3 November 2026 · Elena Santiago Cid

The 87% Blind Spot

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

Brussels is about to make a limited number of standards (around 13% of the portfolio) faster, with free access. The rest are the ones your exports actually run on.

The briefing infographic "One standard, one version, 34 countries" is free to download. The rest of the SANELIA series, including the 13% / 87% split, the Art. 88 procurement change and three case studies, is available under licence.

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Sources

European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation on European standardisation, COM(2026) 780 final
Council of the EU, ST 14141/26 (COM(2026) 780)
European Parliament OEIL, Public Procurement Act, 2026/0265(COD)
EPRS, European product act, BRI(2026)789349
LexisNexis, Commission proposal revising Standardisation Regulation open for feedback
1news.az, EU launches Connectivity Agenda Platform for the Middle Corridor

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