My experience (12 years international and 33 countries) would say it is a country by country project.  There are a few vendors that have published country guides identifying laws, classification and retention requirements.  I would suggest you start with their references and then fine tune from there.  Certainly you own country employees should know country industry standards and best practices.

 

Dr. Robert L. Bailey, CRM, MIT, ECMp

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> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:10:15 -0400
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> Subject: International Records Retention Research
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> Good Day All,
> 
> I have a question for my fellow ARMA associates regarding international 
> records retention research. We are a global manufacturing company in 
> the world of chemicals. We have successfully implemented the records 
> retention program across the US and are ready to roll out to the 
> international locations. We need to fill the gap in pulling together the 
> legal research to substantiate the legal requirements for the 
> international countries (several). 
> 
> IRCH is updating their product for distribution in the fall. We have 
> contacted another company in the RM world - but, let's say they have a 
> hefty price-tag for the research tool... 
> 
> Does anyone know of an additional source to purchase the legal 
> requirement research at a cost that would be reasonable? I would 
> appreciate any suggestions. 
> 
> So that you know... The request from management was "just go out and 
> buy an international retention schedule for manufacturing". My reply 
> was "they are all going to laugh at me for that request - but I will give 
> it a try and see what comes back." 
> 
> Thank you in advance for your advice!
> 
> Diane Walker
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