| Definition: | standards on the same products, processes or services, approved by different standardizing bodies, in which different requirements are based on the same characteristics and assessed by the same methods, thus permitting unambiguous comparison of differences in the requirements Note 1 to entry: Comparable standards are not harmonized (or equivalent) standards. Note 2 to entry: Technical regulations can be harmonized like standards. Corresponding terms and definitions are obtained by replacing “standards” by “technical regulations” in the definitions IEV 901-06-01 to IEV 901-06-09, and “standardizing bodies” by “authorities” in definition IEV 901-06-01.
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