ISO : international standards and occupational safety
2004
24-25
p. 21
CEN ; ISO ; occupational safety and health ; report of activities ; standardization ; workers participation ; trade union document
Technical standardization
English
"In the past 20 years, two major developments in the area of harmonization of technical regulations and facilitation of trade have introduced new links between regulations and voluntary standards : the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, now signed by some 147 countries in the context of the World Trade Organization, and, in Europe, the New Approach to harmonization of technical regulations. Both have given a new impetus to international standardization, particularly in the area of safety standards. The "Vienna Agreement" between ISO and CEN, in force for some twelve years now, has enabled a good synergy between the regional and international levels, and helped ensure that the construction of the EU internal market does not result in the building of a so-called "Fortress Europe". ..."
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