Standardization strengthens the Single Market: SFS’s response to the Call for Evidence for the Single Market Strategy
SFS Finnish Standards welcomes the ambitions of the new European Commission to strengthen the Single Market. European standardization organizations CEN and CENELEC and SFS Finnish Standards, as a member of CEN, provide recommendations on how to best utilise the benefits of standardization to strengthen the Single Market Strategy.
The Single Market enables free movement and trade within Europe, promotes growth and development, and ensures consistent rules. Standards are an integral part of a functioning internal market area and, given the current geopolitical situation, are increasingly important for strengthening Europe’s competitiveness. Harmonized standards also facilitate compliance with European legislation. Standards ensure the quality, safety, and interoperability of products and services on the market.
Standardization is essential to the Single Market. To best utilise the benefits of standardization to strengthen the Single Market Strategy, CEN, CENELEC and SFS ask European Commission to:
- Consider standardization’s importance to economic competitiveness and productivity
- Ensure the long-term stability of the public-private partnership
- Adopt a consistent approach to standardization across different initiatives.
- Ensure that new legislation, where relevant, reference standards through the NLF
Single Market Strategy – SFS position paper 2025 January
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