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UGPUniversal Grading Protocol
ConformanceNormative§19

Public comment

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The 30-day public comment period: how to comment, what is open and what is settled.

19.1 Period

This draft is open for comment for 30 days from its publication date (shown in the Status line).

19.2 How to comment

Use the comment form at the standard's home, or e-mail the address published there. Each comment should give:

  • the section or table cell;
  • the proposed change, as text;
  • the reason;
  • any evidence (inspection data, photos, buyer or return data).

Comments may be made publicly or in confidence. Confidential comments are published only in summary, without the commenter's name.

19.3 What is especially open

  • (a) The provisional tolerance counts in §5.5, including the tablet multiplier.
  • (b) The arm's-length test wording in §11.2.
  • (c) The fault lexicon severities in Annex A.
  • (d) The charge-hold test parameters in §8.4.
  • (e) The priority order of the profile packs in §16.

19.4 What is settled

These are not reopened except for errors:

  • the grade structure (NS, OB, A–D);
  • the principle that a grade requires a resale-ready device;
  • the separation of grade and status;
  • the 80% battery rule.

19.5 Disposition

  • After the period closes, the steward publishes a table of every comment received (anonymised where asked), its decision and the reason, together with v1.0 final.
  • Changes between this draft and the final are marked in the final.
  • A grade issued under this draft remains valid. Records may be regraded from their stored raw data under the final.