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Attention ANSI-Accredited Standards Developers: 2025 Procedural Compliance Form Due by March 5

1/24/2025

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) wishes to remind all ANSI-accredited standards developers (ASDs) that the 2025 ASD Procedural Compliance Form issued via email must be submitted to ANSI by March 5, 2025.

Revisions to the ANSI Essential Requirements

Revisions to the 2025 edition of the ANSI Essential Requirements include:

  1. Clarifications in 2.6, Consideration of views and objections, and 4.2 Approval of actions in connection with American National Standards (ANS), to improve understanding of these provisions

  2. Revisions to 4.0, Normative ANS Administrative Procedures, and 4.5, Publication of an ANS, codify ANSI’s policy that the official language of the ANS process is English and the only version of a document that is approved as an ANS is the English language version. The ANS mark and the words “an American National Standard” may appear on the English-language version only and not on a translation. A companion guidance document is also available that provides permissible labeling of a translated document.

 

Access the inline revisions to the ANSI Essential Requirements.

 

ANSI Procedures for the National Adoption of ISO and IEC Standards as ANS – 2025 edition

The following revisions have been incorporated into the 2025 edition of the ANSI Procedures for the National Adoption of ISO and IEC Standards as American National Standards (ANSI National Adoption Procedures):

  1. A new footnote has been added to section 1.0, General, to reflect current ANSI Policy codified by the ANSI Board of Directors Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2023

  2. Section 4.0, Periodic Review, includes updated requirements associated with the maintenance of national adoptions of ISO and IEC standards as ANS and clarifies requirements for withdrawn national adoptions

  3. Annex B: Designation, Maintenance and Publication of a National Adoption of an ISO or IEC Standard was revised to better align with ISO/IEC Guide 21 and ANSI’s related policies

 

Review and Submission Process

By returning the 2025 ASD Compliance Form, individuals are confirming, on behalf of their organization, compliance with all provisions of the 2025 edition of the ANSI Essential Requirements. Please be sure that procedures fully comply and reflect current requirements before returning the form. Failure to return a completed 2025 ASD Procedural Compliance Form by the March 5 deadline may jeopardize an organization's status as an ANSI-accredited standards developer. To avoid this, and only if necessary, please request a filing extension before the deadline. Questions and extension requests should be directed to [email protected].

  • Please review the ANS pages on ANSI's website. These pages may be useful to an organization's staff and those who participate in the standards development process. See www.ansi.org and select "American National Standards" from the top bar. In particular, please note two paths that walk the reader through ANSI's Essential Requirements: 1) General Public; and 2) Standards Developers. Please also review the updated ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer list.
  • Access guidance documents that address the ANS process. These are available at www.ansi.org/asd and through the "Resource Center" tab, by selecting "American National Standards;" ANS Educational Webinars are posted in a sub-folder at www.ansi.org/asd.
  • All ASDs are encouraged to regularly review the updated Lists of Approved and Proposed ANS. Regular review of these reports will support the timely maintenance of each ASD’s proposed and approved ANS, as well as assist with meaningful coordination efforts among ASDs. Specific updates to these lists may be sent by an ASD to [email protected]. Note that a direct link to these lists is also available on the Standards Action page, in addition to the 2025 ANSI Standards Action Publication Schedule.

ANSI thanks you for your cooperation and participation.


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