7. Glossary

Legal and regulatory requirements

This general term designates the applicable requirements resulting from all types of legislation. Texts applicable in France :

• international convention ;

• european regulations, directives and decisions ;

• laws, decrees, orders and circulars issued by the French government.

Standard

There are several meanings of the word "standard", which vary according to the context; we give here the one proposed on the AFNOR s’appliquant aux normes techniques website:

"A voluntary standard, often referred to as...