# Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 4: The technical specifications meet the following requirements:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) maintenance: ongoing support and maintenance of published specifications are guaranteed over a long period;
(b) availability: specifications are publicly available for implementation and use on reasonable terms (including for a reasonable fee or free of charge);
(c) intellectual property rights essential to the implementation of specifications are licensed to applicants on a (fair) reasonable and non-discriminatory basis ((F)RAND), which includes, at the discretion of the intellectual property right-holder, licensing essential intellectual property without compensation;
(d) relevance:
(i) the specifications are effective and relevant;
(ii) specifications need to respond to market needs and regulatory requirements;
(e) neutrality and stability:
(i) specifications whenever possible are performance oriented rather than based on design or descriptive characteristics;
(ii) specifications do not distort the market or limit the possibilities for implementers to develop competition and innovation based upon them;
(iii) specifications are based on advanced scientific and technological developments;
(f) quality:
(i) the quality and level of detail are sufficient to permit the development of a variety of competing implementations of interoperable products and services;
(ii) standardised interfaces are not hidden or controlled by anyone other than the organisations that adopted the technical specifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1025/annex/II/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1025/annex-II/division-4
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