NEWS
On 15 October, Andreea Gulacsi, Director of Policy and External Affairs at CEN and CENELEC, participated in a public hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) on the European Product Act. The hearing brought together representatives of the European Commission, national authorities, consumer organizations, industry and standardization bodies to discuss the New Standardization Regulation as well as the upcoming European Product Act that will set the future of EU product legislation.
Today, the European Commission published its proposal for the New Standardization Regulation, which would repeal Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. CEN and CENELEC support the objective of making European standardization faster and more effective. However, several elements of the proposal risk weakening the very system it seeks to improve. Reform should strengthen, not fragment, the successful system Europe already has.
This autumn, EDU4Standards is bringing its Academic Standards Days to Ireland (15 October), Sweden (16 October), Belgium (26 October), Norway (18 November) and Finland (3 December). Designed for students, researchers, educators, and standards professionals, this series aims to increase interest and deepen the understanding of standardization within academia, laying the foundations to train a new generation of experts.
CEN is happy to announce that it has published a new edition of EN ISO 9001 ‘Quality Management Systems – Requirements’ in parallel with ISO. As the European adoption of the world’s most widely used quality management standard, EN ISO 9001:2026 supports organizations in applying a common, internationally recognized framework for quality management across Europe.
A significant milestone has been reached in European AI standardization. The first standard in support of the implementation of the AI Act, EN 18286: 2026 ‘Artificial intelligence – Quality management system for EU AI Act regulatory purposes’, has been published. This standard is a fundamental step towards regulatory compliance.
Methane (CH4) is the second most important Greenhouse Gas (GHG) contributor to climate change. 60% of the global methane emissions result from human activity, 1/3 of which is generated in the energy sector. To address the climate change challenge, the European Union has adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector, which sets ambitious requirements applicable to the oil and fossil gas infrastructures in Europe. Considering that the EU imports most of its oil and fossil gas, Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 also addresses methane emissions occurring outside the EU, with respect to crude oil and natural gas (the main component of which is methane) placed on the EU market.
The Edu4Standards.eu project, funded by Horizon Europe, has set up the first European student network around standardization, called the European Students’ Standardization Association (ESSA).
The RESSE Project – Reinforcing the European Standardization System through Education has launched a call for experts for the development of a Pan-European Certificate on Standardization.
At their General Assemblies in Cyprus, the 43 Members of CEN and CENELEC signed the CEN and CENELEC Cyprus Commitment, reaffirming their shared ambition to guide the future evolution of the European Standardization System.
The joint CEN-CENELEC Workshop on was kicked off on 16th December 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.