Organization

Summary

1 General

2 Chairman, General Meeting, Board and Executive body

3 Technical Committee (TC)

3.1 General 3.2 Structure and composition 3.3 Role and responsibilities 3.4 Functioning

4 BNAE Committees (BC)

4.1 General 4.2 Structure and composition 4.3 Role and responsibilities 4.4 Functioning

5 Working Groups (WG) 5.1 General
5.2 Structure and composition
5.3 Role and responsibilities
5.4 Functioning
5.5 Inquiries

6 Sub-Working Groups (S-WG)

1 General

By decision of 24 September 1984 and in accordance with dispositions of Clause 8 of Decree No. 84-74 of 26 January 1984, the Ministers of Defence, Transports and Industry have maintained in operation and approved as a standardization body, Bureau de Normalisation de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, whose field of expertise is standardization within the specific domain of aerospace studies and engineering.

Furthermore, BNAE is the standardization organization officially approved by AFNOR to conduct aerospace standardization activities at national, European, and international levels.

At the European and international levels, BNAE benefits from preferential, but non-exclusive, agreements with ASD and ISO/TC20. Most notably, BNAE is duly commissioned by AFNOR to represent France at ISO/TC20.

To foster and make the best use of interactions between the three standardization levels in the field, BNAE is organized around structures reflecting the interests of its member groups which themselves receive support from permanent bodies.

NOTE: Additionally, at the national level, BNAE produces under its sole responsibility standardization documents referred to as "Recommandations Aéronautiques" or "R.Aéro" and "Fascicules de documentation" or "FD L".

GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF STANDARDIZATION AT BNAE

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2 Chairman, General Meeting, Board and Executive body

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3 Technical Committee (TC)

3 Technical Committee (TC)
3.1 General

The Technical Committee is made up of at least ten members selected among BNAE-affiliated organizations, two of which belong to DGA (Délégation Générale de l'Armement), one to DGAC (Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile) and one to CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). Its Chairman is nominated by the Board of Administrators.

Members are selected with the aim of best representing aircraft, engine, missile, space materials, equipment, and material manufacturers as well as civil and military users.

The list of the Technical Committee members is issued on each year; it is revised, if necessary, at each of its meetings. Members may or may not be administrators.

The Chairman of the Technical Committee attends the Board meetings.

3.2 Structure and composition

The TC is composed as following members:

the Chairman;
the Vice-Chairmain;
the representatives of manufacturers and users (see 3.1) and their possible substitutes;
the French Chairman of ASD-STAN, should the opportunity arise;
the representatives of GIFAS at ASD-STAN;
the national ASD-CERT representative;
the French co-ordinators of ASD-STAN technical domains;
the French chairmen of the ISO/TC20 subcommittees (SC);
the leader of the French delegation on those SCs of ISO/TC20 with foreign chairmanships;
the chairmen and vice-chairmen of BNAE BNAE Committees (BC);
the Chairman and the Executive Director of BNAE;
the standardization engineers.

The Chairman is designated by the Board.
The Vice-Chairman is co-opted by the TC members upon proposal of the TC Chairman.
The Chairman's and Vice-Chairman's mandates are three years in duration and are renewable once.

3.3 Role and responsibilities

The Technical Committee, under the authority of the Board, is commissioned to establish and maintain the program of activities updated, considering:

the guidelines of the Délégué Interministériel aux Normes (Standardization Inter-ministry Delegate);

the orientations set up jointly by the Délégué Général pour l'Armement, the Chairman of GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales), the General Director of Aviation Civile and the General Director of CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales), as a result of the proposals made by the Comité d'Orientation Permanent de la Normalisation Aéronautique et Spatiale (COPNAS) (Permanent Advisory Committee for Aerospace Standardization);

and according to self set priorities and resources available as provided for in the annual budget proposed by the Board and voted for by the General Meeting.

The TC is entitled to set up/disband the BNAE Committees (BC) and the working groups (WG).

The TC reports on its activity to the Executive Board and submits all the measures meant to facilitate, promote and improve aerospace standardization, as well as those that shall lead to the enforcement of standards prepared by BNAE.

The TC initiates the general examination of the proposals regarding the methods of enforcement set by the Association's permanent Services, in liaison with the concerned firms, civil and military organizations and users and, in particular, it aims at updating the lists of standards whose enforcement is mandatory within aerospace engineering.

More precisely, the Technical Committee:

analyses the orientations of COPNAS and enables the establishment by BNAE and the BC of the relevant working programs;
co-ordinates the BC activities and has competence over all problems which cannot be solved at their level (arbitration, ruling);
provides BC chairmen all the information required for the accomplishment of their tasks;
checks the work progress of the BC;
approves proposals for new studies submitted to BNAE or ISO/TC20;
endorses nomination proposals of BC chairmen;
approves changes in the scope of BCs.

3.4 Functioning

The TC meets at least once a year or more often upon summons of its Chairman. The agenda is set by the BNAE Secretariat with the agreement of the Chairman who informs the Vice-Chairman. When the Chairman is not available, he/she is replaced by the Vice-Chairman.

TC actions and decisions are taken in compliance with :

general guidelines of the Délégué Interministériel aux normes (standardization Inter-Ministry Delegate);
specific guidelines jointly set by the Délégué Général pour l'Armement (General Delegate for Armament Procurement) and the Chairman of GIFAS, originating from proposals by the Comité d'Orientation Permanent de la Normalisation Aéronautique et Spatiale (COPNAS) (Permanent Advisory Committee for Aeronautic and Space Standardization).

Decisions are made by consensus (1) as defined in ISO guidelines.

(1) Consensus: General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments.

NOTE: Consensus need not imply unanimity.

4 BNAE Committees (BC)

4.1 General

To ensure that standards are generated using methods involving the greatest possible degree of consultation, standardization domains are distributed among several BCs whose composition is set by the TC.
Members are selected to best represent the various partners (industrialists and laboratories, civil and military Authorities and users) in the BC area of interest to them.

4.2 Structure and composition

For a given area of interest, BC members include:

the Chairman;
the Vice-Chairman(men);
the Executive Director of BNAE;
representatives of manufacturers and users (see 4.1) and their possible surrogates;
the French co-ordinator of the relevant ASD-STAN technical domain, if necessary;
the spokesmen of the French position within international organizations;
the French chairmen of the ISO/TC20 subcommittees (SC);
the leader of the French delegation on those SCs of the ISO/TC20 with foreign chairmanships, if necessary;
working group (WG) leaders;
the BC standardization engineer.

The BC Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected by the BC and their nomination shall be endorsed by the TC.
The Chairman's and Vice-Chairman's mandates are three years in duration and are renewable.

4.3 Role and responsibilities

Each BC:

defines its domain which is submitted to the TC for approval;
according to the orientations and priorities of COPNAS stated by the TC, drafts its work program in its field and submits it to the TC mentioning for each study the workload and time limit induced for BNAE;
creates (title, domain), inactivates/disbands WGs and sub-working groups;
approves the nomination of WG leaders;
co-ordinates WG activities and has competence over all problems which cannot be solved at their level (arbitration, ruling);
checks that work progresses within the agreed timescale;
provides WG leaders the information required for the accomplishment of their tasks;
defines proposals for new studies at the level of BNAE and ISO/TC20 and submits them to the TC;
names the French delegation leader for each ISO/TC20 SC meeting;
finds and submits to GIFAS the spokesmen for the French position at international organizational levels;
reports to the TC.

4.4 Functioning

In agreement with its Chairman, each BC meets at least once annually upon summons by the Executive Director of BNAE. The agenda is set by the BNAE Secretariat in consultation with the Chairman who informs the Vice-Chairman(men). When the Chairman is not available, he/she is substituted for by the Vice-Chairman.
BC actions and decisions follow TC guidelines.
Decisions are made by consensus as defined in ISO guidelines.

5 Working groups (WG)

5.1 General

Working Groups (WGs) are created for each BC, as needed (see 4.3).
Each working group is required to be representative of all parties with interests in the standardization area for which the WG was created.
Participants are selected based on their competence and expertise on the topics at hand.

5.2 Structure and composition

WG members include :

a group leader;
a deputy leader, when needed;
experts;
a standardization engineer.

Recognized experts from organizations with no affiliation to BNAE (consulting business, advisory company, non-aerospace industry, for instance) may be called upon. Their participation is decided on a case-by-case basis by affiliated members within the WG and remains numerically modest. Also, as soon as these experts are no longer actively participating in the WG's tasks, the working group leader reports to the parent BC which decides whether their membership in the WG is continued or not.
The working group leader and his/her deputy (when needed) are co-opted by the experts.
Their nomination is approved by the WG's parent BC.

5.3 Role and responsibilities

Within the area allocated to the WG by its affiliated BC, and as part of the work program selected by the TC and the BC, each WG:

sets its work programme, plans it according to its needs and priorities and reports on its progress to the BC;
sets or prepares the study requests to be submitted to the BC;
develops standard drafts and/or Recommandations Aéronautiques;
helps the BC to define the position of the French industrialists to be supported at European or international meetings;
helps the BC to define the French vote to be formulated at the European or international level following national inquiry;
reports to its parent BC.

5.4 Functioning

As called by its leader, each WG meets with the frequency deemed necessary in accomplishing its tasks within the timescale. The agenda is set by BNAE Secretariat in consultation with the WG leader.
WG actions and decisions are in conformity with the guidelines issued by the parent BC.
Decisions and texts generated by the WG shall be based on consensus as defined by ISO guidelines. If this consensus cannot be reached, the WG brings the issue to the attention of its parent BC for arbitration/decision. Once the WG's work program is completed, the WG is inactivated or disbanded.

5.5 Inquiries

Inquiries are carried out in compliance with the guidelines of the various organizations: AFNOR, ASD-STAN, CEN, ISO on behalf of which they are conducted.

6 Sub-Working Groups (S-WG)

6 Sub-Working Groups (S-WG)

For practical reasons (specialization of experts, domain partitioning, etc.), and upon approval by its parent BC, a WG may create one or more S-WGs.
In this case, the rules set forth in 5 are applicable also to S-WGs.

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