Orange Book Review

The 2012 versions of the Orange, Tangerine and White Books will come out on August 1st. Changes are minor. With the Orange Book all the Level 2 stuff has been taken out of the main text and placed on its own to both slightly shorten and simplify the book.

At least twice this year I have come across people using the original 2006 book and ignoring 6 years of updates is unlikely to assist in getting the right information except, perhaps, by luck even though large tracts have not changed. The most up to date version can always be found on the website and can be downloaded and printed in pdf form. The L&E will also provide e reader versions of both Orange and White Book in time for the 2012 update for those who want to put it on to their Kindle.

For 2013 the L&E are going to consider a more significant revision. By then it will be 7 years since he last major re-write. It may be appropriate to review alerting and announcing regulations for example. Items which are allowed or disallowed will also be reviewed. This blog is by way of advance notice. If you have any views that you wish to put before the L&E then please let the secretary John Pain(john@ebu.co.uk ) know. We will first discuss the topic at our meeting in the second half of September.