 AFNOR, the French national standardization body, issued a standard, NF C 17-102, covering this technology.The NFPA also investigated the subject and there was a proposal to issue a similar standard in the USA.Initially, an NFPA independent third party panel stated that "the [Early Streamer Emission] lightning protection technology appears to be technically sound" and that there was an "adequate theoretical basis for the [Early Streamer Emission] air terminal concept and design from a physical viewpoint".)