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Press release
2024-01-12
‘Be Europe’: CEN And CENELEC welcome the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council

Brussels, 12 January - Taking over from the Spanish Presidency, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union began on the 1st of January and will continue until June 2024. CEN and CENELEC, together with their Belgian members, NBN, the Belgian Organization for Standards and Standardization, and CEB-BEC, the Belgian Electrotechnical Committee, are committed to collaborating with the Belgian Presidency to ensure that European Standards are recognized as a vital tool for both present and future issues facing the European Union.

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News
2023-12-19
Safe toys all over the Single Market, thanks to European Standards!

Considering the recent EU proposal for a Regulation on the Safety of Toys, the revision of the Toy Safety Directive, and – most importantly - the upcoming holidays, CEN and CENELEC reflect on the role of European Standards to ensure that all toys traded in the Single Market are safe.

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Press release
2023-12-13
How standards drive Europe’s transition towards Net-Zero

Brussels, 13 December - How can Europe successfully generate and implement carbon-free electricity to support its climate neutrality and Green Deal plans? On 5 December, a stakeholders’ workshop organized by CEN, CENELEC, and DKE explored how standards can support the achievement of an All-Electric Society and the transition of Europe towards Net-Zero.

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News
2023-12-13
TBO Awards 2023: CEN and CENELEC celebrated outstanding contributions to European Standardization

On Monday 4 December 2023, eleven experts holding the Chair or Secretariat of a CEN and CENELEC Technical Committee (TC) were celebrated at the CEN and CENELEC Technical Body Officer Awards. The ceremony took place in CEN and CENELEC’s Brussels headquarters.

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Newsletter
2023-12-07
SBS held the 'Meeting Standards' awareness campaign

From 14 to 21 November 2023, SBS (Small Business Standards) organized the first edition of Meeting Standards. Coinciding with the European SME week, this initiative has significantly contributed to enhancing SME awareness of the crucial role of standards in Europe.

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Newsletter
2023-12-06
SIST: “We have done a successful job and we are looking forward to new challenges ahead”

For this end-of-year edition of the On the Spot newsletter, SIST, the Slovenian Institute for Standardization, had a chance to look back and recap 2023.

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News
2023-12-05
CEN and CENELEC joined the knowledge valorisation campaign in Greece

CEN and CENELEC, together with the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT), joined the Knowledge Valorisation event in Athens on November 29 to deliver a training on the implementation of the Code of Practice for Researchers on Standardization in the European Research Area.

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Newsletter
2023-12-04
European Fire Safety Sector launches campaign for an EU Fire Safety Strategy

Ahead of the 2024 European elections, ANEC has joined other stakeholders working on fire safety in the EU in launching a campaign that calls for an EU Fire Safety Strategy.

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Newsletter
2023-12-03
The ETUC speaks at the European Commission’s High-Level Forum on Standardization

The ETUC participated to the second meeting of the European Commission’s High-Level Forum on Standardization (HLF), held in Brussels on Thursday 30 November. The Forum, chaired by Commissioner Thierry Breton, gathered the various stakeholders involved in standardization to discuss priorities and horizontal issues, including international leadership and education and skills.

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News
2023-12-01
Welcoming COP28: how Standards help green the European Single Market

The 28th United Nations Climate Change (COP 28) is taking place from the 30 November to 12 December 2023. To welcome this opportunity to make progress in the global effort towards fighting climate change, CEN and CENELEC look at the standards that are contributing to a greener Single Market.

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