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The last century was marked by epoch-making technological achievements. The two world wars caused devastating destruction, but reconstruction also accelerated the technical progress which, above all, characterized the years of rebuilding after the Second World War. New technologies were developed and are being constantly further developed. Worldwide air travel has long become a reality; space technology has become a productive branch of the economy, and microelectronics and computer technology are now an indispensable part of private life.

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    Resolution of the Council 90/C10/010 dated 07.05.85 regarding a “new approach” in the field of technical harmonization and standardization, Official Journal of the European Community, No. C 136 dated 04.06.85, pages 1–9.

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    Resolution of the Council 90/C10/010 dated 21.12.89 regarding a “global approach ” for conformity assessment, Official Journal of the European Community, No. C 010 dated 16.01.90, pages 1–2.

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    Decision of the Council 90/683/EEC dated 13.12.90 regarding the modules to be used in the technical harmonization directives for the various phases of conformity assessment procedures, Official Journal of the European Community, No. L 380 dated 31.12.90, page  and the Decision of the Council 93/465/EEC dated 22.07.93 regarding the modules to be used in the technical harmonization directives for the various phases of conformity assessment procedures and the rules for affixing and using the CE conformity marking, Official Journal of the European Community, No. L 220 dated 30.08.93 pages 23–39.

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  1. Institute of Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Hubert B. Keller

  2. Former Airbus Defence and Space, Gerolsbach, Germany

    Wolf-Dieter Pilz

  3. Former Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany

    Bernd Schulz-Forberg

  4. Program Directorate Space Research and Technology, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany

    Christian Langenbach

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Keller, H.B., Pilz, WD., Schulz-Forberg, B., Langenbach, C. (2018). Interdisciplinary Approach. In: Technical Safety – An Attribute of Quality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68625-7_3

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