Newly published CWAs contribute to solving the digital divide in Europe In the spotlight - 2018-09-26 ICT is evolving rapidly these days - the publication of the CEN Workshop Agreements (CWAs) 16458 parts 1 to 4 aims to address e-skills shortages, gaps and mismatches, which are causing a persisting digital divide.
Standards, lifting the Single Market up! General news - 2018-09-17 “European standardization and the EU Single Market” campaign. The work of European standardization and CEN/TC 10 in the lifts and escalators field has contributed to making the Single Market a reality through the adoption of Harmonized Standards.
CEN publishes five Technical Specifications on Assessment of release of dangerous substances under Construction Products Regulation In the spotlight - 2018-09-13 CEN/TC 351 'Construction Products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances', devoted to developing modular horizontal test methods, has published five technical specifications (TS).
New CEN standards related to ‘Textile child care articles’ Standard in the spotlight - 2018-09-12 Supporting EU Directive 2001/95/EC, in August 2018 CEN published three standards related to ‘Textile child care articles - Safety requirements and test methods for cot bumpers for children, children cot duvets for children and sleep bags for children’.
New CEN standard - Entertainment technology - Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses (EN 17115) In the spotlight - 2018-09-05 Summer is traditionally the season for outdoor events, and the warm summer that is now coming to an end has been no exception
CEN/WS ‘on Mapping of future needs of standardisation in the paper and board sector’ - OPEN FOR COMMENTING Food - 2018-09-17
CEN workshop on Analytics Insights and Scaling Policies for Microservices (UNICORN) WS Business Plan open for comments - 2018-08-22
CEN/WS - Procedure for evaluating if the use of a Volatile Fatty Acid Platform technology for a given type of biowaste at a given location is economically and ecologically reasonable (EvaVOLATILE) Workshop - 2018-07-13
CEN/WS “Sustainable energy retrofit process management for multi-occupancy residential buildings with owner communities” WS Kick-off meeting - 2018-05-28
Sep 27 Energy efficiency and energy management Seminar @ CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (Belgium) Tailored approach and roadmap for SMEs and other stakeholders
Oct 10 10-10 webinar: The Joint Initiative on Standardization two years later: Achievements and current discussions Seminar @ CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (Belgium)
Oct 15 World Standards Day Tweetchat: Standards meet the future! Meeting @ () Join CEN, CENELEC, ETSI and the European Commission for a one hour tweetchat on 'Standards meet the future'.
Nov 09 10-10 webinar: Foreign participation in European standardization work Seminar @ CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (Belgium)
European Standards respecting the environment (pdf, 703 KB) Published on 2016-08-09 Maintaining a healthy environment and taking care of natural resources is essential to our world. Standards play a key role in enabling more efficient use of energy and natural resources, as well as preventing unfavourable environmental impacts.