Study on Adoption Methods for Standards (Final report)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the standards and technical specifications’ adoption processes within a selected sample of Member States. The analysed adoption process is composed of the following steps:

• Gathering of business needs and proposals for standards and technical specifications;
• Assessment of standards and technical specifications;
• Adoption of standards and technical specifications;
• Implementation of standards and technical specifications.

These steps are identified on the basis of the experience with CAMSS, the interaction with the Member States and the Multi-stakeholder Platform. The analysis of the adoption process of each Member State is mapped against the above steps and described in details.