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standards. number of .. and European gear producers have expressed concern regarding the establishment of standards for the European Committee on Standardization (CEN). Gear industry officials noted that West Germans are chairmen of many of the CEN engineering committees and thus have strong influence over committee decisions.'" However, Belgian has been designated as chairman for CEN' gearing committee. The AGMA is concerned that the EC may include in its gear standards certain material or certification requirements, such as European gear body analysis testing, which favor European goods.4 3 Ibid., . 7. 4 Ibid., pp. 8-8. 4 USITC staff interviews with gear industry officials, the United Kingdom and West Germany, November-December 1. 4 AGMA, post-hearing submission, Nov. 1, 1, . 2. In mid-1, the EC and the .. Secretary of Commerce issued Joint Communique that announced commitment to the work of the international standardization bodies and to the principle of transparency in standardization." In July 1, delegation of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) met with counterpart private sector European organizations of CEN to discuss number of standards issues, including the need for ANSI and CEN to exchange, on continuous basis, the best available information on work plans for standards developers." Technology It is claimed that the .. gear industry is disadvantaged in two ways with regard to technology. First, most of the world' machine tool producers are either European or Japanese. Gear manufacturers in those countries have been able to experiment with and implement the latest in machine tool technology more readily than manufacturers in other countries. As result, many new developments in gear manufacturing have historically come into widespread use in Europe and Japan before being adopted in the United States. This lag in the placement of the latest machine tool technology has hurt .. gear manufactur