Integration of environmental aspects into standardisation

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Integration of environmentalaspects into
standardisation

• Timo Makela
• Director of Directorate G
• Sustainable Development and Integration
• DG Environment
• European Commission

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OVERVIEW

• 1. EU Policy context
• 2. Towards better regulation role of
  standardisation
• 3. Integration of environmental aspects into
  standardisation
• 4. Current situation
• 5. Better stakeholder involvement towards better
  standardisation

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1. EU policy context
6th EAP ENV.
adoption of revised strategy end 2005?
SDS STRATEGY
mid-term reviewFebruary 2005focus growthjobs
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2. Towards better regulation role of
standardisation
STANDARDS
contribute to Lisbon Strategy contribute to SDS
better regulation new approach with harmonised standards Commission mandate for significant number of environmentally sensitive standards
remove barriers to trade on international level product standards test measurement standards management standards environmental technologies standards
increased competitiveness, fostering European leadership product standards test measurement standards management standards environmental technologies standards
allow lower output and sales cost product standards test measurement standards management standards environmental technologies standards
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3. Integration of environmental aspects into
standardisation

• PRIORITY ISSUES
• Environmental thinking
• Priority setting
• Tools and incentives
• Stakeholder participation

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4. Current situation

• WHAT HAS BEEN INITIATED AND ACHIEVED?
• Two follow-up workshops in 2004
• Awareness/training programme for environmental
  experts and standardisation experts at CEN
• Commission mandates, action plan for European
  standardisation (including env. dimension)
• dynamic environmental database at CENELEC
• ECOS

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5. Stakeholder involvement towards better
standardisation

• Balanced participation
• Accessibility of the system and sufficient
  resources
• Modus of decision-making
• attract SMEs / societal stakeholders to
  standardisation work
• standardisation as a strategic tool for
  competitiveness
• Contact points - on national and on European
  level

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION timo.makela_at_cec.eu.
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