SUSTAINABLE EUROPE, SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: EUROPEAN STANDARDIZATION SUPPORTS THE FINNISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL 2019-07-02 On the 1st July 2019 Finland took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the third time since its EU accession in 1995.
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, CEN AND CENELEC PRESENT THE WAY FORWARD FOR EUROPEAN STANDARDIZATION 2019-06-14 On the 5th and 6th of June, CEN and CENELEC held their 15th Annual Meeting in Bucharest, Romania
CEN AND CENELEC SIGNED UNECE’S DECLARATION ON GENDER RESPONSIVE STANDARDS AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT 2019-05-14 The Declaration is the result of the work on the Gender Responsive Standards Initiative that was launched in 2016 by UNECE, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe through its Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation
STANDARDS BUILD TRUST: CEN AND CENELEC LAUNCH A DECLARATION FOR THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2019-04-09 In view of the upcoming European elections on 23-26 May, CEN and CENELEC published the Declaration “Standards Build Trust” to highlight the contribution standards make to achieve the priorities of European policy-making.
Sep 10 10-10 webinar: Frankfurt Agreement (FA) - Principles and day-to-day management Webinar @ () This webinar will be a webinar organised in cooperation with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It will inform the attendees about the Frankfurt Agreement (FA) in details.
Sep 26 Webinar for Standard Drafters: "Internal Regulations Part 3 – Updates to the latest edition” Webinar @ () This webinar will show what has changed within IR3 and how this will affect the drafting of a deliverable. The speakers will also recap some of the key elements of the IR3, including some basic rules and principals to be followed while drafting.
Oct 10 10-10 webinar: Vienna Agreement (VA) day-to-day management Webinar @ () This webinar aims at explaining the modalities of the Vienna Agreement (VA), and will give useful information for the day-to-day management for Technical Body Officers.
Oct 29 Materials – Value chains for circular economy: metal, wood, plastic and concrete Conference @ (BELGIUM) A one-day stakeholder workshop to address the challenges linked to the circularity of material-use at every phase of the value chain, and to both discuss and identify specific standardization gaps for metal, wood, plastic and concrete circularity.
Consumers at the centre of Standardization for Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: CEN and CENELEC hosted a conference during the EUSEW 2019 Energy - 2019-06-25 CEN and CENELEC, together with the Coolproducts campaign, organised a special event dedicated to the role of European Standardization in supporting Ecodesign and Energy Labelling policies.
European Standards contribute to the EU’s Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 Policy - 2019-06-24 At the European Council of 20 June, the 28 heads of state and government of the EU Member States approved the Strategic Agenda for the 2019-2024 period.
European Standards for Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: CEN and CENELEC to organize a conference for the EUSEW 2019 Energy - 2019-06-06 On 20th June, as part of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), CEN and CENELEC together with the Coolproducts campaign are hosting a special session dedicated to the role of Standardization in supporting Ecodesign and Energy Labelling policies.
The CEN and CENELEC Annual Report 2018 is out! Corporate - 2019-06-04 We are happy to inform our readers that the CEN and CENELEC Annual Report for 2018 has been published!
Joint Initiative on Standardisation: Published the Report on analysis of public sector procurement activities (JIS Action 11) Public Procurement - 2019-06-04 The Report on analysis of public sector procurement activities has been developed within the framework of the Joint Initiative on Standardisation Action 11.
Call for tender - European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession - DEADLINE: 2019-08-31 Published on 2019-07-03 Reopening of the call for experts for the execution of the work called for in the Specific Agreement N* CEN/2018-17 European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession
Call for tender - Additional information on the needs of the industry to prioritize future method development on purity for algae products and derivatives thereof - DEADLINE: 2019-08-31 Published on 2019-07-11 The European Commission and CEN have signed a contract (SA/CEN/2016-04/ENER/C2/498-2016/SI2.735225) under the Framework Partnership Agreement 2014. The project is titled: "Algae or algae based products or intermediates"
Webinar: Practical tips for the application of CEN Guide 16 ‘Guide for addressing chemicals in standards for consumer-relevant products’. 2019-07-15
10-10 webinar: Public access to documents and communications exchanged with the EU institutions 2019-06-11
CEN-CENELEC response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling on Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washing Machines, Televisions, Computers and Lamps
CEN-CENELEC response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market
CEN response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on FinTech: a more competitive and innovative European financial sector