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EN in the spotlight
2025-08-04
Standards Preserving Cultural Heritage

Are you travelling this summer and planning to visit museums or cultural landmarks? Two newly published European Standards will help ensure that you can enjoy historical artifacts without putting them at risk and protect them for generations to come. 

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2025-08-04
Launch of the CEN Workshop 'GREEN BAY'

A new CEN Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the Clean Harbours initiative at commercial passenger terminals ('GREEN BAY'), led by the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). This project aims to create and provide a new European Environmental Standard for commercial ports with passenger terminals.

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2025-07-30
Launch of the CEN Workshop on 'Guidelines for Disaster Risk Preparedness Solutions'

A new CEN Workshop is being established to build upon the innovative outcomes of the SYNERGIES and PARATUS projects, funded under the Horizon Europe programme.

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2025-07-29
Launch of the CEN Workshop on 'Nature-Based Insurance and Investment Solutions'

A new CEN Workshop is being established to build upon the innovative outcomes of the Nature for insurance, insurance for nature (NATURANCE) initiative, funded under the Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement No. 101060464). 

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2025-07-28
New milestone in OSD: full CEN standardization process now available

An important milestone was reached in the implementation of the CEN Online Standards Development tool, with the deployment of the remaining stages of the standard drafting process in collaboration with ISO. The end-to-process from Project Creation to Publication is now available for CEN supported deliverables.

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2025-07-16
Draft CWA for comment: “Assessment of biosecurity in Farm to Fork chain”

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 19th November 2024. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

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2025-07-14
Launch of the CEN Workshop “Roadmap for the Evaluation of Product Quality Criteria for water related Circular Economy Products: Defining Product Types, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Methods of Proof for Product Certification”

A new CEN Workshop is being planned which is an important part of the activities of the Horizon Europe Research project “BOOST-IN”. This initiative focuses on providing innovative solutions to meet the water scarcity and quality issues in Europe. Its goal is to identify and transfer Water Circular Economy Solutions (WACES) to improve water cycle management.

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EN in the spotlight
2025-07-02
EN 16494:2025, a key element for the single European railway signalling and speed control system

To organize a safe railway network, it is fundamental to have a robust signalling and speed control system. At the European level, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is the system deployed for the management and interoperation of signalling for railways by the European Union (EU). The ERTMS ensures interoperability of the national railway systems, reducing the purchasing and maintenance costs of the signalling systems as well as increasing the speed of trains, the capacity of infrastructure and the level of safety in rail transport.

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2025-06-25
Draft CWA for comment: 'Standardized Approach for the Management of Technical Assistance Platform and cascade funding mechanism'

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 10th July 2024. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

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2025-06-25
Draft CWA for comment: 'Guidelines to establish the carbon bill of the refurbishment of buildings'

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 31st March 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

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