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European standardisation organisations shall encourage and facilitate an appropriate representation and effective participation of all relevant stakeholders, including SMEs, consumer organisations and environmental and social stakeholders in their standardisation activities. They shall in particular encourage and facilitate such representation and participation through the European stakeholder organisations receiving Union financing in accordance with this Regulation at the policy development level and at the following stages of the development of European standards or European standardisation deliverables: the proposal and acceptance of new work items; the technical discussion on proposals; the submission of comments on drafts; the revision of existing European standards or European standardisation deliverables; the dissemination of information of, and awareness-building about, adopted European standards or European standardisation deliverables.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.