# Presentation: 093410

## Standards Issues and Trends in the European Union

- Gwen Lyle
- Standards Attaché
-  U.S. Mission to the European Union

##      Format of the Presentation

- What can we do for you?
- International Standards
- Trade barriers or trade hurdles?
- Comparison EU-US standards
- Participating in the EU process
- The View from Brussels
- EU Issues
- Standards trends and initiatives	_[ ](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecommunicator.org/comnov2003/images/footsteps.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thecommunicator.org/comnov2003/privatization.htm&h=184&w=290&sz=4&tbnid=IALHpZcw6ToJ:&tbnh=69&tbnw=109&start=63&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfootsteps%26start%3D60%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-42,GGLD:en%26sa%3DN)_

## Why Are Standards Important to You?

- Principle non-tariff barrier in the world
- Affect more than 80 percent of world trade

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## Standards AttachésStandards Specialists

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## What can we do for you?

## Market Research

## Market Research

**Data Privacy:**
- EU Data Retention Regulation
- EU Rules Banning Spam
- Transferring Customer and Employee
-    data from the EU to the U.S.
**Telecommunications **
- How the EU is Regulating Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
- EU Spectrum Decision Boosts Wireless Internet Access Market
**Environment/Energy:**
- EU Funds for the environment
- The EU Eco-label
- Energy Using Products (EuP)

**Consumer Goods/Medical:**
- The Cosmetics directive
- Medical Device Legislation in the EU
- WEEE/RoHS Update
- The new EU chemicals legislation: REACH
-  EU Franchising
-  EU Food Contact Plastics
-  EU Pet Food Regulations
-  Regulation of the Food Supplements
-  EU Packaging and Packaging Waste
- Language Requirements for Product Labels

**Fisheries**
- Animal Health Certification
- How to Export Seafood

## Market Research

**EU Funding and Government Procurement:**
- IPA Funds for future EU Member States
- The European Investment Bank
**Intellectual Property Rights:**
- Protecting Designs in the EU
- EU Trademark Protection
- Patent Protection in the EU
**Transportation:**
- Trans-European Transport Projects
- End-of-life-vehicles

**Security and Defense:**
- The European Defence Agency
- European Aviation Safety
- Security and Safety Opportunities in the EU
**Selling U.S. Products and Services in the EU:**
- Proposal for an Origin Marking Scheme for Imported Products
- Metric Only Requirements for the EU begin 2010
- Entry into the EU Legal Services Market
- Prospects for non-EU LawyersCommercial Agents in the EU

## Market Research

**	****Standards/Product Safety:**
-      Standards and Product Certification in the EU
-       The New Machine Directive
-       Better Energy Performance of Buildings in the EU
- The EU's Directive on Construction Products
-      Changes in EU Legislation for EMC
-      The General Product Safety Directive
**     **

## Advocacy with the Commission:Case Study

**Notes:**
Penta BDE

## Advocacy with SDOs:Case Study

## Voluntary Standard

-    Document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory

## Technical Regulation

-      Document which lays down product characteristics or their related processes and production methods, including the applicable administrative provisions, with which compliance is mandatory.  It may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method.

**Notes:**
Also from the TBT Annex 1.

## International Standardization

## Wouldn’t it be nice?

## International Standards

- Are to be used as a basis unless
-  “ineffective or inappropriate”.

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## U.S. and Internationally Accepted Standardization Principles

**Transparency**

**Openness**

**Due Process**

**Consensus**

## The benefits of standards

- Commercial Communication
- Technology Diffusion
- Production Efficiency
- Enhanced Competition
- Compatibility
- Process Management
- Public Welfare

## Standards as Market Access Barriers

##                                              Technical Barrier to Trade (TBT)                Code of Good Practice National treatmentConsistent with relevant international standardsStates product requirements in terms of   performance rather than design or descriptionDoes not create unnecessary obstacles to trade 

## Unnecessary Obstacles to Trade

- Measures may not  be more trade restrictive than necessary to achieve a government’s *legitimate* objective which can include
- National security
- Protection of human health and safety, or animal, plant life and health
- Environmental protection
- Prevention of deceptive practices

## Design vs. performance based standards A good argument

## Comparison between the Systems

**Notes:**
The US system is described as “bottom-up” and the EU system as “top-down”.  

The European Union Commission MANDATES standards to the 3 EU standards bodies, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI

The US government never directs the American standards developing  organizations to create standards

## EU Member States

- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Czech republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy

- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- The Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United kingdom
- Romania
- Bulgaria

**Notes:**
Just for refresher, these are the EU 25 including the 10 recent accession states in blue.

## Competing systems

**Notes:**
The EU and the US are the biggest players in the standards world.  Japan, Germany, France and the UK are the major standards developers.  Sweden is also very active in the EU.

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**Notes:**
Europe has only three

##  American standards are being developed by more than 450 standards developing organizations (SDOs), with the twenty largest of these organizations producing approximately 80% of the standards, and at least 150 consortia outside the formal standards development process

**Notes:**
The US standards system resembles the nation’s economic structure: sector-based driven by market needs,relies strongly on diversity and decentralization.  Others have described the system as fragmented and competitive.
   Product-Based Standards (ISO film speed code)
   Performance-Based Standards (Safety of wire ropes; safety of toys)
  Management System Standards  (ISO 9000 Quality and ISO 14000 Environmental Management Systems)
 Personnel Certification Standards  (financial planners; food protection managers; others for services are expected)

## Typical Standards Developing Organizations (SDO)

- _Private Sector_
- 	Scientific and Professional Societies
- 	Trade Associations
-     Standards Developing Member Organizations
- _ __Federal Government_
- 	Department of Defense
- 	General Services Administration
- 	Other federal agencies

**Notes:**
In the US Government, the Department of Defense has developed most of the USG standards.  

## A Federation 

- A Private- and Public-Sector Partnership Since 1918

***ANSI is not a government agency or a standards developer.***

- Academia
- Individuals
- Government
- Manufacturing
- Trade Associations

***A Federation ***
***of members representing . . .***

- Professional Societies
- Service Organizations
- Standards Developers
- Consumer and Labor Interests
- and many more

**Notes:**
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
The ANSI Federation represents the diverse interests of more than 120,000 entities and 3.2 million professionals worldwide.  Currently, membership includes almost all industry sectors
	nearly 500 Member Companies	270+ Professional, Trade, Educational, Consumer and Labor Institutions
	30+ Government Agencies (Federal, State and Local)

## There is no single U.S. government agency that has control over standards

**NTTAA – National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (1996)**

- Encourages Federal Agencies to first rely upon voluntary consensus standards – and if not, justify to Congress why not

**Notes:**
Federal, state, and local agencies participate as equal partners with industry and others on ANSI policy committees and standards development committees.

In the U.S., no single government agency has control over standards.
Each government agency determines which standards meet its needs.  The agency is responsible for determining whether a private sector standard already exists that is appropriate for its needs.  If so, they will use the private sector standard. If not, the agency is expected to work with the private sector to develop the needed standard.
   Federal regulatory and procurement agencies are directed to rely upon private sector
   standards whenever possible – and to participate in their development.

Designates NIST as “coordinator” (no budgetary or policy authority) of government standards policy activities

## The European Union

**  ****Three Standards Developing Organizations**

**Notes:**
As opposed to the hundreds of standards developing organizations in the US, you have only three in the EU.

## EFTA Countries

- _[ ](http://secretariat.efta.int/)_

**Iceland**
**Liechtenstein**
**Norway**
**Switzerland**

**Notes:**
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are members of EFTA.  They are all full members of CEN and CENELEC.

(history:  The EFTA Convention established a free trade area among its Member States in 1960. In addition, the EFTA States have jointly concluded free trade agreements with a number of countries worldwide. Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway entered into the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992, which entered into force in 1994. The current contracting parties are, in addition to the three EFTA states, the European Community and the 25 EC Member States. )

## The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

- The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

**Notes:**
I just mentioned CENELEC, one of the three EU standards developing organization.  CENELEC standards for the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization. Fields of activity include: Electrical installations, Household appliances, renewable energies and E-accessibility, just like IEC.

More on the Dresden agreement later but 68% of CENELEC standards are identical to IEC results, 8% are based on IEC results and 24% (or 1173 standards) are purely European

##                    CENELECAffiliates and Cooperating Organizations

-    _**Cooperating Organizations**__ _
-    36 European industrial and social Federations which contribute to and advise in their field of expertise

_**Affiliates**_
- Albania
- Croatia
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Serbia
- Ukraine
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

**Notes:**
CENELEC has another category of participation called “cooperating organizations” and includes European industry associations. There are currently more than 30. AeA Europe is applying for this status, which was denied.  These organizations observe technical committee meetings, and are allowed to participate in discussions but not to vote.

EICTA European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Associations OIMLInternational Organization of Legal Metrology, ANEC (no meaning to acronym but is the voice of the consumer.  Another voice is ECOS for environment. 

## The European Telecommunications Standards Institute

**Notes:**
Another European SDO is The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is responsible for standardization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within Europe.

These technologies include telecommunications, broadcasting and related areas such as intelligent transportation and medical electronics.  

## ICT industry is different

**Notes:**
ICT products are different.  Because of the nature of the industry, products must work globally and be compatible with other ICT products.  

Some standards in this industry are often DE FACTO standards which arise from an uncoordinated process in the competitive marketplace.  When a particular set of products or process specifications gains market share such that it acquires authority or influence, the set of specifications is then considered a de facto standard.  For example, IBM computer architecture, Windows, etc.

VHS vs. Beta

This industry also does much of its work in CONSORTIA, or ad hoc groups of firms set up to develop a technical standard for a particular use, or other international FORA.  NIST estimated in 1996 there were about 150 such groups in the US developing “informal” standards and around 70 in the rest of the world.

## The European Committee for Standardization

**Notes:**
The final SDO is CEN.  The European Committee for Standardization. The name CEN is from the French Comite Europeen de Normalisation

It is in charge of all standards that are not under CENELEC and ETSI’s umbrella. 

##                         CEN Affiliates and Partner Organizations

_**Partners**__ _
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Egypt
- Russian Federation
- Serbia
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- _[ ](http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/aboutus/structure+/partner+standardization+body/tunisia/index.asp)__ _

_**Affiliates**_
- Albania
- Croatia
- Turkey
- The Former
-  Yugoslav Republic
-    of Macedonia

**Notes:**
Affiliates are the national standards bodies of Central and Eastern European countries which can in principle become members of the Union or EFTA and which therefore can become full national members of CEN.  The most important condition to become a member is to adopt European Standards as national standards.  Affiliate countries participate in the General Assembly and in technical bodies.  They receive all technical and general documentation from CEN.

Partners are countries which have an interest in European standardization but are not in a position to become members of the EU. This new category allows the participation in three or more technical committees with the condition that the resulting standards be adopted as national standards.  Formerly, South Africa was in this category and they still have a relationship with the EU standards bodies. South Africa and Israel are interested.

In addition, they have programs in developing countries like China but I will touch on that more later when I discuss technical assistance.

## Vienna and Dresden Agreements

**Notes:**
Essentially, these agreements recognizes the primacy of international standards but also recognizes that particular needs might require the development of standards for which a need has not been recognized at the international level. 

The agreement sets out two essential modes for collaborative development of standards: the mode under international lead and the mode under the EU lead, in which documents developed within one body are notified for the simultaneous approval by the other.  

## The EU has a deliberate and aggressive plan to export their regulatory and legislative systems to enhance international trade for EU companies

- The EU has a deliberate and aggressive plan to export their regulatory and legislative systems to enhance international trade for EU companies

**Notes:**
Their standards may take over the world - $335 million in technical assistance in the developing world.

Which brings up European block voting in International standards bodies.  This is a widespread belief in the US and outside of the EU, but studies have shown it is rarely the case although it happens in some industries, especially old industries with entrenched infrastructure.

## How standards are developed

**Notes:**
You can get some insight into why that is by understanding how standards are developed.

Standards are developed by technical committees and their precursor, the working groups.  There are technical committees in the international organizations, where each country has one vote, and technical committee meetings in the European SDOs where voting is weighted.

## Slide 46

**Notes:**
Most standards are developed by people who look exactly like this.   Mostly middle aged engineers from companies who have a vested interest in the standards they are writing.

## Technical Committee meeting

**Notes:**
I attended a two-day CEN technical committee 128 meeting for roof covering products, along with a representative from the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association. The purpose of attending the technical committee meeting was to prevent the exclusion of the lighter weight American shingles from the European market, which a new European standard drafted by this committee is poised to do..

Guess who was sitting in the technical committee meeting?  European manufacturers of roof shingles.

## Mirror Committees

- A way in for American Companies

**Notes:**
Both at the international and at the EU level, standards are ultimately decided by votes.  The votes often come from the results of “mirror committees” in the country, which meet and decide the national opinion, although not every technical committee has a mirror committee in every country.  They will in Germany, France and the UK, but not in smaller states where they only have mirror committees as it suits their markets.  

In CEN and CENELEC level committees, the Technical Committee members reflect the national opinion.   American companies can participate at this level if invested.

## New Approach Legislation = CE Mark 

-      A mandatory label on the product or packaging

**Notes:**
CE is jokingly referred to as “confusion everywhere” or “Chinese exports”, Conformite europeenne” 

It has recognition beyond the EU-25 + 3 through the EU’s promotion of the new approach regulatory model.  Turkey, for instance, already accepts CE marked products.

CE mark is a safety mark and there should not be national safety marks.  It’s illegal to apply CE mark when it is not required although market surveillance’s role monitoring illegal use is weak.  

There can be several other marks on a product, each representing the mandatory mark for a country/region, such as FCC and UL for the U.S. and CSA for Canada.  There can also be conformity assessment marks on a product such as the Keymark (CEN).  This is voluntary.  And last but not least the quality marks, such as the German GS (gepruefte Sicherheit – tested safety). 

A kind of passport valid in the 25 EU member states + 3 EEA 

## Demonstrating Conformitywith European Standards (EN)gives a “presumption of conformity”

**Notes:**
A hallmark of the New Approach is CE Marking and using EU standards is how you demonstrate conformity with the Directives.

## Demonstrating Conformity with non-European standards

**Notes:**
If you use other, say American standards, you may.  But you no longer have a presumption of conformity and must prove that your standards are equivalent to the EU standards with paperwork and possible third party certification.

So who is going to do that??  So are the standards voluntary???

## The view from Brussels

**Notes:**
But first....what about Brussels?

## Slide 53

**Notes:**
Famous for waffles, chocolate and beer as well as mussels and (less popularly) brussels sprouts, and also (unfortunately) for this guy..........

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## Slide 55

**Notes:**
Mannekin Pis – a two-foot terror just off the Grand Place

## Slide 56

**Notes:**
Who likes to dress up.  I hear on Memorial Day he wears an Army uniform.

## Slide 57

## The view from Brussels

**Notes:**
But anyway, the view from Brussels

To say the Commission, and CEN and CENELEC are not transparent would be an understatement.

Although I have my ways of working with them and have never been refused any request or any access, I wouldn’t say the contact is especially warm.

Some of the member State standards developing organization are standards machines, such as DIN in Germany and AFNOR in France.  DIN wrote more standards than CEN last year.  And the European legislators continue to legislate, piling more and more burden on EU business as well, especially in the area of the environment.

John Deere equipment 30 separate Directives or legislation, but no relief in sight.

##      DIFFERENCES IN REGULATORY  PHILOSOPHY     

- The market place can operate without intervention because
- Legal liability of seller if product defective or hazardous
- Consumer access to information about product quality
- Size of market and extent of competition
- U.S. laws and regulations on truth in labeling and advertising - with legal penalties for false information

**Notes:**
Many say that the American propensity to litigate keeps the market relatively free of unsafe products.  However, the EU system is more heavy on legislation.  There is always the fear that the Europeans will require third party certification and come up with additional safety and quality marks.

##      DIFFERENCES IN REGULATORY  PHILOSOPHY     

-               Tendency to Over-regulate
- Emphasis on social and environmental aspects over business aspects
- “Better Regulation” designed to reduce red tape, simplify and reduce regulation - alternatives to legislation include the promotion of European standards as technical support to European legislation

## Basis of Legislation

## Slide 62

## Old Approach-New Approach

- Old Approach 			         New Approach
- specifies technical		         specifies
- details in the 			         essential
- legislation 				         safety, health 						and								environmental
- 							requirements

**Notes:**
There are two kinds of directives:
The “Old Approach” Directives specify the obligatory following of every technical detail in the legislation. So detailed that product specifications would sometimes need 10 to 15 years to develop a standard.  and every time a new way of doing things came up that were not included in the Directives, the Directives had to be changed. 

The New Approach simplified the procedure by stating mandatory product safety requirements, and technically left the design choices up to the manufacturers. The New Approach requirements are more performance based and are “voluntary”. 

##     New Approach Directives 

- Machinery
- Gas Appliances
- Simple Pressure Vessels
- Pressure Equipment
- Toys
- Construction Products
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Hot Water Boilers
- Recreational Crafts
- Marine Equipment
- High Speed Rail Systems
- Lifts and Cableways
- Measuring Instruments

- Non-automatic Weighing Instruments
- Active Implantable Medical Devices, IVD, Medical Devices
- Radio Telecom & Terminal Equipment (RTTE)
- Civil Explosives
- Potential Explosive Atmospheres
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Energy Using Products (EuP)

**Notes:**
 Here is a list which products and product related aspects are covered.  
New legislation is adopted on a regular basis.  EUP for instance is in the pipeline.  Existing legislation is reviewed (low voltage, EMC and medical devices).  

## Directives which are based on certain elements of the New Approach    

- Low Voltage
- Packaging & Packaging Waste
- Noise Emission
- Energy Efficiency Requirements for Household Refrigerators
- Transportable Pressure Equipment
- Energy Efficiency Requirements for Ballasts for Florescent Lighting
- Interoperability of the Trans-European Conventional Rail system

**Notes:**
 Here is a list which products and product related aspects are covered.  
New legislation is adopted on a regular basis.  EUP for instance is in the pipeline.  Existing legislation is reviewed (low voltage, EMC and medical devices).  

## European Union Issues

##           The Metric Directive

-           The Metric Directive

**Notes:**
Metric discussions

The EU passed a regulation long ago that goes in to effect in 2010 that will require metric only labeling on consumer products sold in Europe.

The funny thing is our laws, in an effort to encourage metric labeling, have laws that permit dual labeling.  These have to be removed state by state to permit metric only labeling.

## The Bottom Line

- Beginning January 1, 2010the European Union Council Directive 80/181/EEC (Metric Directive) will allow the use of _only metric units_

- Leaving U.S. customary units on labels, packaging, advertising, catalogs, technical manuals, and user instructions will be illegal in the European Union

**Notes:**
Going well beyond labeling, the Metric Directive will make the sole use of metric units obligatory in all aspects of life in the European Union, extending to areas such as product literature and advertising.   

## Commission Consultation

- It is hoped that the Commission
- will propose a change
-  to be voted by the Parliament and the Council
- as a result of the consultation
- which closed this February

**Notes:**
The Commission is finally thinking as we are on this issue with the change of the head of Unit, Mr. Menidiatis (Pressure equipment, medical devices, metrology)
.  Principal Administrator Daniel Hanekuyk.  Productive meeting in July.

## Eco-design Requirements for Energy-Using Products (EuP) 

**Notes:**
The Directive 2005/32/EC on the eco-design of Energy-using Products (EUP), such as electrical and electronic devices or heating equipment, provides coherent EU-wide rules for eco-design and ensure that disparities among national regulations do not become obstacles to intra-EU trade. The Directive does not introduce directly binding requirements for specific products, but does define conditions and criteria for setting, through subsequent implementing measures, requirements regarding environmentally relevant product characteristics (such as energy consumption) and allows them to be improved quickly and efficiently. Products that fulfill the requirements will benefit both businesses and consumers, by facilitating free movement of goods across the EU and by enhancing product quality and environmental protection. The Directive constitutes a breakthrough in EU product policy and introduces many innovative elements together with concrete application of the principles of the "better regulation" package.
By encouraging manufacturers to design products with the environmental impacts in mind throughout their entire life cycle, the Commission implements an Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and accelerates the move towards improving the environmental performance of energy-using products. After adoption of the Directive by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission, assisted by a Committee, will be able to enact implementing measures on specific products and environmental aspects (such as energy consumption, waste generation, water consumption, extension of lifetime) after impact assessment and broad consultation of interested parties.
There are not obligations for all energy-using products, but only for those meeting criteria such as important environmental impact and volume of trade in the internal market and clear potential for improvement, for example where market forces fail to make progress in the absence of a legal requirement.
This policy initiative is expected to increase the effectiveness and synergies of other EU legislative acts and initiatives concerning environmental aspects of products. Examples of related measures are the Directives regulating the management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the use of certain hazardous substances used in this equipment (RoHS)  as well as Directives related to the energy efficiency of appliances such as the Energy labeling Directive.  Existing Directives on minimum energy efficiency requirements shall be considered as implementing this Directive for the products that they cover with regard to energy efficiency during use.
Products which have been awarded the Eco-label will be considered as compliant with the implementing measures in so far as the Eco-label  meets the requirements of the implementing measure. Although the EMAS registration on its own does not grant presumption of compliance to the products manufactured by the enterprise, enterprises which have an EMAS registration, which includes product design, may use directly their environmental management system for demonstrating that their product complies with the applicable implementing measure.

## Energy Using Products (EuP)first 14 “implementing measures”

**Battery chargers and external power supplies (complete)**
**Public street lighting (due Spring 2007)**
**Personal Computers (desktops & laptops) and computer monitors (due Spring 2007)**
**Consumer electronics: televisions (due Spring 2007)**
**Office lighting (due Spring 2007)**
**Standby and off-mode losses of EuPs (due Spring 2007)**
**Boilers and combi-boilers (gas/oil/electric) (due Fall 2007)**
**Water heaters (gas/oil/electric) (due Fall 2007)**
**Imaging equipment: copiers, faxes, printers, scanners, etc  (due Fall 2007)**
**Standby and off-mode losses (due Spring 2007)**
**Residential room conditioning appliances including  ventilation) (due Fall 2007)**
**Electric motors 1-150 kW, water pumps (commercial buildings, drinking water, food, agriculture), circulators in buildings, ventilation fans (nonresidential) (due Fall 2007)**
**Commercial refrigerators and freezers, including chillers, display cabinets and vending machines (due late Spring 2007)**
**Domestic dishwashers and washing machines (due late Spring 2007)**

## Energy Using Products (EuP)next 5 “implementing measures” the following studies will be launched in 2007

- Solid fuel small combustion installations
- Laundry driers
- Vacuum cleaners
- Set-top boxes
- Domestic lighting
-     Links to all the studies can be found through the EU Commission Directorate General for Energy and Transportation website

## U.S. – EU Initiatives

**Notes:**
Standards are more likely to be trade barriers when they are specified in technical regulations or laws, so it is important to harmonize legislation as a tool to harmonize their accompanying standards.

1.  Pressure Equipment- One of the few examples of European block voting
Two rounds so far.  First round was government to government. Next step is to make some progress in testing methods, examples of strike test and which materials tested

2.  U.S-E.C Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency U.S/Department of Commerce-E.C/Enterprise Directorate General:  Exchange of Information  Regarding the Planned Use of ICT Standards in Support of Regulations and other Public Policies

## Trends in European standardization

**Notes:**
The “greening” of standards
	EuP (IMI) and promised IMI

Technical Assistance to developing countries

Standardization of services, or continuing the trend to legislate standards where industry has not standardized

## You find EU standards confusing?

## Don’t worry – call me!(or email me)

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**Notes:**
In conclusion, what should you and your staff do in standards at post?

Be on the lookout for standards issues, and let me know so we can see how to work them.

Understand and counsel on complying with EU technical regulations, especially CE marking, to get success stories.

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