European standards: a useful tool for both the EU and companies, which deserves support with less bureaucracy
Published: 13 July 2011
Policies & Issues: Internal Market - Compliance, Standards & Enforcement
In the position, Orgalime focuses on the essential issues with a view to alerting regulators to the importance of not compromising the success of the European standardisation system (ESS) which contributes to develop a very wide range of different standards which are critical to companies in their markets.
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