Online Forum September 2, 2009
Introductory remarks. Comments welcome. Please join the discussion!
1. Anne-Layne Farrar: Welcome Goals but Unclear Aim
2. Tim Simcoe: Further Clarification Needed
3. Marcus Glader: A Competition Law Perspective
4. Mattias Ganslandt: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
5. Dr Georg Heidenreich, Statement regarding COM(2009)324
6. Jane Winn: E-signatures and procedures for recognizing private consensus standards
The Commission White Paper on ICT Standardisation – some reflections from a competition law perspective
As other commentators in this forum have already highlighted, the aim of the Commission’s white paper is to large extent unclear. Particularly the introduction and the listed “prominent areas for improvement” appear to reflect a mix of vague policy ambitions (p. 4). If Directive 98/34/EC should be read as constituting “the current EU standardisation policy”, as the Commission suggests (p. 2), the time for an update is probably quite ripe, but then these issues would have deserved a more elaborated treatment.
Please join our online discussion about the Commission’s White Paper on ICT standardization at talkstandards.com on Wednesday September 2, 4-6 PM Central European Time.
The purpose of this event is to exchange views and ideas about the Commission’s suggestions before the ending of the public consultation period by mid-September.
To post comments – please register.
The Commission´s White Paper is available here:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/document.cfm?action=display&doc_id=3152&userservice_id=1&request.id=0
Optional reading:
http://www.talkstandards.com/?p=1237