§4.1.2.1 Definition of a harmonised standard

Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (182) provides definitions for the terms ‘standard’, ‘national standard’, ‘European standard’, ‘harmonised standard’ and ‘international standard’. — ‘Standards’ are defined as technical specifications (183), adopted by a recognised standardisation body, for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not compulsory and which are either international, European, harmonised or national standards. — ‘European standards’ are ‘standards’ adopted by the ESOs listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (184). — ‘Harmonised standards’ are ‘European standards’ adopted on the basis of a request made by the Commission for the application of Union harmonisation legislation. The definition of a ‘harmonised standard’ within the context of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 is not restricted to harmonised standards supporting harmonised product legislation as the Regulation mainstreams the use of harmonised standards in harmonisation legislation for services in similar way as in Union harmonisation legislation for products.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07