Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299174 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ECIPE Policy Brief No. 04/2024
Publisher: 
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), Brussels
Abstract: 
This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US machinery and electrical equipment for exports into each other's markets, without recognizing the equivalency or otherwise altering the product requirements in regulation, standards, or other normative documents on either side. While this study focuses on the economic effects of an agreement on conformity assessment that includes machinery and electrical equipment, the scope of such an agreement could potentially be extended to several additional product categories, particularly those that are subject to requirements for mandatory third-party conformity assessment in both the EU and the US.
Subjects: 
International agreement
Electrical engineering
Electronic product
Product safety
Standardization
International economic relations
International economic policy
EU countries
USA
Document Type: 
Research Report

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