how the EU standard proceed works
the EU has developed hundreds of new product standards that are an important condition of sale. in fact, standards are one of the principal pieces of the internal market program. European-wild standards are replacing divergent national product standards. the advantage is that a manufacturer will have to meet only one European-wild standard and not have to make costly changes to meet 27 different national standards.
Mutual recognition of national standard applies to non-safety aspects of unregulated products (those not covered by EU-wild directives; examples are paper and furniture). Matual recognition applies both to intra-European trade and trade between the EU and other countries.