To ensure the highest standards for safety equipment are in place, the Commission constantly reviews mountaineering and climbing accidents to determine if the standards are at a high enough level. The Commission also accredits the laboratories which test the equipment and shares regular advice to climbers and mountaineers on advice how to treat their equipment, and how best to use it to avoid accidents.
Safety Label holding manufacturers from leading international brands plus Accredited testing laboratories are also represented within the Commission as trade members.
Lionel KIENER, Switzerland (SAC), President
Alexis MALLON, France (FFCAM), Vice President
Gebhard BARBISCH (ICAR)
Per FORSBERG, Sweden (SCF)
Nicholas GALPIN, United Kingdom (BMC)
Stephen GLADIEUX, United States (AAC)
Julia JANOTTE, Germany (DAV)
Artiomas KURANOVAS, Lithuania (LMA)
Ali SAHIN, Turkey (TDF)
Alexandre VELHINHO, Portugal (FPME)
Vittorio BEDOGNI, Italy
Marc BEVERLY, United States
Frederico CAMPOS MARTINS DOS SANTOS, Brazil
Dave CUSTER, United States (AAC)
Andrew HAVICS, United States (AAC)
Hitoshi ONODERA, Japan (JMSCA)
Da Chai WANG, Chinese Taipei (CTMA)
