What is the difference between mandatory standards and recommended standards in terms of implementation?
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**In standards or industry standards, there are mandatory standards and recommended standards. But what is the difference between mandatory standards and recommended standards? Literally speaking, mandatory standards must be followed, while recommended standards are merely suggested to you – it’s up to you to decide whether to implement them; however, in practice it seems to be different. In various inspections, whether it is experts or law enforcement officers from regulatory authorities, the same strict standards are applied to the recommended requirements – failure to meet them is not acceptable! What adds to the confusion is that the wording of some mandatory standard provisions is not strict; sometimes it resembles recommendations, such as “it is advisable to do something”. And the recommendation criteria are stricter; they mostly specify what is “mandatory” and what is “recommended”. Have I misunderstood?
There are many types of standards: mandatory standards, recommended standards, national standards, local standards, industry standards, etc. Mandatory standards indeed have to be followed; compliance with them is required. As for whether other standards need to be complied with, it depends on the requirements set by the relevant regulatory authorities. Bonde is a comprehensive third-party testing company that conducts tests on products across various categories, issuing CMA/CNAS certified reports valid nationwide. Feel free to contact me if you need anything
In accordance with the Standardization Law, the Measures for the Administration of Energy Standardization and its implementation rules, voluntary standards are encouraged to be adopted but are not mandatory. Under the following conditions, the recommended standards must be followed. First, it is cited by relevant laws, regulations, and rules and is required to be implemented ； Second, if it is publicly declared by the enterprise on product packaging, instruction manuals, or standard information public service platforms, the enterprise must comply with it ； Third, it serves as the quality standard for the delivery of products or services by both parties to the contract, and both parties must comply with it.
It can be understood in this way: mandatory standards must be followed, while recommended standards need not be implemented if not adopted; however, once adopted, they must be followed!
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Thank you so much! Such an explanation is quite accurate; that’s more or less it. Once you use it, you must abide by the rules; otherwise, don’t even get involved. So, it’s better to stick to strict principles and follow the rules:victory:
Yes, since it has been used, it must be carried out. Understood
Additionally: The standard interpretation is an explanatory statement provided to assist users in understanding and implementing this standard, covering matters such as the purpose and basis specified in the standard text; it does not possess the same legal validity as the standard text itself.
That’s how it is. However, an interpretation is a form of interpretation; if that interpretation is accurate and meets the requirements of the original text, then there is no need to consider whether it has legal validity or not. It is only when the interpretation is inaccurate that it will be deemed invalid:victory:
Generally, the standard selection order is: national standards → industry standards → group standards → enterprise standards. Once standards, industry standards, or local standards for similar products are issued simultaneously, how should enterprises formulate and implement their own standards? When national and industry standards are available, they should be preferred; in the absence of such standards, enterprise standards should be established. However, when national and industry standards exist, the enterprise standards established must be higher than those standards; enterprise standards with indicators lower than the national and industry standards are invalid. If an enterprise standard is higher than the industry standard or **standard, the filed enterprise standard may also be implemented. Otherwise, follow this order to execute **standard, industry standard, and enterprise standard. It can be said that national standards, industry standards, and corporate standards can coexist, on the condition that when standards are established, corporate standards should be superior (higher) than industry standards, and industry standards in turn should be superior (higher) than national standards.