EFTA countries supported and shared the Community's interest in strengthening the work on standardisation and harmonisation being done under the auspices of CEN and CENELEC, the European standards institutions. EFTA believed that by greater harmonisation of standards and technical regulations, barriers to trade could be avoided and even eliminated.
Particular attention was given to the problem of lack of reciprocal recognition of certificates of conformity to standards in the field of electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Notes by secretariat, delegations etc. on regulations for a variety of products in diverse sectors.

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