CEN and CENELEC, together with their members in 34 European countries, welcome the 21 April judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C 155/24 (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit and Others v. Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd).
The judgment provides further legal clarity on the access to harmonized standards (hENs) that form part of EU law.
In particular, the Court, once again, does not pronounce itself on the existence or not of copyright. It rather reiterates the overriding public need to access a harmonized standard that produces legal effects, and leaves untouched the protection that copyright ensures.
CEN and CENELEC and their Members remain committed to ensuring appropriate and legally sound access to standards that form part of EU law, while continuing to invest in an open, inclusive and globally recognized standardization system to the benefit of the European Single Market and society as a whole.
Giovanni COLLOT
gcollot@cencenelec.eu
