Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee – A strategic vision for European standards: Moving forward to enhance and accelerate the sustainable growth of the European economy by 2020

Standards are voluntary documents that define technical or quality requirements with which current or future products, production processes, services or methods may comply. Standards result from voluntary cooperation between industry, public authorities and other interested parties collaborating within a system founded on openness, transparency and consensus.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)311: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:311:FIN

European Commission: COM(2011)315: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Standardisation and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/105/EC and 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0315:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: SEC(2011)671: Impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SEC:2011:0671:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: SEC(2011)672: Summary of the impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SEC:2011:0672:FIN:EN:PDF

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