, promotional societies, educational institutions, government bodies, companies and institutions which aim to contribute to the development of the profession of industrial design. Today ICSID consists of 149 Member Societies, representing 52 countries from all continents (except Antarctica ). These Societies collaborate to establish an international platform through which design institutions worldwide can stay in touch, share common interests and new experiences, and be heard as a powerful voice. 

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At the European level, the national organizations from both the EU (European Union, formerly the EEC) and the EETA (European Free Trade Association) are grouped in the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and its counterpart for the electrical industries CENELEC. The standards published by these two organizations have authority in all EU countries as well as the EFTA countries who have voted their approval, which means that these standards have replaced their corresponding national standards. 

The Food Chemicals Codex. The Food Chemicals Codex is developed by the Committee on Pood Chemicals Codex, which is a part of the Pood and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, under a contract with the U.S. PDA. The Committee has the responsibihty for the development and revision of the PCC. To meet this responsibiUty, the Committee also contacts manufacturers, trade associations, and other knowledgeable parties to obtain comments and criticisms of monographs proposed by the committee. Broader pubHc input is sought by pubhcation, by the PDA in the FederalFegister, of current committee activity regarding new and revised monographs proposed for inclusion in the PCC. 

The American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) (4) accepts spice as any dried plant product used primarily for seasoning purposes. This broad definition was designed so that items labeled only as spice could give adequate protection to proprietary formulas for spice mixtures. However, ASTA recommends that the dehydrated vegetables and the color spices be listed separately by name on all labels. ASTA also has recommended that the capsicums, no matter the species, be delisted as spices and labeled separately. 

The American Spice Trade Association (ASTA), estabUshed by the industry, works with U.S. government organizations to set up specifications (9) for spice products that conform specificaHy to the laws, however generalized they are. 

FTstory of Spices, American Spice Trade Association Inc., New York, 1960. 

Official Analytical Methods of The American Spice Trade Association, 3rd ed., American Spice Trade Association, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1985. 

Several studies on FWAs have concluded that diarninostilbenedisulfonic acid/cyanuric chloride (DAS/CC) and distyrylbiphenyl (DSBP) type whiteners are of a low order of toxicity. Thek safety has been extensively reviewed by governmental agencies there is no evidence of human health ha2ards. FWA producers and users consider these products to be both safe and beneficial to the ultimate consumer. This view is supported by appropriate trade associations. A comprehensive review of available safety and environmental data has been pubflshed (82). In addition, principal suppHers are conducting life cycle analyses on the primary whiteners in use (ca 1993). 

Seminars, workshops, and short courses sponsored by professional societies and trade associations provide the needed training in materials standards and specifications. Familiarisation with sources of information in the field, how to prepare specifications and standards, how to tailor requirements for cost effectiveness, and the cross-referencing and correlation of specifications and standards are covered. 

British andForeign Specificationsfor Steel Castings (1980) Steel Casting Research and Trade Association, Sheffield, U.K., 1980. 

PhRMA is a trade association of over 100 research-based pharmaceutical companies. For membership a company must manufacture and market finished dosage-form products under its own brand names and must conduct a significant amount of research and development in the United States. 

U.S. Industrial Outlook, Dept, of Commerce, International Trade Association, Washington, D.C., 1991, pp. 5-1—7-14. 

United States Trade Association (USTA), The Trademark Handbook, New York, 1990. The USTA has a number of pubHcations on trademark-related subjects. AHst of USTA pubHcations is available from the USTA office, 6 East 45th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. 

The method of reporting mel consumption varies among different industries and also among countries. Trade associations usually have recommended procedures. Thus the Diesel Engine Manufacturers... 

It is hoped that the improvements will help to achieve die objectives for which die text was originally conceived, i.e. to summarize in relatively basic terms die hazards associated with chemicals and how the ensuing risks can be controlled, and to provide sufficient detailed information to supplement that obtainable from suppliers, government publications, trade associations, and computerized data banks where recourse to specialized textbooks may be premature, difficult or unnecessary. 

In 1996, an International Automotive Task Force was established, comprising representatives of the vehicle manufactures and trade associations from the Americas and Europe (see Figure 1.1). 

The trade associations that are members of lATF perform an assurance function and have set up a panel to administer certification activities in their country. This involves witness audits of certification bodies to verify that they are adhering to the lATF agreement. They will monitor the scheme on behalf of the vehicle manufacturers in ensuring that certificates are only awarded to organizations that are 100% compliant with the requirements. These activities should provide added confidence that the certification bodies are fulfilling their obligations. 

The trade associations will also process applications for lATF recognition and for auditor qualification. A central database of auditors will be maintained so that auditor competency can be monitored. Auditor qualification and re-qualification results, complaints, and movements will be stored so that the validity of auditor certificates can be ascertained. 

Industry policy, which applies to a particular industry, such as the codes of practice set by trade associations for a certain trade... 

There are lots of regulations and no guarantees of finding them all. However, you can now search through libraries on the Internet and consult bureaus, trade associations, and government departments to discover those that apply to you. Ignorance of the law, they say, is no excuse. So here are a few consequences related to the automobile industry that you may rather avoid ... 

Subscribing to a trade association that provides bulletins to its members on changes in the law and relevant standards... 

In some situations there may be no national standard against which to calibrate your devices. Colors and textures are two examples. If you face this situation, you should gather together a group of experts within your company or trade association and establish by investigation, experimentation, and debate what constitutes the standard. Having done this you should document the basis of your decisions and produce a device or number of devices which can be used to compare the product with the standard using visual, quantitative, or other means. 

EFMA is a trade association to promote role of minerol fertilizers in European agriculture and horticulture. 

A trade association representing 75 chemical manufiac-turing industries in Canada. 

A nonprofit professional and trade association sendng those engaged in the research, testing, measurement and remediation of radon. Formulates and promulgates measurement and remediation standards develops educational programs for the public and the radon profession seeks to enhance the remediation of radon. 

Formerly known as Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA). A trade association of chemical manufacturers, representing more than 90 percent of the production for basic industrial chemicals in the US. Administers research in areas significant to chemical manufacturing such as air and water pollution control operates Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC) to control and report chemical accidents. ACC is organized by industrial groups and also by issue groups that sen>e as coordinators and advocators in their fields of specializations. 

The American Fiber Manufacturers Association, Inc. is the trade association for US. companies that manufacture and sell synthetic and cellulosic fibers. 

The Methanol Institute is the trade association representing the methanol industiy in the United States. One of its goals is to protect and expand markets for methanol. The single largest market for methanol is in the production of methyl tertiaiy butly ether (MTBE), the oxygenate additive used in cleaner-burning reformulated gasoline (RFG). 

API is the major national trade association representing the entire petroleum industry exploration and production, transportation, refining, and marketing. 

A major trade association for the plastics industiy, the Council is comprised of 24 of the leading plastics manufacturers in the United States, representing 80% of the US. resin production capacity. 

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