Negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Regulation on the reform of the European standardisation organisations are expected to start on 12 October, following the approval by the Ambassadors to the EU (Coreper I) of a new negotiating mandate for the Czech Presidency of the EU Council on Wednesday 5 October.
As a reminder, the EU Council had not modified the Commission’s initial proposal in its position adopted last May (see EUROPE 12954/26). After the adoption of the Parliament’s position in July (see EUROPE 12991/13) and “following discussions in the working group, the EU Council decided to evaluate the flexibilities of the delegations and arrived at the revised mandate”, a diplomatic source told us.
Parliament had strengthened inclusiveness in the decision-making process of the European standardisation organisations, to allow better consideration of SME, environmental, social and consumer interests.
In general, the parliamentarians stressed the need for decisions on European standards following mandates from the European Commission to be taken by the national standards organisations of the Member States of the European Union, but also of the European Economic Area (EEA).
On Wednesday, no Member State intervened on the new mandate, except for one delegation to welcome it, showing a strong consensus. For the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, the objective is to reach an agreement with Parliament at this first interinstitutional meeting.
For the revised Presidency text: https://aeur.eu/f/3fb (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)