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CEN and CENELEC have published a new edition of Guide 32: Guide for addressing climate change adaptation in standards, underlining the growing importance of climate resilience in European standardization. As climate risks intensify across Europe, adaptation is becoming an essential consideration for infrastructure and the standards that support it.
A new CEN Workshop is being established to develop a CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) that will identify a standardized, science-based approach for defining high-carbon goods and services in the context of advertising and commercial communications.
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and its Member SIS, the Swedish Institute for Standards, are delighted to announce that Ms Ulrika Francke has been elected as the new President of CEN. Ms Francke, who previously served as the first woman President of ISO, is now making history once again as the first woman to become CEN President.
A new CEN Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the EU Research project 'Soil O-live'. This initiative focuses on the soil biodiversity and functionality of Mediterranean olive groves, seeking to provide a holistic analysis of the influence of land management on olive oil quality and safety.
On Thursday 15 May 2025, CEN/TC 444 organizes a hybrid workshop in Prague and virtually during its annual meeting week to launch the work of WG 8, Assessment and it invites experts and policy makers to join our mission to standardize assessment methods for the environmental characterization of soil, solid and liquid waste, biowaste, and sludge.
The transport of dangerous goods (TDG) is a field where the precision of control, measurement and event data of electronic equipment is crucial. To ensure the necessary level of precision, high-level standards are fundamental. Therefore, new EN 15969-1:2022 ‘Tanks for transport of dangerous goods - Digital interface for the data transfer between tank vehicle and with stationary facilities - Part 1: Protocol specification - Control, measurement and event data’, which addresses this need, is a welcome addition to CEN’s portfolio.
Brussels, 1 September 2021 - CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) are proud to announce that their brand new website is now live. The two European standardization organisations are happy to provide all stakeholders interested in European standardization with an improved digital presence - faster, more dynamic and user friendly.
The CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2021 has been published and is now available!
Brussels/Milan, 19 June 2020 - CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and its Member UNI, the Italian National Standardization Institute, are happy to congratulate Mr Stefano Calzolari for his election as the next President of CEN.