When establishing European public services, public administrations should focus on functional needs and defer decisions on technology as long as possible in order to minimize technological dependencies to avoid imposing specific technical implementations or products on their constituents. (Voor aanbevelingen, relaties met wetgeving, en best-practices zie https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/nifo-national-interoperability-framework-observatory/solution/european-interoperability-framework-eif-toolbox/underlying-principles )