Blue Guide updated

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On 29 June 2022, the European Commission published its revised Guide to the implementation of EU product rules (the "Blue Guide") in the Official Journal of the EU. The Blue Guide explains how directives and regulations based on the New Approach, now covered by the New Legislative Framework (NLF), are to be implemented. The aim of the guide is to explain the different elements of the New Legislative Framework and market surveillance.

This is the third update to the guide and follows the updates of 2014 and 2016. It addresses the recent changes to the legislation and, in particular, the adoption of a new regulation governing market surveillance. A need also existed for Brexit and the controversial James Elliott judgement to be addressed. The latter has resulted in the harmonization of standards becoming a much more formal process, one which is still being optimized by the European Commission and European standards organizations.

Blue Guide in all official EU languages