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7 October 2026Free

Competitiveness with European soul

First reading of COM(2026) 780, the Commission's proposal for a new Regulation on European standardisation

The Commission's proposal to repeal Regulation 1025/2012 is a serious and welcome attempt to put competitiveness at the centre of standardisation, while preserving the values that make the European model unique. Speed, free access and inclusiveness are the right levers; the hard part is funding them without fragmenting the system.

3 November 2026€9 · or subscribe

The 87% Blind Spot

How Europe's new draft Standardisation Regulation could quietly re-fragment the Single Market

COM(2026) 780 makes a limited number of standards faster and free to access: around 13% of the European portfolio. What happens to the other 87%, the standards industry and SMEs use every day, and to the single market, enlargement and Global Gateway?

Faster for the 13%. What about the other 87%?

Infographic series · 1 free, 5 licensed

Standards and public procurement

Three risk-assessment infographics on COM(2026) 780 and the Public Procurement Act, one free to download, two available under licence.

Case study: One product, one test, 34 countries. Or three versions of one product?

Case studies · Licensed

Three case studies

A switchgear manufacturer, an SME in a municipal tender and GRIDCO, a fictitious TSO, tendering an eight-year €180m digital substation framework with supplier RELAYTEC.