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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Standards can have a broad impact on society, in particular on the safety and well-being of citizens, the efficiency of networks, the environment, accessibility and other public policy fields. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the role and the input of societal stakeholders in the elaboration of standards is strengthened, through the support of organisations representing the interests of consumers, the environment, the business and societal stakeholders.

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part

(1) ‘standard’ means a technical specification for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not compulsory, unless referred to in European regulations, and which is one of the following:

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c

(c) ‘harmonised standard’ means a European standard adopted on the basis of a request made by the Commission for the application of Union harmonisation legislation. It shall be drafted according to ESO rules, which implies that an ESO consultant testifies that the essential requirements in the corresponding directive have been met, and in addition, in the case of the railway sector, the provisions in the ad hoc Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs);

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a

(a) the characteristics required of a product including levels of quality, performance, interoperability, environmental protection, health, safety or dimensions, including the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures;

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) ‘International standardisation body’ means the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ~~and~~, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); and the International Union of Railways (UIC);

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Each European and national standardisation body shall systematically send any draft national standard, European standard and European standardisation deliverable to other European and national standardisation bodies and the Commission~~, upon their request~~. Each draft national standard shall be sent in English additionally to the national language.

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Each European and national standardisation body shall promptly reply to, and take due account of, any comments received from any other European and national standardisation body and the Commission with respect to any such draft. The reply by a national standardisation body shall be provided within a maximum period of three months.

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)

Article 5 a Access of SMEs to standards 1. National Standardisation Organisations shall promote and facilitate the access of SMEs to standards and their development, in particular through: (a) making available free of charge on their website abstracts of standards; (b) applying special rates for the provision of standards to SMEs and providing bundles of standards at a reduced price; (c) identifying, in their annual work programmes, the standardisation projects which are of particular interest for SMEs; (d) providing free access to SMEs for participating in standardisation activities while not increasing the costs of participating in standardisation for the other stakeholders. 2. National Standardisation Organisations shall send an annual report to the European Standardisation Organisations with regard to their actions to comply with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 and all other measures to improve the participation of SMEs in their standardisation activities. They shall publish that report on their website.

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title

Recognition and use of technical specifications in the field of ICT

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) the distribution of harmonised standards free of charge;

2012/02/29
Committee: IMCO

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) In Article 6(3) the first indent is~~ deleted;