Report on the implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 from 2016 to 2020

Summary:

Report published by the European Commission on 2 February 2022, assessing the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 across the European Union (EU) for the period 2016-2020.

Further information:

Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 provides a legal framework allowing the European Commission to request European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs) to draft standards and standardisation deliverables for goods and services in support of EU policies and EU law, for EU support to the functioning of the European Standardisation System (ESS) and set outs key criteria for the functioning of the ESS.

The Commission reports on the implementation of this Regulation every five years, in accordance with Article 24(3). This report covers the period 2016-2020, with limitation that some data were only available until 2019, but, where possible, includes also updated facts and figures until 2021. Articles 24(1) and (2) of the Regulation require the ESOs and other organisations that receive EU financing to submit annual reports on their activities. These reports were taken into account in preparing this report. In support of data collection, an independent study was also commissioned.

This report was published by the European Commission on 2 February 2022, alongside a Communication setting out an updated Standardisation Strategy.