In the absence of relevant harmonised standards, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts setting out common specifications for the essential safety requirements of this Regulation, provided that in doing so it respects the standardisation organisations’ role and functions, as an exceptional fallback solution to facilitate the manufacturer’s obligation to comply with the essential safety requirements, where the standardisation process is blocked or there are delays in the establishment of appropriate harmonised standards. If such delay is due to the technical complexity of the standard in question, this should be considered by the Commission before contemplating the establishment of common specifications. With a view to establishing, in the most efficient way, common specifications that cover the essential safety requirements of this Regulation, the Commission should consult relevant stakeholders in the process.
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