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Danish Standards is Denmark's official standardization body and representative in international organizations.

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Danish Standards Urges EU to Adopt Existing Technical Standards

6 Oct 2025
Topic — The Commission aims to simplify digital regulations and provide immediate relief to businesses.
Message — Danish Standards recommends building on existing standards to ensure harmonisation and reduce burdens. They suggest basing cybersecurity and digital identity rules on established international frameworks.12
Why — Using established standards would lower implementation costs and ensure uniform compliance across states.3
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Response to Revision of the 'New Legislative Framework'

8 Aug 2025

Please find attached the response from Danish Standards, the national standardisation organisation of Denmark. Furthermore, Danish Standards support the coming response from CEN CENELEC.
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Danish Standards Urges EU to Prioritize International Grid Standards

4 Aug 2025
Topic — This consultation seeks to accelerate the upgrade, digitalisation and expansion of European grid infrastructure.
Message — Danish Standards advocates using international frameworks to accelerate grid expansion and ensure infrastructure resilience. They stress that international work should precede European efforts to avoid duplicating technical tasks.123
Why — Aligning with international standards reduces technical costs and simplifies global market entry for experts.45
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Dansk Standard Demands Stakeholder Inclusion in Technical Specifications

18 Jul 2025
Topic — EU proposal to align product legislation regarding the use of common specifications.
Message — Common specifications should be a last resort used only when the standardisation system fails. The organization calls for industry involvement and clear rules for withdrawing specifications when standards appear.123
Why — The organization would maintain its influence over technical rules and ensure market relevance.45
Impact — Member States lose influence because the proposal shifts power to the Commission.6
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Response to Revision of the Standardisation Regulation

18 Jul 2025

Danish Standards (DS) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on the revision of Regulation 1025/2012 on European Standardisation. Please see the attached response, which includes the following sections: 1. Speed: Concrete proposals to reduce time of the standardisation process divided into the three phases described in the evaluation study. 2. Alternatives to standards developed within the ESS: Suggestions on how to integrate common specifications and standards from other SDOs. 3. International alignment and European competitiveness: The importance of the International First principle, how funding and better coordination can improve EU influence 4. Stakeholder participation and inclusion: Article-specific suggestions to increase transparency and ensure better participation in the standard development process 5. Financing and free access to hENs: To secure financial sustainability, DS suggests enabling compensation for revenue loss from public access to standards, in line with the implementation of ECJ ruling (C-588/21 P).
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Danish Standards Urges Using Existing Norms for Industrial Decarbonisation

10 Jun 2025
Topic — The EU is consulting on a law to accelerate industrial decarbonisation.
Message — The foundation recommends utilizing existing standards for lifecycle assessments and grid harmonisation. They emphasize the need for coherence between new legislation and current EU rules.12
Why — Harmonised standards would lower administrative costs and accelerate the deployment of technologies.3
Impact — Member States may face pressure to reduce unique national technical requirements.4
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Danish Standards urges EU to prioritize AI standardization efforts

3 Jun 2025
Topic — The consultation focuses on a strategy to accelerate industrial adoption of AI.
Message — The organization recommends integrating standardization as a strategic lever for AI. It suggests building on existing frameworks and recognizing standards as research outputs.12
Why — Increased strategic importance would secure their position in the AI ecosystem.3
Impact — Global competitors lose influence if Europe dominates the international standardization process.4
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Response to International Digital Strategy

21 May 2025

Danish Standards (the official national standardization organisation in Denmark) supports the development of an International Digital Strategy. Digital technologies are of enormous importance to the European competitiveness and the lives of EU citizens. The EU still lags behind compared with countries such as the US and China when it comes to digital innovation. As such, Europe is vulnerable to the large market shares of the tech giants and digital solutions which do not necessarily focus on European values. Standards are an important tool for developing responsible digital solutions and strengthening the innovation and competitiveness of European businesses globally. As part of the upcoming International Digital Strategy, the EU should ensure a strong European footprint on the development of standards for digital technologies at the international level. International standards developed in the international standardization organisations ISO and IEC play an important role in shaping the use of digital technologies globally. If Europe does not take the lead when it comes to international standardization of digital technologies, companies in other parts of the world will be ready to leverage standardization to bring their solutions to the market. It should therefore be a priority of the EU to influence the development of these standards and ensure that they support the development of digital technologies which are human-centric, trustworthy, and respects human rights and fundamental freedoms. The so-called international first principle, which ensures that European standards are harmonized with global standards wherever appropriate, should be upheld whenever possible. This is key to reducing technical barriers to trade for European companies and promoting alignment between products and services globally. Groups such as consumer organizations, authorities and NGOs often struggle to participate in standardization, particularly at the international level. The upcoming strategy should introduce measures, which help ensure that a wide group of different European stakeholders participate in the work to develop international standards, which will shape the future market for digital technologies.
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Meeting with Kirsi Haavisto (Head of Unit Research and Innovation)

10 Apr 2025 · - Dansk Standard’s way forward for future activities - improving the link between the R&I sector and standardisation in the future - Discussing the recommendations made by the Horizon Booster final report

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

9 Apr 2025 · Revision of the Standardisation Regulation

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2025 · Webinar on omnibus, ecodesign and green claims

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Mar 2025 · Standards

Meeting with Henrik Dahl (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Internal Market

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · digitale agenda, standardisering og miljømærker generelt.

Meeting with Sigrid Friis (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Green Claims and GPP

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · European environmental standards

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

2 Nov 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Response to Evaluation of Standardisation Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012

27 Sept 2023

Danish Standards would like to respond to the call for evidence on the evaluation of Regulation 1025/2012 and: Note that Regulation 1025/2012 facilitates effective collaboration between CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, their national members and the European Union, reinforcing the strength of this valuable public-private partnership. Suggest that the European Commission monitor the progress resulting from recent initiatives to improve the European Standardization System before considering changes to existing legislation. Highlight that integrity of the European Standardization System has been recently strengthened by the European Standardization Strategy and Regulation 2022/2480. Reiterate that the Vienna Agreement and the Frankfurt Agreement are effective means to strengthen European influence in international standardization and this objective is well achieved on the basis of Regulation 1025/2012. Recommend that if shortcomings are identified, the European Commission consider the use of an amendment to Regulation 1025/2012 rather than a full revision of the Regulation. DS supports the response from CEN CENELEC and would like to contribute with a recent piece of research on the benefits of standardization: https://www.menon.no/the-macroeconomic-benefits-of-standardisation/
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Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Sept 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Jul 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Danish Standards Urges Integration of ISO Frameworks into ESRS

30 Jun 2023
Topic — New European rules requiring companies to report on their environmental and social impacts.
Message — The organization urges the Commission to align reporting requirements with existing international and European standards. They recommend specific options for companies to disclose compliance with established technical frameworks.12
Why — This alignment would lower administrative costs for companies already using recognized international standards.3
Impact — European businesses face higher costs and legal uncertainty if new rules ignore existing standards.4
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Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Ecolabelling Sweden and

1 Jun 2023 · EU measures against greenwashing and tackling false green claims

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament)

3 May 2023 · Green Claims

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 May 2023 · EU-mærkning

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

25 Jan 2023 · Construction Products Directive

Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Sept 2022 · eco-design