The importance of the "user" perspective in the production of market-driven standards is now recognized regardless of a country's level of development. Consumers can contribute in many ways, for example:

• by providing data on safety aspects and ensuring that safety is properly addressed;
• by giving examples of how products and services are actually used (or misused) in practice;
• by checking that the performance requirements and test methods reflect the way products and services are actually used;

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