SBS comments on the revision of Regulation 1025/2012 on European Standardisation

Small Business Standards (SBS), the association which acts as the voice of European SMEs in the standardisation process, has shared its comments on the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the revision of Regulation 1025/2012 on European Standardisation.

SBS states that it welcomes the “focus on ensuring that standardisation is accessible to EU SMEs and startups” stated by the European Commission in the call, and emphasises that this should be a primary policy objective of the revision.

The European Commission has published a report on the evaluation of Regulation 1025/2012, and an accompanying study, which together give an in-depth analysis of the state of the European Standardisation System (ESS) since entering into the force of the Regulation, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses. SBS states that it agrees there is a need to improve parts of the ESS, but comments that “the evaluation at times seems to underplay certain nuances and the tangible improvements achieved since the entry into force of the Regulation.”

LEVA-EU is a member of SBS; at present we have no further commentary available.