PRESS RELEASE - A STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM FIT FOR THE FUTURE: CEN AND CENELEC UNVEIL THEIR STRATEGY 2030 2021-01-31 CEN and CENELEC are proud to announce the publication of their new Strategy 2030.
PRESS RELEASE - TIME TO DELIVER: EUROPEAN STANDARDS SUPPORT THE PORTUGAL PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU 2021-01-18 CEN and CENELEC welcome the new Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, which officially started on 1 January.
PRESS RELEASE - AI IN HEALTHCARE: PAVING THE WAY WITH STANDARDIZATION - CEN AND CENELEC’S STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP 2020-10-30 On Tuesday 27th October, CEN and CENELEC held an online workshop dedicated to exploring the role standards can play in fostering the full deployment of AI in the healthcare industry.
PRESS RELEASE - WORLD STANDARDS DAY 2020: STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT THE PLANET 2020-10-13 On 14 October 2020, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, the three official European Standardization Organizations, join the international standardization community in celebrating World Standards Day.
STANDARDS ARE KEY FOR THE GREEN DEAL: SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL 2020-09-18 On 16 September, CEN and CENELEC officers participated to the virtual workshop “Empowering European Standardisation for a Successful Green Deal”
Mar 10 10-10 webinar: Inclusive European Standardization: the case of Gender Webinar @ () This webinar will provide more information on the UNECE Gender Responsive Standards Initiative, and highlight the importance of adopting a gender-lens when drafting standards for the benefit of all.
Mar 18 Sustainability in PPE: addressing the challenges through standardization Seminar @ () Join us online for an interactive one-day workshop to get a better understanding of the current situation and what other sectors have already done.
Apr 09 10-10 webinar: Standardization in Horizon Europe Webinar @ () This webinar will explain how strengthening the link with Horizon Europe projects is an excellent opportunity to be involved in innovative fields and to ensure the timely inclusion of research and innovation results into standardization activities.
Apr 28-29 Putting Science into Standards (PSIS) 2021 Workshop ‘Organ on Chip: Towards Standardization’ Conference @ () The 2021 PSIS edition will be focusing on Organ-on-Chip (OoC) or Micro Physiological Systems (MPS), innovative devices that emulate human/animal biology and can reproduce one or more aspects of an organ’s functionality.
EN 17444 on doping prevention: the first European standard to guarantee a safe sports nutrition market In the spotlight - 2021-02-22 CEN is proud to announce the publication of EN 17444 “Doping prevention in sport - Good development and manufacturing practices aimed at preventing the presence of prohibited substances in food intended for sportspeople and food supplements”.
New CEN standard TS 17288 ‘The International Patient Summary: Guideline for European Implementation’ Healthcare - 2021-02-16 Two standards establishing an International Patient Summary, EN 17269:2019 and CEN/TS 17288:2020, were recently developed by CEN/TC 251 'Health informatics'.
CEN and CENELEC will participate to a webinar on the Role of Standards in implementing Free Trade in Africa International Cooperation - 2021-02-11 On 15 February 2021, CEN and CENELEC will participate to the webinar “Africa Trading with Itself: Role of Standards and Technical Regulations in actualising Free Trade under the AfCFTA"
CEN developed a series of new standards for hearing protectors Personal Protective Equipment - 2021-02-09 Noise can be very harmful for our health: there is awareness that it does not only lead to hearing damage but can also cause other unwanted, and long lasting, negative effects (psychological and social problems, fatigue, cardiovascular problems…).
Standards, lifting the Single Market up! Machinery - 2021-02-09 The new versions of two of the most important European standards for lifts (EN 81-20:2020 and EN 81-50:2020) have just been published in the Official Journal of the EU, ensuring their harmonisation under the Lifts Directive.
Call for tender - OPEN CALL FOR WORKING GROUP CONVENORS - DEADLINE: 2021-03-21 Published on 2021-02-15 for CEN/TC 454 Algae and algae products under Specific Agreement CEN/2019/ENER/C2/452-2019/SI2.832375. The objective of the project is to develop standardization deliverables under CEN/TC 454 'Algae and algae products'
Webinar: Building Information modelling (BIM) supports digitalization of standards for the Construction sector. 2021-02-15 This webinar presents what CEN/TC 442 BIM can do for other TCs and some supporting standards available to contribute to the objective of a digital transformation of standards’ TCs.
10-10 webinar: Standardization requests – State of play 2021-02-10 The webinar provides an update concerning the new blueprint for the future Standardization requests and the state of play of the upcoming Standardization requests that were discussed at CoS.
10-10 webinar: The CEN and CENELEC Strategy 2030: highlights & implementation 2021-01-20 A comprehensive introduction to the CEN and CENELEC Strategy 2030, covering strategic context and drafting and consolidation process, vision and mission, goals and priorities.
CEN and CENELEC's Season's Greetings 2020-12-17 CEN & CENELEC thank you for your support & cooperation during this past year, which brought with it unprecedented challenges. Next year promises to be a year full of opportunities, setting the strategic framework for the future CEN-CENELEC Strategy 2030.
Podcast "Harmonized standards in the Rail sector" - Episode 1 - Clarification of the definitions & fundamental questions 2020-12-17
CEN and CENELEC Position Paper on European Commission's consultation on the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC
CEN and CENELEC Position Paper on the implementation and future of the Construction Product Regulation (August 2020)