"Standardisation is not a media-attracting topic. It is industry-driven, often technical, patient and very time-consuming work. Why should consumers bother to participate? Wouldn't industry look after the interests of consumers anyway because they have to sell their products? This is actually an argument consumer representatives often encounter : "We are consumers ourselves!", industry representatives used to say. Many years of practical involvement in standardisation, however, have shown that this argument falls short, and that there is a need to defend and represent the consumer interest in a systematic manner. This is the mission of ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation. ..."

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