CEN, Avenue Marnix Brussels, Belgium  The CEN range of deliverables

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Range of deliverables  European Standard (EN)  Technical Specification (CEN/TS)  Technical Report (CEN/TR)  CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA)  CEN Guide 2  2009 CEN – all rights reserved

 European Standard - EN

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved European Standard - EN  Normative document  Available in the 3 official CEN languages (English, French, German)  Does not conflict with the content of any other CEN/CENELEC standard  Value of EN derives from characteristics of its development  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 4

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Characteristics of development  Consensus  Openness and transparency  National commitment  Technical coherence at national and European level  Drafting of the EN in TC or TC/WG  CEN Enquiry  Formal Vote  Standstill  Implementation (dop and dow)  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 5

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved EN Process  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 6 What do I want? Can I do it? I’ll put it on paper Suitable for everybody? Any comments? Accepted by everybody? Make it available Is it still valid? Proposal Planning Drafting Consensus CEN Enquiry Formal Vote Adoption Review

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved CEN Enquiry  To assess possible agreement to adopt a draft document as an EN by:  Circulation of a draft document for public comments at national level (public enquiry)  Consolidation of national views on the draft document  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 7

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Standstill - Working together towards one goal  No national individual action, during the preparation or after the approval of an EN, that would prejudice the European work  No publication or revision of national standard not in line with an existing EN  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 8

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Implementation  CEN National Members implement an EN by:  Giving it the status of national standard i.e.  publication of an identical text  endorsement  Withdrawing any conflicting national standards  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 9

 Technical Specification - TS

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Technical Specification – CEN/TS  Normative document produced and approved by TC  No standstill  No public Enquiry  Technical Committee Approval (TCA)  Produced at least in one CEN official language  Review: at least every 3 years  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 11

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Purpose  A CEN/TS is established with the purpose of:  publication of aspects in support of the European market  guidance  specifications in evolving technologies and experimental circumstances  But also when a WI that is to become an EN has:  insufficient support at CEN Enquiry  no consensus before Formal Vote  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 12

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Reminder  CEN/TSs may compete with each other  CEN/TSs do not conflict with the content of any CEN/CENELEC standards  The CEN/TS must be withdrawn if the publication of a subsequent EN brings the CEN/TS into conflict with that EN  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 13

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Process  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 14 Proposal Planning Drafting Consensus Vote Available Review

 Technical Report - TR  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 15

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Technical Report – CEN/TR  Informative document  Information on the technical content of standardization work  To be produced in at least one of the CEN official languages  Technical Committee Approval (TCA)  Lifetime: no limit  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 16

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Process  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 17 Proposal Planning Drafting Consensus Vote Avaibable

 CEN Workshop Agreement - CWA

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved CEN Workshop Agreement - CWA  Agreement developed and approved by a CEN Workshop  Consensus amongst identified individuals and organisations  At least in one of the official languages  Revision is possible  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 19

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved CEN Products – Status and openness  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 20 Openness of the process Status of the document company standards informativerecommendation only strong pressure to apply the document mandatory Not publicly available TR CWA TS EN regulations Publicly available specifications Limit resulting from CEN core values Upper limit due to cost/delay

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved CEN vs. ISO CEN deliverables:  EN  CEN/TS  CEN/TR  CEN Guide  CWA ISO deliverables:  IS  ISO/TS  ISO/TR  ISO Guide  IWA  PAS  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 21

 CEN Guide

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved CEN Guide  Informative and ‘internal to the CEN System’ document  information about standardization principles and policies and guidance to standards writers  Approval by CA – BT  Ratification by AG – CA  Lifetime: no limit  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 23

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Additional Information  CEN website:  CEN BOSS:  CEN-CENELEC Portal:  2009 CEN – all rights reserved 24