Therefore, the commission designs surveys about the legal and social position of users using P&O devices as well as the payment (reimbursement) and social security systems.
The commission also investigates the cost accounting- and price system used in each of the member countries and disseminates the outcomes to their members.

Mainly the commission focuses  on P&O social economics issues that should provide the branch and the society as a whole with a transparent understanding of the delivery of P&O devices, its accessibility and functionality.

INTERBOR NOMENCLATURE©.
An extreme important part of the commissions' work is therefore the development of standards for P&O devices. 
In 1998 Interbor has established a working group, existing of multi-disciplinary P&O professionals that has elaborated a nomenclature of ready-made P&O devices over the past years.
The need to develop a nomenclature is directly linked to the EC Medical Device Directive, which is nowadays mandatory in every EU Member State.
It exists of a coherent set of rules to be used for identification of P&O products. It covers:
P&O product descriptions of types that are placed on the market,
Intended use of the product, user characteristics, contra indication and related terms.
Product types and not different marks of similar products from several manufacturers;
It is restricted to ready-made products with relevant information for the consumer and (para)medical
    professionals involved in the selection and usage of prostheses and orthoses. Components are
    excluded because of the irrelevancy of the target group;
It includes also various activity levels for more complicated products such as prostheses;
It is built upon international standards like MDD, ISO/CEN29999, ISOTC168, ICIDH-2/ICF.

The nomenclature can be used for different purposes, like:
To stimulate international harmonisation, standardisation and co-
    operation through the use of similar language and terminology;
To stimulate new approaches for the provision and service-delivery  linked to prostheses and
    orthoses;
To develop national lists of product types for the provision of medical devices and;
To contribute to existing standardisation in the field of P&O's.
For a demonstration click on: Interbor Nomenclature.

The members of the commission are presently:

Chairman: Mr. Michel  Pierron Proteor 6 Rue de la Redoute F- 21850 Saint-Appollonaire B.P. 37833 F- 21078 Dijon-Cedex France Tel.: 00 33 3 807 842 51 Fax: 00 33 3 807 842 37 e-mail: michel.pierron@proteor.com

Member:  Mr. Carlos Cordoba FEDOP Capitan Haya 56, 6H SP- 28020 Madrid. Spain Tel.: +39-91-571 6640 Fax: +39-91-571 5129 e-mail: fedop@fedop.org

Member: Mr.  Frank Jüttner Jüttner Orthopedie KG Im Flarchem 5a D- 99974 Mülhausen / Thür Germany Tel.: 00 49 3601 461 80 Fax: 00 49 3601 461 832 e-mail: f.juettner@t-online.de

Member: Mr. Luc Thüer Thüer Orthopedie Herentalsebaan 414-416 BE-2100 Deurne (Antwerpen) Belgium Tel.: 00 32 3 322 6699 Fax: 00 32 3 366 2246 e-mail: orthopedie.thuer@pandora.be

Member: Mr. Marco Laineri  FIOTO Via l'Aquilla 62 IT- 00176 Roma Italy. Tel.: 00 39 06 703 003 25 Fax: 00 39 06 703 002 67 e-mail: fioto@fioto.it

Member:  Mr.  ................................. NOF-OVL Granlia 4 N- 4620 kristiansand Norway Tel.: 00 47 38 10 58 20 Fax: 00 47 38 09 35 41 e-mail: joerund.fjaerbu@ortoprdiservice.no

Member: Mr. Ton Sels Orthobanda Jan van Galenstraat 78 P.O. Box 405 NL.- 3001 KG Schiedam The Netherlands Tel.: 00 31 10 409 05 40 Fax: 00 31 10 473 28 18 e-mail: Orthobanda@sels.nl