NEWS
On 24 March, the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) held a Structured Dialogue with EVP Commissioner Séjourné to discuss the barriers preventing full harmonization of the Single Market. During the exchange, standardization was highlighted as one of the “Terrible 10” obstacles, with concerns raised that developing a standard takes, on average, eight years.
The 4th meeting of the High-Level Forum on European Standardization took place on 19 March 2026, gathering together high-level representatives of Member States and relevant stakeholders in standardization.
The February issue of the CEN and CENELEC newsletter 'On the Spot' is out now!
The European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI, together with European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), successfully co-hosted the 10th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference on 12 March 2026 in Brussels.
A new CEN-CENELEC Workshop is being planned as part of the activities of the EU project 'Enhancing energy audit schemes in energy intensive industries with practical approaches' (LIFE22-CET-LIFE AUDIT-PLUS). The aim of this project is to examine in detail the Energy Efficiency (EE) of several Energy Intensive Industries (EII) across Europe and provide tailored guidance and long-term support.
CEN and CENELEC are reshaping standardization with the SMART project! This groundbreaking project has now delivered its second phase which allows Technical Committees to publish their SMART standards.
UNI, as an affiliated partner of the European Stand4Purity project (Standards for minimum CO2 purity – GA 101260885), is looking for 2 experts in the following areas of the value chain for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS):
We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming CEN and CENELEC activities in 2026.
The CEN and CENELEC Workshop on was kicked off on 6th June 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.
Since the European Accessibility Act (EAA) became applicable last year, service providers have been responsible for ensuring that public areas where they offer a covered service are accessible. To support the one in four EU adults with a disability, the European Commission has relied on European Standardization as a clear path for organizations providing those services to demonstrate conformity with this key requirement.