Bitkom welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to consider a Guidance document on the Standardisation Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. Furthermore we support the position of the Federation of German Industries e.V. (BDI) (BDI document number: D 1073) and would like to list the most important points for Bitkom in the following, as well as additional topics which are particularly important from the point of view of the ICT industry.