Current principles and importance of technical harmonization in the EU for technical standardization

Abstract

The basic principle of the technical standardization is to ensure market development via formation of unified technical rules for all the concerned subjects. The information and communication technology industry is characteristic by certain specific features as opposed to the traditional industry. These features impose new demands on the standardization domain, mainly the flexibility, i.e. ability to react to the rapidly developing ICT market very flexibly. The goal of this paper consists in presenting a comprehensive overview of the current system of technical harmonization and standardization in the European Union and impact on the member states.