A FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION - Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs)
An effective instrument on the way to an optimized approval strategy is to look at the so-called MRAs.
MRAs are bilateral agreements on the recognition and harmonization of different national approaches. MRAs can include the recognition of different school qualifications, but can also - as in our case - describe the recognition of different conformity assessment procedures.
The main aim of these MRAs is to enable partner countries to test and, if necessary, certify products in accordance with the rules and regulations of the other country on their own territory.
Thanks to an existing MRA, Australia, for example, recognizes many technical standards from European Standardization Organizations (ESO), e.g. ETSI.