European Commission 1 June 2016, COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2017

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 1.6.2016 COM(2016) 357 final Standardisation package COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2017 {SWD(2016) 185 final} 1.Introduction European standards have proven to be an important policy tool for European policy making.