British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Development Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the preparation of British Standards in the field of postal services, for the appointment and briefing of UK delegates and experts to CEN/TC331 Postal services and its working groups, and for formulating UK votes and comments on documents developed by those committees.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (17)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PWI Postal services	Postal services – Methods for proof of delivery of postal items without physical signature Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2023-07-11	Proposal
PWI Letter Delivery Environmental Footprint	Postal services – Letter Delivery Environmental Footprint – Methodology for calculation and declaration of GHG emission and air pollutants of letter delivery services Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services \| Environment \| Environmental protection \| Environmental impact assessment Proposal begins : 2023-07-11	Proposal
PD CEN/TS 16819	Postal services - Parcel boxes for end use - Technical features Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2026-01-09	Drafting
NWIP CEN TR XXXXX Safe,	secured and contactless delivery of postal items. Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2022-10-06	Proposal
NWIP CEN TR XXXXX	New work item Harmonized track and trace events. Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2022-10-06	Proposal
New Work Item Proposal -	Postal services – Use of technology for the tracking of parcels Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-06-09	Proposal
Draft Decision 23/2024	– NWI CEN/TS 15130 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2024-11-11	Proposal
Draft decision 037/2023	– NWI CEN/TS 16326 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2023-12-13	Proposal
Draft decision 036/2023	– NWI CEN/TS 15121-2 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2023-12-13	Proposal
Draft decision 035/2023 –	NWI CEN/TS 15121-1 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Postal services Proposal begins : 2023-12-13	Proposal

Published (47)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 18055-1:2024	Postal services. Harmonized track and trace events. Forward flow Categories: Postal services Published standard begins : 2024-12-03	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17523:2020	Postal services. Packaging for boxable items. Characteristics for packaging of small and light weight items to be delivered into the consumer's letterbox Categories: Postal services \| Packaging materials and accessories Published standard begins : 2020-11-03	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17457:2020	Postal services. Digital, optional online connected, opening and closing systems for parcel receptacles for home use with free access for the delivery and collection operators and consumers Categories: Postal services \| Published standard begins : 2020-05-12	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17217:2024	Postal services. Reverse envelope. Design and printing requirements Categories: Office paper Published standard begins : 2024-12-06	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16919:2016	Postal services. Interface and data transfer format for capturing postal automation events IDT-PAE Categories: Postal services \| Published standard begins : 2016-04-28	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16819:2015	Postal services. Parcel boxes for end use. Technical features Categories: Postal services Published standard begins : 2015-11-13	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16735:2015	Postal services. Extensible Common Structure and Representation for Postal Rates. EPR Categories: Postal services Published standard begins : 2015-03-23	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16326:2013	Postal Services. Hybrid Mail. Functional Specification for postal registered electronic mail Categories: Postal services \| Published standard begins : 2013-01-18	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16316:2012	Postal services. Open interface. Sortplan Categories: Postal services \| Published standard begins : 2012-07-02	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 15472:2016	Postal services. Method for measurement of parcel transit time for cross-border parcels within the European Union and EFTA using Tracking and Tracing Categories: Postal services Published standard begins : 2016-04-11	Published standard

Withdrawn (34)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 17217:2018	Postal services. Reverse envelope. Design and printing requirements Categories: Office paper Withdrawn begins : 2024-12-06	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17073:2020	Postal services. Interfaces for cross border parcels Categories: Postal services \| Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-25	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17073:2017	Postal services. Interfaces for cross border parcels Categories: Postal services \| \| \| Packaging and distribution. General Withdrawn begins : 2020-02-27	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TR 16915:2015	Postal Services. Quality of service. Damage to postal items Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-12	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TR 15472:2006	Postal services. Measurement of transit times for parcels by the use of a track and trace system Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2016-04-11	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TR 15369:2006	Postal services. Quality of service. Guide for the implementation of EN 14534, Measurement of the transit time of end-to-end services for bulk mail Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2016-05-16	Withdrawn
DD ENV 14014:2001	Postal services. Hybrid mail. Document type definitions for customer to operator: a common set of default tags Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2006-06-14	Withdrawn
DD ENV 13712:2000	Postal services. Forms. Harmonised vocabulary Categories: Services. Company organization, management and quality. Administration. Transport. Sociology. \| Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2012-06-18	Withdrawn
DD CEN/TS 15524:2006	Postal service. Customer-directed information including track and trace. General concepts and definitions Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-12	Withdrawn
DD CEN/TS 15523:2006	Postal service. Statement of mailing submission Categories: Postal services Withdrawn begins : 2011-09-27	Withdrawn

SVS/4 - Postal services

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