Activities of Malcolm HARBOUR related to 2011/0150(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European standardisation (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) ‘standard’ means a technical specification established by consensus and approved by a recognised organisation for repeated or continuous applicationuse, with which compliance is not compulsory, and which is one of the following:
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Access of SMEs to standards 1. National Standardisation Organisations shall promote and facilitate the access of SMEs to standards and their development, in particular, through; (a) making available free of charge on their website abstracts of standards; (b) applying special rates for the provision of standards to SMEs and providing bundles of standards at a reduced price; (c) identifying, in their annual work programmes, the standardisation projects which are of particular interest for SMEs; (d) providing special rates to SMEs for participation in standardisation activities; 2. National Standardisation Organisations shall send an annual report to the European Standardisation organisations with regard to their actions to comply with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 and all other measures to improve the participation of SMEs in their standardisation activities. They shall publish that report on their website.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 c (new)
Article 5 c (new)
Article 5 c Participation of public authorities in European Standardisation Member States shall encourage participation of public authorities, in particular market surveillance authorities, in national standardisation activities aimed at the development or revision of standards requested by the Commission in accordance with Article 7(1).
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Recognitionferencing of technical specifications in the field of ICT
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Either on proposal from a public authority referred to in Directive 2004/18/EC or on its own initiative the Commission may decide to recognisference technical specifications which are not national, European or international standards and meet the requirements set out in Annex II, as ICT standards.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – point 3 – point f a (new)
Annex 2 – point 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) coherence: the specifications are not in conflict with existing European or international standards.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – point 3 – point f b (new)
Annex 2 – point 3 – point f b (new)
(fb) legitimation process: the specifications have been approved following a legitimation process, including a public enquiry involving the European and national standardisation bodies.