The NormG 2016 some of its impacts The NormG 2016 has a major clearly negative impact on the financing of the standardization system and as a direct consequence on the resources of the Austrian Standards Institute and hence on the services that can be offered in future o With regard to the provision of support to committees and working groups the Austrian Standards Institute has to reduce the service level wherever it exceeds the level laid down in the Internal Regula tions o Meetings of European and international committees working groups CEN and ISO can only be held at Austrian Standards if these are financed by third parties o As the rooms of the Meeting Center of Austrian Standards will be less used in future they can also be rented link www austrian stan dards at meetingcenter Because electrotechnical standardization is excluded from the scope of the NormG 2016 this also means the end of the joint committees of the Austrian Standards Institute and the Austrian Electrotechnical Asso ciation OVE OVE s electrotechnical documents do not have the status of ÖNORMs from 1 April 2016 on but are still available from Austrian Standards Quotes comments on NormG Mike Klaffenböck Angelika Hauser voestalpine Stahl GmbH Alfred Heiter Director of Fiscal and Legal Policy Federation of Austrian Industry An active national standardization organization can positively shape the economic framework conditions in Austria This does not only support national flagship companies such as voestalpine but all the undertakings working in Austria and makes a contri bution to securing rewarding jobs in our country The Feder ation of A ustrian In dustry str esses that a modern and active sta ndardizat ion system is of great i mportance for Austr ia s industry a nd contrib utes to im proving th e competi tiveness o f the numerous innovativ e enterpri ses in Austria 10 The product label ÖNORM ge prüft is not included in NormG 2016 anymore However Austrian Standards Certification will continue to offer it to its customers

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