Enhancing Clarity and Usability of ECC Deliverables

Guidance on drafting clear and usable ECC Reports

Deliverables

ECC Reports are tomust comply with the relevant template , including forboth the editorial partrequirements and all annexes. ECC ReportsDeliverables with multiple annexes and a high number of pages,pages can make processing and readability a real challenge,challenging, especially for outside readers not being involved in thetheir development.

It is important to note that ECC ReportsDeliverables provide the basis for the development ofof, or contain itself, regulatory measures and must therefore need to be soundsound, with clear conclusions,conclusions, agreed betweenupon by the members of the groups to the maximum extent possible.

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Key Principles for ECC Deliverables

1. Reproducibility of Studies

All studies underpinning ECC Deliverables must be reproducible by all participants. Use open-source tools and methodologies, such as SEAMCAT, to ensure consistency and transparency. Include clear and realistic assumptions, methodologies, and input parameters to enable independent replication. Provide all necessary assumptions together with a sidesufficiently note,detailed thealgorithmic officedescription pointed(e.g. outpseudo-code). that for technical

2. studies SEAMCAT has been developedClarity and use should be promoted in the groups by this alleviating the difficulties to compare studies based on several methodologies and assumptions.Conciseness

It

isThe common good practice to include in the main body of the ECC ReportDeliverables, particularly ECC Reports, must include a clear summary and synthesis of all the annexes to improve readability and to clarify their status. Raw material, input contributions or non-reproducible studies from input documents shall not be included in annexes. Annexes should only support the main body and not serve as repositories for raw data.

3. Structure and Content

ECC Deliverables must be concise, conclusive, and structured to present essential results and conclusions. The Office is always available during the course of the development of the ECC Report to assist in the application ofapplying the template.template and ensuring compliance with such requirements.

Best Practices for Drafting ECC Deliverables

InFor summaryChairs itand is recommended:Rapporteurs

• Ensure

  that the ECC ReportsDeliverables are drafted takingin intoaccordance accountwith the guidance and indications provided in the ECC Report template,template, both in terms of content and the editorial requirements. Please note the “For contributors” section below.

Limit the number of annexes and avoid including raw or unprocessed input documents. Include sound technical results with clear conclusions, agreed upon by the members to the maximum extent possible.

For Contributors

Documents to be considered at a meeting should be submitted to the Chair and the ECO contact at least one week prior to the meeting. Submit contributions and studies using the ECC templates. Submit elements within contributions intended to be incorporated into ECC deliverables using the relevant templates

Support from the Office

The Office willis endeavouravailable to support the drafters as needed,drafters, including offering introductions to the template for newly appointed chairs and rapporteursrapporteurs. anThe introductionOffice towill the template and how to use itassist in theensuring most efficient and appropriate way.

that the ECC Reports includeare soundconcise, technicalreproducible, resultsand aligned with clear conclusions, agreed between the members at the maximum extent possible, that can be used as a solid basis for the development of the subsequentECC’s regulatory framework.

objectives.

Final Notes

• These

  guidelines apply to limitall theECC numberdeliverables, ofincluding annexes,ECC avoidingDecisions, theECC inclusion of raw material from input documents. The main body of theRecommendations, ECC Reports shouldand includeCEPT aReports.

clearThe summaryECC Rules of Procedure (Edition 18) and synthesisECC ofWorking allMethods the(Edition annexes,31) sohave been updated to highlightreflect thethese value of the material in the annexes for the derivation of the results. principles.

It is additionally noted that contributions to ECC Groups should be submitted using the templates. Otherwise, the proponents should be required to bring their contributions in the right format before they can be incorporated in the relevant ECC Deliverable.