UL STANDARDS
Update
Life Jacket Association Annual Meeting
June 27, 2017
St. Petersburg, Florida

UL’s Listing Service for PFDs
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PFD Tests
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UL STANDARDS
Maria Iafano
Chair STP 1123
Nicolette Allen
Project Manager STP 1123

UL Standards Public Safety Mission
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To develop and maintain
standards that improve
the safety of living and
working environments
around the world.

By the Numbers 2016
Approximately
15,600
CSDS USERS
COLLABORATIVE
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OVER
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ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN
STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT
1,614
CURRENT
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PUBLISHED BY THE UL
FAMILY OF COMPANIES
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REPRESENTED ON STPs AND COMMITTEES
450+ ACTIVE STPs & COMMITTEES
DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING
STANDARDS
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DEDICATED
STANDARDS
PROFESSIONALS
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Accredited as an SDO for Canada
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• In February 2013, UL was accredited
by the Standards Council of Canada
(SCC) as a Standards Development
Organization (SDO) for Canada.
• UL’s standards development process
is accredited by both ANSI and SCC
• Procedures align with WTO TBT
Agreement International standards
principles for consensus,
openness, and transparency

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Global Standards Developer
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International Regional
Bilateral MOUs (9)

COPANT/PASC -Vancouver May 2017
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UL & Jamaica
UL & Bolivia
UL & Costa Rica
UL & Ecuador
UL & Mexico

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International Standards Facilitator
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ISO TC188/SC1

Standards
Technical
Panel
1123

Why? Innovation
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Why? Market Access
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Why? Saving Lives
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What? STP 1123 – Current Standards (9)
UL 1123, Marine Buoyant Devices
UL 1175, Buoyant Cushions
UL 1177, Buoyant Vests
UL 1180, Fully Inflatable Personal Flotation Devices
UL 1191, Components for Personal Floatation Devices
UL 1197, Immersion Suits
UL 1517, Hybrid Personal Flotation Devices
ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-5, PFDs Buoyancy Aids (Level 50)
ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-9, PFD Test Methods
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STP Current Workload
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Update
Existing
Standards
Develop
New
Standards
Proposals To Maintain
Existing Standards

1st Joint Canada-US Standards Published
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Published December 2015

New Harmonization Process
• Faster
• Single process, less
complicated
• All affected stakeholders
at the same table
• Reduces duplication of
effort
• On-going harmonization
is inherent
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1 Joint Bi-
national STP
Single SDO accredited
in CAN - US
Single Joint standard
Develop draft
standard
Preliminary Review,
Ballot, Public Review

Standards Currently being Revised (6)
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UL 1123, Marine Buoyant Devices, Label & Placard
PUBLISHED on June 2, 2017, Revised June 22
UL 1180, Fully Inflatable PFDs, Label & Placard
TO BE PUBLISHED June 30, 2017
UL 1517, Hybrid PFDs, Reaffirmation
RECIRCULATION OPEN June 14, 2017,
CLOSES June 28, 2017

Standards Currently being Revised (6)
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UL 1191, Components, Proposal
RECIRCULATION OR BINATIONAL PROPOSAL
TO OPEN SHORTLY
UL 1175, Buoyant Cushions, Proposal
Throwables Task Group
PRELIMINARY REVIEW TO OPEN July 7, 2017
ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-5, PFDs Buoyancy Aids (Level 50), Label
Necessary Label Revisions
NOTICE OF INTENT FILED, PRELIMINARY REVIEW TO OPEN SHORTLY

New Standards Under Development (8)
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New Standards Under Development
Immersion Suits
15027-2 (Abandonment)
15027-3 (Test Methods)
Lifejackets
12402-4 (level 100)
Shooting for 1st Preliminary Review by end of Summer

STP 1123
WHAT’s NEXT?

Possible Additional Standards Work
• Full Harmonization of remainder of ISO 12402:
• ISO 12402-1: PFDs. Lifejackets for seagoing ships. Safety requirements
• ISO 12402-2: PFDs. Lifejackets, performance level 275. Safety requirements
• ISO 12402-3: PFDs. Lifejackets, performance level 150. Safety requirements
• ISO 12402-4: PFDs. Lifejackets, performance level 100. Safety requirements
• ISO 12402-6: PFDs. Special purpose lifejackets and buoyancy aids. Safety
requirements and additional test methods
• ISO 12402-7: PFDs. Materials and components. Safety requirements
and test methods
• ISO 12402-8: PFDs. Accessories. Safety requirements and test
methods
• ISO 12402-10: PFDs. Selection and application of personal flotation
devices and other relevant device
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PRIORITIES (confirmed with STP May 2017)
1. Process any proposals submitted to address a safety concern
2. Undertake any revisions to support transition to ISO 12402 5 & 9
i. Any label proposals needed (Revisions to Part 5)
ii. Any absolutely necessary revisions needed to Part 5 & 9
3. Continue developing new Lifejacket & Immersion Suits Standards:
i. ISO 15027-1, -2, -3
ii. ISO 12402 – 2, -3, -4, -6
iii. UL 1191 as a binational standard
4. Continue work on other standards to be revised
i. UL 1175 (Throwable PFDs)
ii. UL 1517 (special purpose devices)
5. Continue to develop UL 9595 Follow Up
6. Continue adoption of ISO 12402 suite
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WORKPLANs & MILESTONES
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Next Steps
• Complete standards currently being revised
‒ UL 1180 (June 30 published)
‒ UL 1517 (July –publication or withdrawal)
‒ UL 1175 (July preliminary review)
‒ ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-5 (July preliminary review)
‒ UL 1191 (summer preliminary review)
• Task Groups complete work on draft standards to prepare
for preliminary review & ballot by entire STP:
‒ ISO 12402 – 2, -3, -4, -6 (Prelim Review - 4 Summer)
‒ ISO 15027 -1, -2, -3 (Prelim Review -2, -3 Summer )
‒ UL 9595, Follow-Up (Prelim Review 2018)
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Truly North American Standard
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Once UL/DGN MOU finalized
Mexico would like to adopt

QUESTIONS??
THANK YOU.
Maria Iafano
Chair STP 1123
Director, UL Standards – Canada
Maria.iafano@ul.com
Nicolette Allen
Project Manager
STP 1123
Nicolette.Allen@ul.com