OpenForum Europe (OFE) appreciates the efforts taken by the European Commission and by Ernst & Young for conducting the study on the Independent Review of the European Standardisation System. OFE closely followed the development of the study, provided input, inter alia via the chair of the MSP task force on the Rolling Plan, and contributed to the consultation.
OFE welcomes the collaborative approach in the study process and thanks the Commission for the opportunity to provide comments on the final study and in the preparation for the workshop in July.
As OFE represents some major global and European technology and service providers in the ICT sector as well as open source communities, our input below will be from an ICT perspective and largely limited to aspects in the report relevant to ICT.