Harmonised standards
- Harmonised standards under New Approach directives (which provide for CE marking)
- Directives based on the principles of the New Approach or the Global Approach, but which do not provide for CE marking
- Directives based on some principles of the New Approach and the Global Approach
- Other standards-receptive directives/regulations
- About the tables on this page
- European Standardisation Organisations: more info on the content of European standards
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Standards are shaped by consensus among enterprises, public authorities, consumers, and trade unions, through a consultation process organised by independent, recognised standardisation bodies at national, European and international level.
A harmonised standard is elaborated on the basis of a request from the European Commission to a recognised European Standards Organisation to develop a European standard that provides solutions for compliance with a legal provision. Such a request provides guidelines which standards must respect to meet the essential requirements or other provisions of harmonisation legislation.
Compliance with harmonised standards provides a presumption of conformity with the corresponding requirements of harmonisation legislation. Manufacturers, other economic operators or conformity assessment bodies can use harmonised standards to demonstrate that products, services or processes comply with relevant EU legislation.
To create the capacity to confer this presumption of conformity, the references of harmonised standards must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The use of these standards remains voluntary. Manufacturers, other economic operators or conformity assessment bodies are free to choose any other technical solution that provides compliance with the mandatory legal requirements.
Within the context of some directives or regulations voluntary European standards supporting implementation of relevant legal requirements are not called "harmonised standards". Such legislation and related European standards are also included in this information service, if relevant legislation foresees a need for a Commission standardisation request to European Standards Organisations and if publication of references in the Official Journal of the European Union is foreseen as a precondition for presumption of conformity or for other legal effect.
Harmonised standards under New Approach directives (which provide for CE marking)
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Subject (short title of directive) Lists of references of harmonised standards and general information |
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2009/23/EC | |
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Efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels |
Directives based on the principles of the New Approach or the Global Approach, but which do not provide for CE marking
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Text of |
Subject (short title of directive) Lists of references of harmonised standards and general information |
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2008/57/EC |
Directives based on some principles of the New Approach and the Global Approach
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Text of |
Subject (short title of directive) Lists of references of harmonised standards and general information |
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Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors |
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Energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting |
Other standards-receptive directives/regulations
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Text of |
Subject (short title of directive) Lists of references of harmonised standards or other European standards and general information |
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Restrictions on marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations |
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(EC) 765/2008 |
New Legislative Framework (NLF) and Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) |
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(EC) 1223/2009 |
About the tables on this page
To allow easier access to the information in the above tables, short titles are used for all directives and regulations.
The links in the first columns guide to the texts of the corresponding directives and regulations on the EUR-Lex website. Legislation is available in all official European Union languages.
The links in the second columns provide access to general information about the relevant legislation and to the references of harmonised standards (or of other European standards) which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
European Standardisation Organisations: more info on the content of European standards
For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations or their national member organisations:
- CEN: the European European Committee for Standardization
- CENELEC: the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- ETSI: the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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