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Stratton aide meets with European standards officials.

Joe Mohorovic, a senior policy advisor to CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US)
CPSC Computer Science (course)
CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee
 Chairman Hal Stratton Hal Stratton is a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He was appointed in 2002 by President George W. Bush. Stratton resigned as chair and commissioner in July 2006, three months before his term officially expired. , recently returned from an extensive round of meetings with European consumer product standards officials.

On April 16, Mohorovic met in London with the Office for Development and Transition Economies (ODTE) on international consumer product standards.

On April 7, he was in Brussels to meet with the European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardization standardization

In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting
, and with the European Committee for Standardization, and other European standards leaders.

In Paris, Mohorovic met with the Commission de la Securite des Consommateurs, and with the French Enforcement Authority. Issues related to the harmonization har·mo·nize  
v. har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing, har·mo·niz·es

v.tr.
1. To bring or come into agreement or harmony. See Synonyms at agree.

2. Music To provide harmony for (a melody).
 of U.S. and European standards were the major topic.
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Title Annotation:Hal Stratton,
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Date:Apr 1, 2003
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