PRESS RELEASE - TOGETHER FOR A RESILIENT EUROPE: EUROPEAN STANDARDS SUPPORT THE SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU 2021-06-30 After the emergency of the COVID-19 crisis, now it is time for Europe to recover and deliver on its pledge to achieve a resilient, green, and digital economy for the benefit of all its citizens. To meet this objective, European standards play a key role.
PRESS RELEASE - A FUTURE-ORIENTED RAIL SYSTEM FOR EUROPE: CEN, CENELEC AND SHIFT2RAIL SIGNED A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 2021-06-10 CEN, CENELEC and the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding that will bring forward the standardization work on the railway sector in Europe.
PRESS RELEASE: EUROPEAN STANDARDS SUPPORT THE INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY FOR EUROPE 2021-05-05 European standards play a key role in contributing to a strong, sustainable, resilient, and innovative European economy.
PRESS RELEASE - A STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM FIT FOR THE FUTURE: CEN AND CENELEC UNVEIL THEIR STRATEGY 2030 2021-01-31 CEN and CENELEC are proud to announce the publication of their new Strategy 2030.
PRESS RELEASE - TIME TO DELIVER: EUROPEAN STANDARDS SUPPORT THE PORTUGAL PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU 2021-01-18 CEN and CENELEC welcome the new Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, which officially started on 1 January.
Sep 10 10-10 webinar: Presentation of the changes introduced in the CEN and CENELEC bylaws Webinar @ () This webinar will address important changes that will be introduced in the CEN & CENELEC Statutes, Articles of Association, as well as the Internal Regulations, in order to comply with the new Belgian Code on Companies and Associations.
Sep 28 Standards in support of the industrial data value chain Workshop @ Online event (BELGIUM) The use of data has changed the way most businesses operate worldwide, ranging from traditional sectors to new emerging technologies, by supporting core processes or delivering insights to improve efficiency.
Oct 01 Webinar 'Biodiversity – harmonization through voluntary standards' Webinar @ () The webinar will show the importance of biodiversity, related European policy & legislative priorities. It will provide a snapshot of the connections between EU policy on biodiversity & standards.
Oct 18 Webinar 'Harmonized Standards under the Machinery Directive' Webinar @ () This webinar will provide participants with practical information regarding the preparation of CEN & CENELEC harmonized standards to be cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) under the Machinery Directive.
The General Court of the EU affirms copyright of harmonized standards Copyright - 2021-07-29 On 14 July 2021, the General Court of the EU ruled in the Public.Resource.Org, Inc. and Right to Know CLG v European Commission case (T-185/19) that the European Commission is right
A new standard contributes to improving the energy efficiency of jet fans In the spotlight - 2021-07-19 At the core of the European Green Deal lies the ambition to make Europe the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. As the latest development in this sector, on 14 July the European Commission adopted a package of proposals
Nominations for Standards+Innovation Awards 2021 Corporate - 2021-07-08 The Standards+Innovation Awards are back for their third year. The Awards celebrate the contributions of researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to standardization and acknowledge the important contribution of research and innovation to standardization.
CEN and ASD-STAN launched the public enquiry for a new standard on drones In the spotlight - 2021-07-05 On 3 June 2021, CEN and ASD-STAN, the dedicated body for standardization in the aerospace sector, launched the public enquiry for prEN 4709-001 ‘Aerospace series - Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Part 001: Product requirements and verification’.
Standards for biobased product: read the new infographic developed by NEN! Energy - 2021-06-28 CEN/TC 411 'Biobased Products' has recently developed a set of standards for the biobased sector.
Call for tender - Call for Tender for one Anthropometric Survey Participant - CEN is a business facilitator in Europe, removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers. - DEADLINE: 2021-08-30 Published on 2021-07-12 The following project requires technical work and research and is subject to this call for tender: - Development of a new CEN Technical Report on anthropometric and strength data of children in Europe.
Call for tender - OPEN CALL FOR WORKING GROUP CONVENORS for CEN/TC 466 Sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and fishing gear under Standardization Request M/574 - DEADLINE: 2021-09-23 Published on 2021-07-19 The objective of the project is to develop standardization deliverables under CEN/TC 466 Circularity and recyclability of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment”, which was established in the beginning of 2021.
Call for tender - OPEN CALL FOR PROJECT LEADERS for CEN/TC 466 Sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and fishing gear under Standardization Request M/574 - DEADLINE: 2021-09-23 Published on 2021-07-19 The objective of the project is to develop standardization deliverables under CEN/TC 466 Circularity and recyclability of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment”, which was established in the beginning of 2021.
10-10 webinar: Standardization in Horizon Europe 2021-04-09 This webinar explains how strengthening the link with Horizon Europe projects is an opportunity for CEN & CENELEC system to be involved in innovative fields to ensure timely inclusion of research & innovation results into standardization activities.
10-10 webinar: Inclusive European Standardization: the case of Gender 2021-03-10 This webinar provides information on the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative, and highlight the importance of adopting a gender-lens when drafting standards for the benefit of all.
Webinar: Building Information modelling (BIM) supports digitalization of standards for the Construction sector. 2021-02-15 This webinar presents what CEN/TC 442 BIM can do for other TCs and some supporting standards available to contribute to the objective of a digital transformation of standards’ TCs.
10-10 webinar: Standardization requests – State of play 2021-02-10 The webinar provides an update concerning the new blueprint for the future Standardization requests and the state of play of the upcoming Standardization requests that were discussed at CoS.
CEN-CENELEC response to the European Commission's Public Consultation on the draft Machinery Regulation
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)