Simplification

Standards simplify legislative and administrative action because they constitute an up-to-date technical and technological reference that arises from consensus, transparency, democracy and voluntariness.

Co-regulation

Standardisation can complement legislation where there are normative gaps on certain aspects that have already been addressed by the market from a bottom-up perspective.

Public policy support

Increasingly, legislative acts indicate in UNI standards the most authoritative technical-applicative reference, even if not mandatory, updated to the state of the art. For example, the Minimum Environmental Criteria defined by the Plan for the Environmental Sustainability of consumption in the Public Administration sector adopted by Ministerial Decrees.