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UNIDO Vienna, 6 May 2014

UNIDO Vienna, 6 May 2014. Hein Bollens, Acting Head of Unit European Commission, DGENTR. What if?. Standardisation - self regulation. voluntarily. interoperability. Who is paying for standardisation?. industry. 93-95%. Member States (3-5%) European Commission/EFTA (2%).

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UNIDO Vienna, 6 May 2014

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  1. UNIDO Vienna, 6 May 2014 Hein Bollens, Acting Head of Unit European Commission, DGENTR

  2. What if?

  3. Standardisation - self regulation voluntarily interoperability

  4. Who is paying for standardisation? industry 93-95% Member States (3-5%) European Commission/EFTA (2%)

  5. Legislative and normative processes Legislation Requests for standards Standards Publication of standards references in The EU-Official Journal Annual Union Work Programme for Standardisation Policy

  6. Directive 2003/20/EC: Since May 2006, it is compulsory to use safety belts and child restraint systems in all vehicles in Europe. All car seats must display anECE R44/04certification label to indicate they comply with standard safety requirement.

  7. CONCLUSION

  8. The New Approach Facilitate free movement of goods in the Internal Market whilst ensuring a high level of protection for consumers Elimination of barriers to trade through technical harmonisation

  9. References to Standards in «New Approach» legislation • Objective:remove barriers to trade in the EU Single Market How? By task sharing: • Legislation: mandatory, stable, predictable and safeguarding public interest (via listing the essential requirements) • Standards: voluntary, constantlyupdated to the state-of-the-art, predictable, harmonising the technical specifications • Areas: Protection of health, safety, • environment and consumers

  10. Example • Train brakes – pressure cylinder Dir. 2009/105/EG (New Approach) European Standards: technical specifications realisation of safety level: design-manufacture-test EU – legislation: essential requirements "safe" pressure equipment : resistence to 1.3 x operating pressure

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