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2025-07-11
CEN and CENELEC respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Industrial Decarbonization Accelerator Act

As the European Commission pushes forward with the Industrial Decarbonization Accelerator Act (IDAA), a key part of the Clean Industrial Deal, CEN and CENELEC are stepping up to ensure standards play a key role in Europe’s green industrial future. The objective of the IDAA is to increase sustainable and resilient industrial production in energy-intensive industrial sectors in the EU by supporting decarbonization investments.

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News
2025-07-11
Data Act: Standardization Request Officially Accepted by CEN and CENELEC

On 7 July, CEN and CENELEC officially accepted the European Commission’s Standardization Request on European Trusted Data Framework, under Mandate M/614. This milestone supports the implementation of the EU Data Act which will become applicable on 12 September 2025.

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News
2025-07-09
Meet young professionals in European Standardization: Monika Heyder from Germany

Young professionals bring new energy, ideas, and skills to European standardization. As our society undergoes rapid transformations, their contributions are key to ensuring that standards remain relevant, forward-looking, and impactful.

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News
2025-07-09
CEN and CENELEC Welcome the Quantum Europe Strategy and Reaffirm Commitment to Standards Development

CEN and CENELEC welcome the European Commission’s publication of the Quantum Europe Strategy, released in July 2025. The strategy outlines a comprehensive vision for Europe’s leadership in quantum technologies, emphasizing the pivotal role of standardization in ensuring interoperability, fostering innovation, and accelerating the commercialization of quantum solutions.

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News
2025-07-03
CRA Standards Unlocked – new webinar series launched

Join us for ‘CRA Standards Unlocked’, a new webinar series designed to share the latest progress on cybersecurity standards under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Each session will spotlight key developments of the CRA standardization. The webinars will be followed by separate, focused deep-dive sessions, giving stakeholders the opportunity to engage directly, share feedback, and help shape the standards.

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Research & Innovation
2025-07-03
Shaping Africa’s Digital and Green Future: European and African Standardization Experts Meet in Cairo

On 1 June 2025, more than 60 participants from 13 African countries gathered in Cairo for a high-level workshop co-hosted by the African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission (AFSEC) and the InDiCo-Global project. Organized by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, with the support of the Egyptian government, the event brought together National Standardization Committees, ministries, regulators, and private sector stakeholders to strengthen mutual understanding and develop cooperation between the African and European standardization systems in the digital domain.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-26
CEN and CENELEC join the EURAS Standardization Conference

This year’s annual Standardization Conference took place at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid from June 18-20. It was supported by the Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE), StandICT.eu, and Edu4Standards. About 50 experts from academia and standardization gathered to discuss the state of research on standardization.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-26
Who will be nominated for this year’s Standards+Innovation awards?

The call for nominations to the 7th edition of the Standards+Innovation Awards is now open and includes the biannual award for technical body officers as well as a new category for education professionals.

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Policy
2025-06-25
CEN responds to the European Commission’s public consultation on Bioeconomy Strategy

On 31 March 2025, the European Commission opened a public consultation titled “Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy”. The initiative aims to offer solutions for a circular and climate neutral economy and boost competitiveness within planetary boundaries by helping citizens, regions and key economic sectors make the best and most sustainable use of biomass. The results of the public consultation will be used to build a new bioeconomy strategy expected for the end of 2025, to complement the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal.

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Research & Innovation
2025-06-25
CEN and CENELEC launch new Standards+Innovation award for education in standardization

With the launch of the first Standards+Innovation Awards, CEN, CENELEC and their members took important steps towards giving researchers well-deserved recognition for their contribution to standardization. However, there can be no research in standardization without education in standardization. Education in standardization based on European values also reinforces Europe’s capacity to contribute to international standardization activities. With the new award category dedicated to education, CEN and CENELEC address the need for education and skills identified in the EU Standardization Strategy released in 2022 and the Code of Practice on standardization published in 2023.

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