The IMCO Committee is currently working on a legislative report aimed at the revision of the current regulatory framework on European Standardisation. The objectives of the proposed Regulation are the following: enable the development of European service standards, facilitate the participation of SMEs and societal stakeholders in the standardisation process, use in public procurment standards developed by other organisations in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) provided that these standards comply with a set of criteria, improve planning through the establishment by the Commission of an annual Work Programme identifying priorities for European standardisation, reduce administrative burden for the European Standardisation Organisations, promote more transparency in the cooperation between national standardisation bodies.
Rapporteur: Lara Comi (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs: : Christel Schaldemose (S&D), Toine Manders (ALDE), Heide Rühle (GREENS/EFA), Edvard Kožušník (ECR), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL), Matteo Salvini (EFD)
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