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Digitalization is a fundamental cornerstone of the EU's strategy for a greener, more efficient and more resilient economy. The availability of digital product information based on common standards plays an important role in this. Initiatives such as the Digital Product Passport (DPP) and the revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR) provide the regulatory framework.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) aims to enhance EU cybersecurity by ensuring that digital products and services remain secure throughout their lifecycle. It promotes proactive risk management and accountability, enabling businesses and users to collaborate in building a safer digital future. To support CRA implementation, the European Commission has issued a standardization request to the European Standardization Organizations focusing on both horizontal standards for a generic framework and vertical standards for specific product risks.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which is first European legislation about the cyber security of numeric products, aims at protecting consumers and businesses that purchase software or hardware products which contain digital elements. The CRA was enforced in all EU Member States on December 11, 2024, and will be mandatory from December 11, 2027.

As a new Joint Technical Committee, JTC 23 is aiming to introduce the purpose of the committee to a wider audience of experts. The established Working Groups will introduce and present their ideas for work items and will inform prospective experts so that they can participate in the Working Groups. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on the proposed topics. PPE Topics to be covered will include Ensembles, Comfort, Sustainability, Ergonomics, Inclusiveness, SMART, Durability, Fire and Rescue.

The new EU Nature Restoration Law is the first continent-wide, comprehensive law of its kind and is a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, which sets binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems, in particular those with the most potential to capture and store carbon and to prevent and reduce the impact of natural disasters.
This webinar will present core information on the Nature Restoration Law and related activities and investigate the potential of standardization to support the objectives of the Nature Restoration Law and biodiversity policy in general.

Join this webinar to know more about how we can make standards work for SMEs! The webinar, organised by Small Business Standards and CEN and CENELEC, will explore how CEN-CENELEC Guide 17 helps ensure that standards are developed with SMEs in mind, making them simpler to implement. We'll discuss the key elements of the guide, why it's crucial for the broader uptake of standards, and how making standards SME-friendly benefits all businesses. Don't miss this opportunity to discover how much you have to gain from using Guide 17 and how its use can contribute to ensure standards contribute to the competitiveness of SMEs and the wider economy.

This training will equip TCs and their Working Groups (WGs) on how to use the “Tailored Guidance for Standardization Technical Committees” to identify climate issues in their standards and to address these in line with the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. This training will identify TCs and WGs that identify as able to proceed with minimum further assistance, and those that require more support on climate change adaptation from our experts.

The standardization of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is both challenging and crucial for establishing IS as a common industrial practice, essential for achieving the EU's circularity goals and “zero” ambitions. The RISERS EU-funded project addresses this challenge by developing a comprehensive roadmap for IS standardization. The approach focuses on optimizing existing standards, such as those for the circular economy, and identifying gaps where new standards are needed.

This webinar is organized by the CEN-CENELEC SABE Topic Group Circular Economy (SABE CE-TG) with the objective of providing guidance to CEN and CENELEC technical bodies in the preparation of circular economy related standards. This workshop will provide participants with practical information regarding standardization activities and best practices related to circular economy and material efficiency topics from National, European and International standardization.

This webinar will provide an overview of the rights of the 'Annex III organizations' - ANEC, ECOS, ETUC and SBS - in the CEN and CENELEC Technical Bodies and their added-value to the European Standardization System.