Regulation (EU) 2022/2480

What it is

to amend the EU Regulation as regards the decisions of European standardisation organisations concerning European standards and European standardisation deliverables. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes rules with regard to the establishment of European standards and European standardisation deliverables for products and for services in support of Union legislation and policies. In accordance with Article 10 of the Regulation, the Commission may request one or several European standardisation organisations to draft a European standard or European standardisation deliverable. The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the report by Svenja HAHN (Renew Europe, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 as regards the decisions of European standardisation organisations concerning European standards and European standardisation deliverables . The purpose of this initiative is to amend an EU Regulation governing the European standardisation system. The proposed amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 is limited and targeted to the work of the European standardisation organisations following a request from the Commission. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: The amending proposal, as amended, provides that, without prejudice to other advisory opinions, each European standardisation organisation will ensure that the following decisions concerning European standards and European standardisation deliverables are taken exclusively by national representatives , namely by representatives of the national standardisation bodies within the competent decision-making body of that organisation: - decisions on the acceptance and refusal of standardisation requests; - decisions on the acceptance of new work items that are needed for the fulfilment of the standardisation request . The amendments emphasise that standards do not only regulate the technical aspect of a product or service but also play an important role for workers, citizens and the environment. M embers believe that the role, participation and contribution of stakeholders , including those representing SMEs and environmental, social and consumer interests, should be strengthened , and made more inclusive through the establishment of a multistakeholder approach. The views of, and the input from, relevant stakeholders should be taken into account in European standardisation organisations. The decisions of national standardisation bodies should reflect the outcome of the consultation with relevant stakeholders / Furthermore, the decision-making bodies of the European standards organisations should be open to the participation not only of the national…

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