PRESS RELEASE - WORLD STANDARDS DAY 2020: STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT THE PLANET 2020-10-13 On 14 October 2020, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, the three official European Standardization Organizations, join the international standardization community in celebrating World Standards Day.
STANDARDS ARE KEY FOR THE GREEN DEAL: SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL 2020-09-18 On 16 September, CEN and CENELEC officers participated to the virtual workshop “Empowering European Standardisation for a Successful Green Deal”
Together for Europe’s recovery: European standards support the German presidency of the council of the EU 2020-07-06 On 1 July 2020, Germany took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. With the coronavirus pandemic having a dramatic impact on Europe, Germany has set itself the objective to overcome its negative effects.
BDVA, CEN AND CENELEC AGREED TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION FOR TRUSTWORTHY AI FOR EUROPE 2020-06-22 On 14 May, the European Committee of Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and Big Data Value Association (BVDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
WOLFGANG NIEDZIELLA ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF CENELEC 2020-06-19 CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, and VDE DKE, the German National Electrotechnical Committee, are happy to congratulate Mr Wolfgang Niedziella for his election as the next President of CENELEC (2022-24).
Nov 16 2020 European Workshop on Pressure Equipment Standardization Seminar @ () The aim of the workshop is to learn, discuss and exchange on various pressure equipment standardization hot topics like hydrogen, welding or the publication of the next EN 13445 'Unfired pressure vessels'
Nov 19 Webinar for Standard Drafters: "Drafting for XML - Recap of the webinar series and refreshment of the Internal Regulations Part 3" Webinar @ () This webinar is a recap of all the topics and key points covered during the series of webinars on 'Drafting for XML', including a short refreshment on the key principles found in the Internal Regulations Part 3.
Dec 01 Webinar: European standards addressing material efficiency aspects Webinar @ () The aim of this webinar is to present how eocdesign standards could be used by product-specific Technical Committees when developing product-specific or product group standards addressing material efficiency aspects.
Dec 10 Annual training session for newly appointed CEN & CENELEC Technical Body Officers Webinar @ (BELGIUM) A one-day training session to help newly appointed Technical Body Officers become more acquainted with the standards development process and the European standardization system.
A new CEN TC will develop standards for Life Cycle Management and Circular Design of fishing gear In the spotlight - 2020-10-26 ‘The main challenges regarding the fishing gear of the future will be to design gear with a maximum lifespan, suitable for re-use and/or recycling and with a minimum risk of losing, abandoning or discarding it before the end of its life’
Standardization: what impact on sustainable development ? SDGs - 2020-10-23 On 8 June 2020, CEN and CENELEC organised a webinar on the contribution of standardization to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Faces of Standardization: read the new interview with Jean-Luc Detrez, Secretary of CLC/TC 100X Corporate - 2020-10-20 European standardization is a collective effort: many different people, coming from a variety of backgrounds, contribute in various forms to making European standards a success. the individuals who make standardization possible.
Safe, fair and sustainable food systems: how standardization supports the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy Food - 2020-10-15 Today and tomorrow (15-16 October), the European Commission is holding the important conference “Farm to Fork -Building sustainable food systems together”. Standards have an important role to play.
“Standards – Driving Europe’s Economic Recovery”: CEN and CENELEC’s Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Event's presentations - 2020-10-12 CEN and CENELEC will hold an online Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on their Draft Strategy 2030 next Monday 19 October 2020, from 10 to 11.45 AM.
Webinar: Flexible standards development process - Clarifications & improvements 2020-10-29 This webinar clarifies some aspects of the flexible process as emerged from your questions in these first months of implementation, and presents the new changes.
Webinar for Standard Drafters: Drafting for XML - Formulae and equations 2020-10-15 This webinar is a 30-45 minute session discussion on formulae covering points such as: • use of MathType • proper use of formulae within the text • rules at publication stage • formatting and layout
CEN/CENELEC BTWG STAIR introduction to European partnership on Metrology 2020-10-12 Introduction to the CEN/CENELEC BTWG STAIR and the collaboration with EURAMET on the European partnership on Metrology.
10-10 webinar: Participation of Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in standardization 2020-10-09 This webinar presents what standards can do for SMEs and the supporting tools available to contribute to this objective (SBS SME Compatibility test).
Webinar with ETUC - Understanding the technical cooperation between European & international standardization 2020-10-06 This webinar, organised in cooperation with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) will look at how the Vienna Agreement is carried out in practise.
CEN and CENELEC Position Paper on European Commission's consultation on the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC
CEN and CENELEC Position Paper on the implementation and future of the Construction Product Regulation (August 2020)