On 24 June, SBS organised the “Future of Standards for the Single Market” event.
The event took place in the immediate aftermath of the publication by the European Commission of the report on the evaluation of Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation.
Other topics discussed in detailed and debated among the speakers and the audience were the recently published Single Market Strategy and the upcoming revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF), on which an own-initiative report is currently under development in the IMCO Committee of the European Parliament.
The event featured interventions from:
- Federico Musso, Team Leader, DG GROW unit H.3 on standardisation
- Peter Agius, MEP (EPP, MT), Shadow rapporteur for the IMCO own-initiative report on the reform of the NLF
- Martin Chatel, LL.M., Chief Policy Officer, ETSI
- Kate Lancaster, European & International Policy Project Manager, CEN and CENELEC
The speakers shared their insights and had an open and frank discussion on the future of the European standardisation system in light of the upcoming revision of Regulation 1025/2012 and its crucial role underpinning the functioning of the Single Market.