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Contract signed for the work of the HAS Consultants

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2022-09-12

The European Commission recently signed the new contract governing the assessment of harmonized standards. The contract was awarded once again to Ernst & Young (EY). The contractor is to manage the work of the Harmonized Standards Consultants (HAS Consultants). HAS Consultants have the task of assessing whether European standards intended for harmonization are consistent with the requirements of the EU directives and regulations that they are to support.

The HAS Consultants are now to resume their work as soon as possible. During the gap between the contract terms from February to August 2022, the technical committees were not able to submit standards for assessment. The resulting backlog of documents is now to be worked through according to a priority list: 

1. Documents submitted for final voting

2. Documents submitted before or during the public enquiry

3. All other documents, e.g. documents at the draft stage or at the pre-publication stage and not yet assessed

Further information on the work of the HAS Consultants can be found on the CEN BOSS portal