CEN Presentation

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

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European Standardisation

• CEN - CENELEC - ETSI

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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
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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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)

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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

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Need for European Standards (2)

• European Standards may be needed
• - to support European Directives (laws)
• - to aid public procurement

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Links to EC Directives

• 1985 New Approach
• Essential requirements
• Areas concerned
• c. 30 of programme

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CEN Funding

• 2 EC/EFTA
• 5 NSBs
• 90Industry
• 3 Other

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Vienna Agreement (1)

• ENs and ENVs identical to ISO 2002
• ISO lead 696
• CEN lead 180
• Other (PQFV or UAP) 1298
• Total EN/ENV 7166

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Vienna Agreement (2)

• Projects under development 2002
• ISO lead 414
• CEN lead 322
• Other (PQ, FV or UAP) 187

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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

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Thank you

• www.cenorm.be
• david.woolliscroft_at_cenorm.be
• stephen.russell_at_bsi-global.com