ZVEI Position on the Evaluation of the New Legislative Framework (NLF)

The New Legislative Framework (NLF) is a proven and efficient regulatory framework for the European Single Market for goods. The combination of fundamental legal requirements and voluntarily applicable harmonised standards enables a technology-neutral and innovation-friendly approach to product regulation. The foundations for the European Single Market were laid in the 1980s with the “New Approach” and further developed in 2008 with the creation of the NLF.

In its position paper on the evaluation of the NLF, ZVEI focuses on the key aspects highlighted in the 2022 NLF evaluation and the Single Market Strategy 2025:

• Consistent implementation of the NLF: removal of inconsistencies with Decision 768/2008/EC in product-specific legal acts
• Maintain and strengthen the presumption of conformity
• Retain existing conformity assessment modules
• Horizontal exemption for spare parts
• Substantial modification
• Horizontal Digital Product Passport (DPP) under the NLF and digitalisation of product information
• Notified bodies and their accreditation
• Strengthen market surveillance

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