News
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Digital Product Passports: Data driving the circular economy
The EU’s new Ecodesign Regulation sends a clear signal: Sustainability must not only be a vision but a data-driven practice. At its core are Digital Product Passports (DPPs). A solution that makes product information available throughout the entire lifecycle, from design and production to repair, reuse, and recycling, writes Standards Norway’s Project Manager Anne Marthe Følsvik Garseth.
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New Standard for Management of Electronic Traffic Regulations in the Norwegian Context
NS 8210-1 lays the foundation for how traffic rules can be digitalized and used across vehicles, infrastructure, and public administration. The standard builds on international METR standards (Management of Electronic Traffic Regulations) and is adapted to Norwegian conditions.
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A new generation of Eurocodes is on the way
A new generation of Eurocodes is under development and will be completed by 2027. In Norway, the new Eurocodes, along with their national annexes, will be published collectively at the beginning of 2028. Until then, the current generation of Eurocodes will remain the applicable standard.
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Copyright protection of Harmonized Standards not in question – however, there is an overriding public interest in their disclosure
5 March 2024 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its judgment in Case C-588/21 P concerning public access to four Harmonized Standards under Regulation 1049/2001.