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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.72, # 2, 2015, pp. 43-53

• identification of general requirements to the products in the technical
regulations and liberalization of methods to meet these requirements. Along with
determination of the requirements for products in the former soviet republics‟
standards, there a single mechanism to meet these requirements is also reflected. In
international practice technical regulations specifies the security requirements only,
but how they‟ve met is carried out according to the rules shown in referenced
standards or defined by the manufacturers itself. The manufacturers shall be deemed
to satisfy the requirements of the technical regulations in case of at least one of the
standards or the self-defined method is applied;
• institutional reforms in the management of standardization system. One of
the major changes brought by adaptation is change of the structure and authority in
government agencies responsible for the management of the national standardization
system. So that, is required to carry out the necessary reforms to identify
requirements of state bodies‟ authorities for security of products and limitation of
these requirements by ensuring, preparation of standards and liberalization of the
authority use, conformity assessment carried out by the private sector, in order to
ensure one-sidedness, transparency and public participation;
• improving the safety and quality performance of products in conformity
assessment system. According to the former soviet standardization system almost all
products are mandatory certified and certification is carried out by state authorities.
In addition, compliance with both the production and the market is under state
control. But compliance with international standards requires that only high-risk
products must be mandatory certified, compliance assessment of low-risk and mid-
risk products shall be carried out by the manufacturers themselves, conformity
assessment activities shall be carried out not by the state, but by the conformity
assessment bodies accredited in accordance with international standards [Aslanov
Z.Y. 2009. p. 436-439; WTO. World Trade Report. 2005. p. 127].
Apparently, it is necessary to carry out the significant changes in the current
system to adapt to international standards.
One of the key elements of harmonization of national standardization system
with international requirements is taking into consideration the interests and
potential of the private sector in Azerbaijan. Thus, the producers are the object of
standardization. Those are parties who use the new norms. Therefore, changes made
will affect manufacturers in the first place. Therefore, coordination should focus the

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