CENELEC in the intraregional cooperation: a successful story

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CENELEC in the intra-regional co-operation a
successful story

• 2005 CANENA Council Meeting
• 9th March 2005
• Jon Echanove
• External Relation Project Manager

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How can we measure success?
1 standard, 1 test, accepted everywhere
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Political Framework
Single Market driving force of European
integration

400 millions consumers
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CENELEC value to the Internal Market
European milestones

• 1957 Treaty of Rome
• "Member States resolved unanimously to abolish
  existing trade barriers created through
  legislation and standardization
• 1968 customs duties and tariffs abolished but
• TBT remained
• 1973 CENELEC foundation European Standards

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CENELEC value to the Internal Market
European milestones

• 1973 Low Voltage Directive
• harmonised standards
• notified bodies
• 1980 Standardization become a useful tool for
  legislators
• 1985 The New Approach
• 1989 Global Approach and CE marking

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CENELEC value to the Internal Market
European milestones
GLOBAL MARKET

• And in 1993
• The Single
• Market

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CENELEC value to the Internal Market
European milestones
GLOBAL MARKET
Dresden Agreement
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How do we work together?
Cultural Diversity
POLICICAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC
COMMITMENT AND CONSENSUS
CENELEC STRUCUTRE AND ORGANIZATION
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How do we work together?
Harmonization
Only 1 Standard in at least 28 countries
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How do we work together?
Role of national standards bodies

• Represent national interested partiesindustry,
  authorities, social partners, consumers
• Ensure consensus building at national level
• Appoint national experts to participate in
  standardization work
• CEN/CENELEC standards are obligatory implemented
  identically as national standards by NSBs and
  conflicting national standards must be
  withdrawn.

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How do we work together?
CENELEC Structure
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How do we work together?
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
CA deals with matters entrusted to it by the AG

• Preparation of statutory matters
• Preparation of financial topics
• Legal actions
• Staffing matters of the Central Secretariat

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How do we work together?
TECHNICAL BOARD
BT is responsible for

• Controlling the standards programme
• Promoting its speedy execution
• by the Central Secretariat
• Technical Committees and other bodies

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How do we work together?
TECHNICAL BOARD
BT consists of

• The President and/or Vice Presidents
• One Permanent Delegate (PD) from each National
  Committee, who shall establish the necessary
  contacts at national level so as to be able to
  represent the NC effectively

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How do we work together?
Standardization within CENELEC
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CENELEC and the Conformity Assessment
Structure
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CENELEC and the Conformity Assessment
CENELEC Conformity Assessment Forum (CCAF)
members

• 1 delegate from each interested CENELEC NC
• 1 delegate from each scheme which signed an MoU
  with CENELEC
• 1 delegate from the corresponding advisory body
• invited delegates with advisory role from the
  European Commission, the EFTA Secretariat, CECED,
  UNICE/ ORGALIME and ANEC
• observers from the Affiliates, co-operating
  partnersand CEN

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CENELEC and the Conformity Assessment
The CCAF Mission Statement is

• to advise CENELEC GA on conformity assessment
  policy matters in the electrotechnical standards
  field

• to co-ordinate resolution of identified
  conformity assessment activity problems linked to
  the application of CENELEC standards

• to liaise with regional and international bodies
  active in conformity assessment matters

• to facilitate exchange of information on related
  policy issues

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ACHIEVED !!

• CENELEC CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNAL MARKET

1 standard, 1 test, accepted everywhere
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Its on you
COMMITMENT
MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
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