CONTENTS
 Objectives
 View Current Proposals
 Work to Date
 Future Work Plan
 Contact Points

Objectives
The Focus Area on Protocol Verification Testing provides a forum for discussion among experts and officials from the governments, private sector firms, and NGOs to provide input to the process of developing a systematic approach to international test of CFLs. The aims of the Focus Area are:

 to establish a network of laboratories committed to voluntary participation in the first phase of the international CFL harmonisation initiative
 to devise a methodology for, and undertake, a comparison test among laboratories on a number of continents to verify the practicability of the proposed revisions to the Testing Protocol (version 13) and to resolve outstanding issues related to the protocol and
 to provide complete transparency of testing activities and results to provide stakeholder confidence in the above actions.

View Current Proposals
Review and Comment on Proposals. Following the completion of the Testing Protocol (version 13), verification testing has begun in a number of laboratories and will begin soon in the remainder. First results from the 100 hour tests have been received and analysis is underway and will be published soon.
Click here to view the instructions for the laboratories taking part in the verification testing which include:
                     a detailed breakdown of the aims of the comparative testing
                     a listing of the laboratories involved (drawn from three continents) and
                     details of the methods of data collection and analysis
This section also allows stakeholders to view the descriptive data sheets and the data recording tables being used by the labs. Further, the section also allows stakeholders to provide comments and input and to see the comments of other members of the CFL Harmonization Initiative.

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Work to Date
The work to date began with a general discussion document on the direction the Focus Area would take and has since focused solely on the recruitment of laboratories to participate in the verification testing, and the development of the instructions and protocols to be followed before, during and after the testing. To view these documents please select the appropriate link below. To view the comments received related to these historical documents and current proposals, please click here.

Date of Issue	Title	Download
12 September 2006	Testing Laboratory Instructions Issue III:	Word Document
12 September 2006	Descriptive Data Sheets Issue III:	Word Document
12 September 2006	Laboratory Data Recording Sheets Issue III:	Excel Spreadsheet
12 September 2006	Laboratory Data Recording Sheets Optional Tests Issue III:	Excel Spreadsheet
23 August 2006	Testing Laboratory Instructions Issue II:	Word Document
23 August 2006	Descriptive Data Sheets Issue II:	Word Document
23 August 2006	Laboratory Data Recording Sheets Issue II:	Excel Spreadsheet
31 May 2006	Testing Laboratory Instructions Issue I:	Word Document
31 May 2006	Descriptive Data Sheets Issue I:	Word Document
31 May 2006	Laboratory Data Recording Sheets Issue I:	Excel Spreadsheet
19 February 2006	First Draft Laboratory Instructions	Word Document
12 October 2005	First Discussion Paper Testing Capacity	Word Document

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Future Work Plan
Due to capacity restrictions at a number of laboratories taking part in the verification testing process, and difficulty reaching consensus on a robust verification protocol, this task has been somewhat delayed. However, the table below provides a realistic projection of future activities.

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Contact Points
Facilitator: Kevin Lane, Market Transformation Programme, UK. E-mail: kevin.lane@aeat.co.uk
Participants: Contributions to the Focus Area are received from a range of organisations in the CFL arena, and all are listed in the CFL Initiative Page.

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