Events & Trainings

Join this webinar to know more about how we can make standards work for SMEs! The webinar, organised by Small Business Standards and CEN and CENELEC, will explore how CEN-CENELEC Guide 17 helps ensure that standards are developed with SMEs in mind, making them simpler to implement. We'll discuss the key elements of the guide, why it's crucial for the broader uptake of standards, and how making standards SME-friendly benefits all businesses. [...]

Normative references are a fundamental component of harmonized standards, they must be dated, active and published to support the presumption of conformity. In EN ISO candidate harmonized standards, dating Normative references through Clause 2 of the ISO document is the preferred method. [...]

On Thursday 12 December 2024, CEN and CENELEC organise the training for newly appointed CEN and CENELEC Technical Body Officers (TBOs). This training session is addressed to CEN and CENELEC Technical Body Officers that have entered their function as Chairperson or Secretary since December of the previous year. [...]

CEN and CENELEC Technical Boards (BTs) recently agreed to a new process to delegate to JTCs the approval of New Work Items (NWIs), hence skipping final BTs approval. [...]