Consumers obtain guaranteed quality and security.
Producers economize both at the production and sales levels and simplify their inventories when they no longer have to adapt their products to a multitude of different national rules. International trade is facilitated when sellers and buyers base contracts on common classifications, standard documentation and trade procedures. Shared assets which ignore borders, such as the environment, can be better protected through internationally agreed legal instruments. International cooperation as well as national legislative and regulatory work is simplified and accelerated when reference can be made to internationally agreed documents. Moreover, the multiplication of technical instruments shared by the countries of the region facilitates their economic relations, creates links and helps to overcome differences.