The Institute for Structural Reforms opposes the proposed amendment, which opens the standardization process to virtually any party and shifts the state’s responsibility for public health and welfare into private hands. Presented as a pro-consumer initiative, the bill effectively dismantles the binding legal status of mandatory standards, introducing this significant change through a legislative backdoor.
This move carries broad and far-reaching implications that go well beyond the issue of goods imports, including the potential legitimization of standards enacted without proper authority and in violation of the law.
Given these concerns, the reform should be postponed to allow for a wide-ranging and substantive public discussion that cannot take place under the current conditions, especially during an ongoing conflict.
Please refer to the full position paper for further details.