Abstract
Certification means the confirmation of compliance with a pre-defined standard relating to a business, a product, a service or a management system. That standard can be a public law standard, a private standard or a hybrid. Certification is a popular instrument of private governance of public goods, promising greater effectiveness than control by public authorities while at the same time taking the burden away from the State and its budget. Recent scandals, for example on the certification of breast implants or on overly optimistic credit rating have cast doubts on its reliability though. The book at hand unfolds the merits and perils of certification, employing the perspectives of different disciplines and using examples from different areas of life and law.
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For detailed account, see chapter 3 by VI Daskalova and MA Heldeweg. See also Schepel (2005), p. 3 ff.
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CJEU, 12/7/2012, Case C-171/11, Fra.bo SpA v Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfaches eV (DVGW) — Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein, ECLI:EU:C:2012:453.
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CJEU. 27/10/2016, Case C-613/14 James Elliott Construction Limited v Irish Asphalt Limited, ECLI:EU:C:2016:821.
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CJEU, 16/2/2017, Case C-219/15 Elisabeth Schmitt v TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH, ECLI:EU:C:2017:128. See chapter 9 by P Rott and the references therein.
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See chapter 11 by A Halfmeier and the references therein.
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Rott, P. (2019). Introduction. In: Rott, P. (eds) Certification – Trust, Accountability, Liability. Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02499-4_1
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