Statement:

Closed Statement:

The CCIMB disagrees with the need to insert nested operations to include a selection of 'none' in addition to the assignment statement. Such an approach introduces unwarranted complexity when the Annex material explains when an assignment statement can be completed as 'none'. This National Interpretation partly arises from a misunderstanding of the use of the term "normative".

The interpretation suggests that the inclusion of 'none' as a selection instead of a valid assignment operation completion is because CC Part 2 annex is not as mandatory as the main text of Part 2. However, this is not the case. This is covered by the resolutions to RI-202 and RI-222.

Interpretation 202 clarifies that the use of 'none' for assignment operations is explained within the Annex material for those operations. In addition, it clarifies that 'none' as a valid selection within an operation is incorporated into the selection operations within the element and explained within the Annex material for that selection operation.

In addition, RI-222 addresses the question of the meaning of "normative".