European Standards

1Ashok GANESH

European Standardization Organizations

CEN................................

European Committee for Standardization

CENELEC ........................CENELEC ........................

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

ETSI ...............................

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

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Sectors

European Committee

for Electrotechnical

Standardization

� AEROSPACE

� CHEMISTRY

� CONSTRUCTION

� CONSUMERS

� MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

� METROLOGY

� SECURITY AND DEFENCE

European Committee For Standardization

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European

Telecommunications

Standards Institute

� CONSUMERS

� ENERGY

� ENVIRONMENT

� FOOD

� HEALTHCARE

� HEALTH AND SAFETY

� HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATION

� ICT

DEFENCE

� SERVICES

� TRANSPORT

Participation

Technical bodies

National Standardization

Body

National Standardization

Body

National Standardization

Body

Experts in a specific fields representing: industry, trade associations,

government, consumer, academia, customers, etc4

History of standardization

18th cent• regulatory

Industrial

• standards for industry (e.g. train tracks)• with trickle down effects to society

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Industrial revolution

• with trickle down effects to society

19th cent• safety standards

20th cent

• design, performance, management, services standards

EconomicGrowth

Economies of scaleInteroperability: products &servicesBetter competitionFacilitate trade

Standards for a sustainable world

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Environmental Integrity

SocietalEquity

Standards for a sustainable world

EconomicGrowth

Consumer protectionSafety of productsWorker protectionHealth servicesDisseminate innovation

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Environmental Integrity

SocietalEquity

EconomicGrowth

Promote ecological safety Environmental managementEnergy efficiencyCarbon footprintQuality of air, soil & water

Standards for a sustainable world

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Environmental Integrity

SocietalEquity

The future

� Support interoperability & convergence

� Integrate new materials

� Promote accessibility & inclusiveness

� ICT

� Services

� Infrastructure

� Security and defence

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European Standards & The environment

• Environmental strategy

• SABE

• Environmental action

• Air, water, soils, waste• Air, water, soils, waste

• Environmental management

• ‘Greening’ standards

• Environmental Help Desk

• Environmental database

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Some types of standard

Test and measurement

• Measure content or parameter

Product specification

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• Specify product performance

Management systems

• Models for managing activities

Standards documents

� Vocabularies

� Terminologies

� Classifications

� Product, service, process & system specifications

� Test methods

� Reports

� Guides

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Request from EC and EFTA addressed to ESO

Mandate

Mandate

Support 'New Approach' Directives or other policy aims

Where do needs come from?

Policy aims of European Union

• Promotion of technology•Safety/consumer protection• Environmental protection

EC/EFTA

• Parliament• Industry• Other stakeholders• CEN• Programming mandate • ...

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Mandates

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Prepare programme for standardization

(programming mandate)

CEN – CENELEC Management Centre

Avenue Marnix, 17

1000 Brussels

www.cen.eu

www.cenelec.eu

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