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Enhancing European Standardization with CEN's Leadership

Learn how CEN, the European standards body, ensures competitiveness in industry through voluntary standards. Explore its structure, aims, and principles for trade barrier elimination. Find out about CEN's partnerships and national members.

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Enhancing European Standardization with CEN's Leadership

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  1. CEN is an EU agent CEN dominates ISO CEN is working In Brazil CEN Members vote en bloc

  2. David WoolliscroftDirector Standards Management, CEN Stephen Russell Head of Technical Policy, BSI Vice-Chairman CEN Technical Board BSI Member ISO Technical Management Board Presentations to ANSI and CPSC June 2003

  3. European Standardisation CEN- CENELEC - ETSI

  4. The European standardization system and its partners ISO / IEC / ITU-T EU and EFTA (Counsellors) WTO CEN CENELECETSI Corresponding organizations Organizations In liaison National Members as an integral part of the European standardization system Affiliates Associates

  5. The European Structure CEN - CENELEC - ETSI • CEN is a multi-sector organization and is active in all fields except: • Electro-technical (CENELEC) • Telecommunications (ETSI) • CEN/CENELEC/ETSI have coordination structures for general policy (JPG), information technology (ICTSB) and technical liaison (JCG)

  6. Aims of European standardization • Elimination of technical barriers to trade in Europe • Ensuring the competitiveness of European industry, both within the internal market and beyond its borders

  7. CEN CEN is an international association set up to manage the cooperation among the national standards bodies of the countries of Europe, with the objective to adopt voluntary standards through consensus and transparency

  8. CEN: status/members/partners • International non-profit organization under Belgium law • Founded in 1961, legal entity since 1976 • CEN Management Centre: Brussels • National members • Associate members • Affiliates • Corresponding Organizations • Associated Bodies • 300 trade and professional organizationsin liaison

  9. CEN System Members and Affiliates • 22 National Members National standards organizations of the 18 EU and EFTA countries, Malta, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia • 7 Associates European sector organizations: ANEC, CECIMO, CEFIC, FIEC, TUTB, EUCOMED NORMAPME • 11 Affiliates Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Romania, Turkey

  10. CEN General Structure CEN AG General Assembly CEN CA Administrative Board CACC External Policy CACC Financial Affairs BT Technical Board

  11. Objectives of CEN … the implementation of standardization throughout Europe … … in conjunction with ISO and any other private or public organization representing European and worldwide interests. … this aim may be attained by all means.

  12. Principles are applied through: • Drafting EN • CEN Enquiry • Formal vote/Standstill • Implementation (dop and dow) • CEN/ISO technical cooperation • Consensus • Openness and transparency • National commitment • Technical coherence at national and European level • Correct integration with other international work (Vienna Agreement)

  13. Need for European Standards(1) European Standards are instruments designed: - to meet the needs of stakeholders - to harmonize common requirements - to reduce uncertainty and levels of risk in the market place

  14. Need for European Standards(2) European Standards may be needed: - to support European Directives (laws) - to aid public procurement

  15. Links to EC Directives • 1985 New Approach • Essential requirements • Areas concerned • c. 30% of programme

  16. CEN Funding • 2% EC/EFTA • 5% NSBs • 90%Industry • 3% Other

  17. Vienna Agreement (1) ENs and ENVs identical to ISO 2002: ISO lead 696 CEN lead 180 Other(PQ+FV or UAP) 1298 + Total EN/ENV7166

  18. Vienna Agreement (2) Projects under development 2002: ISO lead 414 CEN lead 322 Other (PQ, FV or UAP) 187

  19. Issues CEN and Europe • Bloc voting (ISO Council study) • 117/3563 (3.1%) failed DIS • 7/2883 (0.24%) failed FDIS • CEN members voted with other ISO members • Or were split when voting against an ISO draft • Common view in TCs • Similar (but not identical) national practices • Understandable and not wrong • European legal requirements • Distorts global relevance • Is WRONG! • BUT only 30% of CEN programme is mandated! • CEN/BT WG 152 ‘Global Relevance’

  20. Thank you www.cenorm.be david.woolliscroft@cenorm.be stephen.russell@bsi-global.com

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