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National standardisation bodies shall encourage and facilitate the access of SMEs to standards and standards development processes in order to reach a higher level of participation in the standardisation system, for instance by: identifying, in their annual work programmes, the standardisation projects, which are of particular interests to SMEs; giving access to standardisation activities without obliging SMEs to become a member of a national standardisation body; providing free access or special rates to participate in standardisation activities; providing free access to draft standards; making available free of charge on their website abstracts of standards; applying special rates for the provision of standards or providing bundles of standards at a reduced price.

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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.