Standardization is an essential element of technical regulation

The predominance of private ownership over the state, the availability of free markets for services and goods, the rapid renewal of their structure and, as a result, a complete change in the structure of the economy significantly affect the possibility of using the old system of state standardization in Russia.

Standardization is the development of certain provisions for their application in the production of certain products in order to ensure optimal savings for all stakeholders and at the same time respect the safety rules and operating conditions. The established standards should be based on the general benefit of the introduction of science and technology. State standardization initially had the following objectives:

• Ensure the safety of the products produced in the country for the life and health of people and the environment;

• Eliminate technical barriers in production and trade;

• Save all kinds of resources;

• Ensure interchangeability of products, as well as information and technical compatibility;

• To combine methods of control and marking;

• To ensure the quality of products, taking into account the interests of the state and consumers, as well as its competitiveness.

Even in the difficult years of the last century, the development of classifications of flax, wool, and cotton was carried out, an international metric system of weights and measures was introduced and a State Standardization Center was created. This was of utmost importance for the country.

Today, standardization is just a set of unordered and uncoordinated technical regulations, standards, and procedures for confirming compliance that need to be improved.

In 2002, the law "On Technical Regulation" was adopted in the Russian Federation, which abolished the previous legislative document - "On Standardization". Modern standardization is, according to participants in the business community, only a stumbling block in the development of the country's industry, an administrative barrier linking the initiative of any business. At the same time, for some reason, they do not speak about the benefits that compliance with standards, based on many years of practical experience and scientific achievements, can bring. In a market economy, standardization is one of the elements of technical regulation that can provide a tangible contribution to the country's economic development. Indeed, in many European countries, one-third of the annual economic growth is achieved through effective compliance with standards.

Thus, it can be assumed that when finalizing the existing regulations, bringing them in line with the real time and the needs of the economy, our country can get a powerful tool for ensuring the prosperity of the economy. But when developing an updated national standardization system, it is also important to determine the role and place of the state in it. At the first stage of introducing new provisions for standardization, the centralization of all processes and control are extremely important. Over time, the worked out economic regulatory mechanisms can be automated (as an option, transferred to the non-state sector).