Category Archives: Technical Regulations

Technical Regulation
A document which lays down product characteristics or their related processes and production methods, including the applicable administrative and conformity assessment provisions, with which compliance is mandatory, usually for consumer health and safety and environmental protection.

Is the European New Approach to product safety applicable to developing countries?

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On 7 May, the European New Approach to harmonisation and standards celebrates its 35th birthday (Council Resolution 85/C 136/01). The New Approach emerged in the spirit of the 1980s when many governments and world organisations were focusing on market liberalisation and deregulation.

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One system, two functions

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In the first post of this blog, we explained the term Quality Infrastructure. We referred to the definition by INetQI, which is agreed upon by the international associations for accreditation, metrology, standardisation and supporting international organisations. INetQI defined Quality Infrastructure as follows:

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