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3. What are technical standards for?
3.1 Use of technical standards
For the European Union, standards are generally non-mandatory and voluntary.
This optional nature makes it clear, if proof were needed, that standardization is not an obstacle to the development of technical progress.
In France, compliance with standards is mandatory in two cases:
when required by ministerial decree; this is the case for 170 of the 20,000 French standards;
when dealing with a public procurement contract.
The list of mandatory standards can be found in fascicule de documentation X 00-003 published by AFNOR.
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What are technical standards for?
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Standardization
Standards offices and technical centers
BNA fr
(Bureau de normalisation de l'automobile)
BNAAH fr
(Bureau de normalisation des activités aquatiques et hyperbares)
BNAE fr
(Bureau de normalisation de l'aéronautique et de l'espace)
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Producing to sell, in the countries of the European Union and around the world, is not without its technical and administrative obstacles in the form of standards.
Complying with standards throughout a product's life cycle, from design to disposal, is thus becoming a necessity to promote a harmonious development policy.
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