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Key facts
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The traditional way of harmonising products:
- When european legislation makes direct reference to a product or a product category to specify the mandatory technical specifications.
- This often implies in a very technical detailed legislation
- As the legislation should cover a vast range of products, it implies in extensive legislation texts to define the specification for each product
- In this sense, in a Council Resolution in 1985, the New Approach to technical harmonisation and standards was introduced.
- The New Approach is a regulatory technique which harmonisation is limited to essential requirements. The technical specifications of products meeting the essential requirements set out in the directives are laid down in harmonised standards.
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