STANDARDS BUILD TRUST: CEN AND CENELEC LAUNCH A DECLARATION FOR THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2019-04-09 In view of the upcoming European elections on 23-26 May, CEN and CENELEC published the Declaration “Standards Build Trust” to highlight the contribution standards make to achieve the priorities of European policy-making.
Supporting innovation in the fourth industrial revolution: EPO, CEN and CENELEC to cooperate on standards and patents 2019-03-07 The European Patent Office,CEN and CENELEC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the support they provide to industry and stakeholders in Europe and beyond in the field of standard-essential patents.
European Standards bring us together to improve people’s lives 2019-01-02 On 1st January 2019 Romania has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time since its EU accession in 2007. It now has an unprecedented opportunity to exercise significant influence
Memorandum of Understanding between CEN, CENELEC and the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) 2018-11-14 Today Mrs Elena Santiago Cid, Director General of CEN and CENELEC, together with Mr Luigi Rebuffi, Secretary General of ECSO, co-signed the Memorandum of Understanding for future cooperation.
CEN, CENELEC and UIC sign Cooperation Agreement 2018-11-09 The International Union of Railways (UIC) and CEN and CENELEC have signed a Cooperation Agreement to ensure an exchange of information and coordination for the relative technical work.
Apr 10 10-10 webinar: Participation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in standardization Webinar @ () SBS, the European representative of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the standardization process, is keen to ensure that standards are SME compatible. TCs and SMEs have several “tools” available which contribute to this objective.
Apr 29-30 StandarDays - Discover the world of European Standards Training @ CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (BELGIUM)
May 10 10-10 webinar: Use and justification of normative references for harmonized standards Webinar @ () Correct application of the CEN and CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3 has been found a key step. This webinar will give feedback from some pilot projects, show the tools in place, experience gained and examples of good practices.
May 23 Workshop: Development of harmonised standards under the Machinery Directive Training @ CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (BELGIUM)
CEN and CENELEC launch the Declaration “Standards Build Trust” Corporate - 2019-04-09 The Declaration is the first step of a campaign that will take place in the coming months, highlighting how standards contribute to achieving the priorities of the EU’s policy-making.
New CEN standard: CEN adopted EN 17186:2019 on harmonised labels for electric car power supply In the spotlight - 2019-04-04 Sustainability starts from the small things. With this belief, that animates the EU’s ambition to be a leader in sustainability, a new standard has been recently adopted by CEN to facilitate the charging of electric cars all around Europe.
The new EN ISO 10855 series provides international accepted guidelines about offshore containers In the spotlight - 2019-03-28 The EN ISO 10855, adopted by CEN in 2018, consists of 3 parts: the design, manufacture and marking of offshore containers; the design, manufacture and marking of lifting sets; and periodic inspection, examination and testing.
Call for tender - Drafting clause 4 for the Technical Report on specifications for Food and Feed applications (CEN/TC454/WG4) on Novel food legislation - DEADLINE: 2019-04-22 Published on 2019-03-18 In the frame of Specific Agreement SA/CEN/2016-04/ENER/C2/498-2016/SI2.735225 - Development of a best practice procedure for getting specific algae species and derivatives thereof approved under the Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.
Call for tender - Interlaboratory trial & round robin test under CEN/TC 454 'Algae and algae products' - DEADLINE: 2019-04-22 Published on 2019-03-18 In the frame of Specific Agreement NEN/M547- perform experiments through an inter-laboratory trial on the concepts of the standards to be developed within WG 6 (Ryckebosch & Chlorophyll method) and the round robin test of the final procedures for these.
Call for experts - to join the newly created Working Groups CLC/TC 210/WG15 and CLC/TC 210/WG16 - DEADLINE: 2019-05-03 Published on 2019-04-02 CLC/TC 210 adopted unique approaches to clear issues hindering citations under EMCD (2014/30/EU) and RED (2014/53/EU) by setting- 3 working groups working on specific aspects hindering citation in the OJEU
CEN-CENELEC response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling on Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washing Machines, Televisions, Computers and Lamps
CEN-CENELEC response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market
CEN response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on FinTech: a more competitive and innovative European financial sector