to establish and maintain lists of service categories and, where necessary, rules for the preparation of CMC entries;

to agree on detailed technical review criteria;

to coordinate and, where possible, conduct inter-regional reviews of CMCs submitted by RMOs for posting in Appendix C of the MRA;

to provide guidance on the range of CMCs supported by particular key comparisons;

to examine the sufficiency of existing comparisons for supporting CMC submissions and to recommend new comparisons where deemed necessary; and

to coordinate the review of existing CMCs in the context of new results of key and supplementary comparisons.

Working Group 8 is tasked to continue with the creation of CMC review protocols and the review of fast-track CMC submissions for inclusion in Appendix C, along with the identification of new comparisons needed to support CMC submissions.