The ongoing process of evaluation of Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation is a pivotal point in the future of the European SMEs and for all European SMEs.
SBS supports the current text of Regulation 1025/2012 and believes the Regulation is still fit for purpose and that it is not necessary to amend its main provisions. The focus should rather be on the full and effective implementation of its principles.
Reopening the Regulation and proceeding to a revision is not only unnecessary, but it would be counterproductive to the interests of European SMEs in standardisation.
In particular our analysis focuses on measures for the full implementation of the Regulation in the following areas:
- Article 5 – Stakeholder participation in European standardisation
- Article 6 – Access of SMEs to standards
- Article 10 – Standardisation requests to European standardisation organisations (and Harmonised standards)
- Articles 13 and 14 – Identification of ICT technical specifications eligible for referencing and their use in public procurement
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The paper provides tangible evidence for the existing shortcomings in implementation and concrete and feasible proposals for improvement.