Harmonisierte

Harmonisierte is the past participle of the German verb harmonisieren and is used as an adjective to indicate that something has been brought into harmony, made consistent, or aligned with a common standard.

In regulatory and technical contexts, the phrase harmonisierte Normen is common in German-language sources. These are European or national standards that have been aligned with EU directives, providing a presumption of conformity for products, services and systems. They are developed by European standardization bodies such as CEN, CENELEC and ETSI and are cited in EU law and the CE marking framework. The term also appears in phrases like harmonisierte Verfahren or harmonisierte Datenformate, referring to processes or data structures standardized across organizations or sectors.

Beyond standards, harmonisierte elements can refer to policies or agreements that have been reconciled across jurisdictions, for example in interoperability projects or cross-border regulatory efforts. In general usage, harmoniisierte is used to denote alignment and compatibility across otherwise differing systems.

Grammatically, harmonisierte is used with nouns to describe the state of being harmonized; it is related to the noun Harmonisierung (the process of harmonization) and the verb harmonisieren. The word shares its root with the concept of harmony in music, but in German it is most often encountered in regulatory or technical contexts where consistency and interoperability are important. See also Harmonisierung, harmonisieren, harmonisierte Normen.