CEN-CENELEC Guides

The CEN-CENELEC Guides are reference documents published by CEN-CENELEC to give orientation, advice or recommendations on standardization principles and policies and guidance to standards writers.
Guides may also address issues of interest to all users of European documents such as manufacturers, designers, service providers and educators.

All guides listed below are in pdf format. Click on the title to download the document.

CEN-CENELEC Guide 1 Status of European Standards	2001
CEN-CENELEC Guide 2 Consumer interests and the preparation of European Standards	2001
CEN-CENELEC Guide 3 CEN and CENELEC co-operation agreement	2009
CEN-CENELEC Guide 4 General Guidelines for the Cooperation between CEN, CENELEC and ETSI and the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association	2003
CEN-CENELEC Guide 5 Trade Unions and the Preparation of European Standards	2001
CEN-CENELEC Guide 6 Guide for addressing accessibility in standards	2014
CEN-CENELEC Guide 7 - WITHDRAWN Participation of a National Standards Institution in the Activities planned by another Standards Institution	2001
CEN-CENELEC Guide 8 CEN-CENELEC Guidelines for Implementation of the Common Policy on Patents (and other statutory intellectual property rights based on inventions)	2019
CEN-CENELEC Guide 9 This guide with the guidelines for the inclusion of safety aspects in standards has been withdrawn and is superseded by ISO/IEC Guide 51/2014 Safety aspects -- Guidelines for their inclusion in standards. ISO and IEC sell a copy of the Guide on their website.	-
CEN-CENELEC Guide 10 Policy on dissemination, sales and copyright of CEN-CENELEC Publications	2017
CEN-CENELEC Guide 11 Product information relevant to consumers Guidelines for standard developers	2012
CEN-CENELEC Guide 12 The concept of Affiliation with CEN and CENELEC	2016
CEN-CENELEC Guide 13 The concept of a Companion Standardization Body with CEN and CENELEC	2016
CEN-CENELEC Guide 14 Child Safety Guidance for its Inclusion in Standards	2009
CEN-CENELEC Guide 16 Request for EC financial support – Guidance to the secretariat/convenorship of the responsible technical body	2009
CEN-CENELEC Guide 17 Guidance for writing standards taking into account micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) needs Other language versions of Guide 17 are available: Guide 17 - BG Guide 17 - CZ Guide 17 - DA Guide 17 - DE Guide 17 - ES Guide 17 - ET Guide 17 - FI Guide 17 - FR Guide 17 - HL Guide 17 - HR Guide 17 - HU Guide 17 - IS Guide 17 - IT Guide 17 - LT Guide 17 - LV Guide 17 - MK Guide 17 - MT Guide 17 - NL Guide 17 - NO Guide 17 - PL Guide 17 - PT Guide 17 - RO Guide 17 - SI Guide 17 - SK Guide 17 - SR Guide 17 - SV Guide 17 - TU	2010
CEN-CENELEC Guide 18 Execution of Specific Agreements issued to CEN and CENELEC in accordance with the EC and EFTA Framework Partnership	2010
CEN-CENELEC Guide 19 Guidelines for the administration of Specific Agreements by National Members including principles for subcontracting	2010
CEN-CENELEC Guide 21 Guide on CEN-CENELEC Membership Fee - Calculation methodology & periodic review policy	2019
CEN-CENELEC Guide 22 Guide on the organisational structure and processes for the assessment of the membership criteria of CEN and CENELEC (as of 2018-01-01)	2018
CEN-CENELEC Guide 23 Consortium bridge — Adoption of third-party specifications as European Standardization Publications	2013
CEN-CENELEC Guide 24 Use and protection of the trademarks and domain names of CEN and CENELEC	2014
CEN-CENELEC Guide 25 The concept of Partnership with European Organisations and other stakeholders (Edition 2, July 2017 - updated version January 2020)	2020
CEN-CENELEC Guide 26 Railway applications — Preparation of standards for urban rail systems design, construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance Other language versions of Guide 26 are available: Guide 26 - FR Gudie 26 - DE	2013
CEN-CENELEC Guide 27 CEN and CENELEC involvement in Technical Assistance (TA) projects	2013
CEN-CENELEC Guide 28 Guidelines for the public access of Eurocodes and their National Annexes and Harmonized European Standards under the Construction Products Regulation	2014
CEN-CENELEC Guide 29 CEN/CENELEC Workshop Agreements	2014
CEN-CENELEC Guide 30 European Guide on Standards and Regulation - Better regulation through the use of voluntary standards - Guidance for policy makers	2015
CEN-CENELEC Guide 31 Competition law for participants in CEN-CENELEC activities	2015
CEN-CENELEC Guide 32 Guide for addressing climate change adaptation in standards	2016
CEN-CENELEC Guide 33 Guide for addressing environmental issues in testing standards	2016
CEN-CENELEC Guide 34 CEN and CENELEC representation in official meetings	2016
CEN-CENELEC Guide 35 Modalities for the common sessions of CEN and CENELEC governing bodies and for the common meetings of their advisory groups	2017
CEN-CENELEC Guide 36 Guidance on the rules for drafting and presentation of candidate harmonized product standards for construction products	2020