1. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
European Standardization in the field of Cultural Heritage Vasco Fassina Chairman CEN/TC346- Conservation of Cultural Property 7th European Conference ‘Sauveur’ SAFEGUARD CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe Prague, 31st May-3rd June, 2006

2. Standardization Organizations
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Standardization Organizations
International
European
National
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
Each country has a recognized standardization institute.
At European level, we have CEN, CENELEC and ETSI. At international level, we have ISO, IEC and ITU.
The national standards bodies are members of the European and international organizations. It are these national members which have the voting rights and hold all the “powers” at European and International level. 7

3. Composition of CEN CEN / Management Centre, Brussels
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Composition of CEN
CEN / Management Centre, Brussels
29 Members (voting rights)
all EC and EFTA countries (European Free Trade Association-Islanda-Liechtenstein-Switzerland-Norway)
4 Affiliates (no voting rights)
Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey
8 Associates (no voting rights), among which:
ECOS (Environmental interests)
ANEC (Final consumer interest)
NORMAPME (SME interests)
300 Liaisons, European Federations (no voting rights)

4. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
In 1978 the Italian Ministry of Cultural Property and the National Research Council jointly set up the NORMAL Commission with the aim to make a standardization regarding the test and analyses methods for the conservation of stone materials.
After a twenty-year experience in 1997 the NORMAL Commission converged in the standardization activities carried out by UNI (the Italian Body of Standardization)
In 2001-UNI presented at CEN (European Committee for Standardization) a request for the Standardization on Conservation of Cultural Property at a European level

5. IBN/BIN-Institut Belge de Normalisation-BELGIUM
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The Business Plan presented by Italy was discussed by the following delegations
IBN/BIN-Institut Belge de Normalisation-BELGIUM
AFNOR-Association Francaise de Normalisation-FRANCE
UNI-Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione-ITALY
BSI-British Standard Institution-UK
AENOR-Asociacion Espanola de Normalisation-SPAIN
NEN-Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut-THE Netherlands
NSF- Norges Stadardiseringsforbund-NORWAY
SNV-SWITZERLAND
CSNI-Czech Standards Institute-CZECH REPUBLIC

6. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property

7. Scope of the CEN/TC 346 Proposed Action(s) :
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Scope of the CEN/TC 346
Proposed Action(s) :
Standardisation in the field of definitions and terminology, methods of testing and analysis
a) To support the characterisation of materials and deterioration processes of movable and immovable heritage,
b) To support the products and technologies used for the planning and execution of their conservation, restoration, repair and maintenance

8. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
Movable heritage includes fine and decorative art, ethnographic objects, scientific and technological instruments, musical instruments, etc., archaeological artefacts in/or recovered from immovable property or concealed in the earth or underwater.
Immovable heritage includes buildings, sites, structures or other features of historic, archaeological or architectural value.

9. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
In particular, the standardisation activity on the conservation of Cultural Heritage deals with:
1) terminology relevant to movable and immovable artefacts, and to the conservation of the artefacts and of the material constituting the artefacts themselves, so that a common European terminology can be created;
2) guidelines for a methodological approach to the knowledge of the artefacts and of the materials constituting the artefacts, of the deterioration processes, and of conditions of optimum long-term conservation (preventive conservation) preservation work;
3) test and analysis methods for the diagnosis and for the characterisation of the artefacts and of their state of conservation with regards to outdoor and indoor environmental parameters;

10. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
4) test and analysis methods (in laboratory and in-situ) for the evaluation of the performance of the products and methodologies to be used in the conservation work (ordinary and/or extraordinary maintenance);
5) test and analysis methods for the evaluation of conservation conditions of indoor Cultural Heritage. In particular, standardisation on transportation and packaging methods, shall take in due accounts the needs and problems related to itinerant exhibitions and exchanges of works of art, in the permanent presentation conditions in museums, galleries, libraries and archives, in temporary exhibit galleries, in stores and in transport packaging.

11. Strategies adopted to reach the Objectives
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Strategies adopted to reach the Objectives
The main objective of CEN/TC 346 is to draft standards which will help conservation professionals in their restoration and conservation work, ensuring at the same time the possibility for European experts to exchange information on test and analyses methods on Cultural Heritage.
Therefore, this standardisation activity will permit to harmonise and unify methodologies for all the European area. 
Existing National standards can be taken into account as basis for the development of European standards, and the final results will be the production of "EN standards". 
Under the responsibility of CEN/TC 346, several Working Groups are established and these groups include experts from CEN different Member states for a co-ordinated European perspective.

12. WG2 Materials constituting cultural property
The Structure is constituted by 5 Working Groups, corresponding to the different main areas for which technical development work has to be done.
WG1 General guidelines and terminology
WG2 Materials constituting cultural property
WG3 Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works
WG4 Environment
WG5 Transportation and packaging methods

13. CEN/TC 346– Conservation of Cultural Heritage
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CEN/TC 346– Conservation of Cultural Heritage
WG 1 - General guidelines and terminology
WG 1 has the responsibility for the drafting of:
-guidelines on conservation planning, including monitoring;
-standards on terminology dealing with movable and immovable components, with degradation processes and its graphic and symbolic documentation;
-guidelines on security and safety conditions relating to the use of cultural heritage by the public.
WG 2 - Materials constituting cultural property
WG 2 has the responsibility listed below:
-to define tests and analyses methods for the characterization of the materials
-to define tests and analyses methods for the evaluation of the state of conservation/preservation of the materials

14. WG 3 – Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works
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WG 3 – Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works
WG 3 has the responsibility of drafting documents on criteria to select methods and/or products and operating/working conditions in relation to the conservation/restoration, repair, maintenance and preventive conservation work; and of drafting documents on the methodologies to be used.
WG 4 - Environment
WG 4 has the responsibility for the drafting of guidelines for the control of environmental variables, and of standards on the measurement of indoor, including exhibition and storage conditions, and outdoor environmental conditions, and on artefacts/environment interaction.
WG 5 – Transportation and packaging methods
WG5 has the responsibility for the drafting of standards on methods of packaging and transportation of cultural heritage outside the institutions.

15. WG1 General guidelines and terminology
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WG1 General guidelines and terminology
Work Items
WI 001 -Terminology
WI 002 -Guide to the principles of conservation
WI 003 -Condition report of the artefacts
WI 004 -Security of artefacts and safety of the public

16. WG2 Materials constituting cultural property
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WG2 Materials constituting cultural property
Work Items
WI 005-Diagnosis on buildings surfaces and structures.
WI 006- Characterisation and classification of paints and paintings.
WI 007-Characterisation of the state of conservation/preservation of cultural property.
WI 008-Characterisation of stone and related building materials.

17. WG3 Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works
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WG3 Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works
Work Items
WI 009-Surface protection for porous inorganic materials – Evaluation of methods and products.
WI 010-Consolidation products – Evaluation of methods and products.
WI 011-Cleaning products – Evaluation of methods and products.
WI 012-Guidelines for archaeological remains conservation procedures when discovered.

18. WG5 Transportation and packaging methods
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WG4 Environment
WI 013-Specifications on environmental conditions
WI 014-Guidelines on the measurement of environmental parameters
WG5 Transportation and packaging methods
WI 015-Principles of transportation and packaging of artefacts.

19. CEN/TC 346 Vasco Fassina WG 1 Lorenzo Appolonia (I) 21/06/04
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CEN/TC 346 Vasco Fassina
WG1
WG2
WG3
WG4
WG5
WI 1
WI 2
WI 5
WI 6
WI 9
WI 10
WI 13
WI 14
WI 15
WG 1 Lorenzo Appolonia (I) 21/06/04
WG 2 Vasilike Argyropoulos (GR) 14/03/05
WG 3 Vasco Fassina (I) 21/06/04
WG 4 Jesper Stub Johnsen (DK) 21/06/04
WG 5 Anne de Wallens (F) 15/06/05

20. Close co-operation has to be established with
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Close co-operation has to be established with
ICCROM International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICOM International Council of Museums
IIC International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
ECCO European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations

21. Users of the standards developed by CEN/TC 346
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Users of the standards developed by CEN/TC 346
-Public and government bodies (e.g. Ministry of Culture and Education, Government Agencies);
-Public national and international non-government bodies (e.g. ICCROM, ICOMOS, IIC, ICOM, Regional administrations, Provincial administrations or local governments);
-Restoration/conservation schools;
-Ecclesiastical bodies/organisations;
-Public and private analysis laboratories;
-Restoration/conservation companies;
-Professionals in the field of conservation and exhibitions planning;
-Distributors and manufacturers of materials used in restoration;
-Companies specialising in the preparation and organisation of exhibitions;
-Transportation and packaging companies;
-Lighting installation companies, air conditioning and heating installation companies, informatics and advanced technology companies;
-Cultural institutions: museums, galleries, libraries, archives;
-Architecture and surveyors;
-Archaeological excavations companies or institutions.

22. CEN/TC 346/WG5, Transportation and packaging Paris, January 20, 2006
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CEN/TC 346/WG1, General guidelines and terminology Milan, January 17-18, 2005 and October 20-21, 2005 Rome, May 17-18, CEN/TC 346/WG2 Materials constituting cultural property Athens, January 20, 2006; Rome, May 12, CEN/TC 346/WG3, Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works Milan, January 10-11, 2005 and September 29-30, CEN/TC 346/WG4, Environment Copenhagen, November 4-5, 2004 and October , Rome, March 15-16, 2005, Paris, February 1-2, 2006
CEN/TC 346/WG5, Transportation and packaging
Paris, January 20, 2006

23. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
CEN/TC 346/WG1, General guidelines and terminology 1. Terminology of damage forms CEN/TC 346/WG3, Evaluation of methods and products for conservation works 1. Surface protection for porous inorganic materials-laboratory test methods for the evaluation of the performance of water repellent product CEN/TC 346/WG4, Environment 1. Procedures and instruments for measuring temperatures of the air and the surfaces of objects. 2. Specifications concerning the temperature and relative humidity for the preservation of cultural heritage 3. Guidelines for the control of indoor microclimate in Historic churches

24. What to do to participate at the working groups and working items!
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What to do to participate at the working groups and working items!
Get in contact with National Standardization Bodies:
AUSTRIA-ON-Osterrechisches Normungsinstitut
BELGIUM-IBN/BIN-Institut Belge de Normalisation
CZECH REPUBLIC-SNI-Czech Standards Institute
DENMARK-DS-Dansk Standard
FINLAND-SFS-Suomen Standardisoimisliito
FRANCE-AFNOR-Association Francaise de Normalisation
GERMANY-DIN- Deutsches Institut fur Normung
GREECE-ELOT-Hellenic Organization for Standardization
IRELAND-NSAI- National Standards Authority of Ireland
ITALY-UNI-Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
LUXEMBURG-SEE- Service de l’Energie de l’Etat

25. MALTA-MSA- Malta Standards Authority
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MALTA-MSA- Malta Standards Authority
NORWAY-NSF- Norges Stadardiseringsforbund
PORTUGAL-IPQ-Instituto Portugues da Qualidade
SPAIN- AENOR-Asociacion Espanola de Normalisation
SWEDEN-SIS- Swedish Standards Institute
THE NETHERLANDS-NEN-Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut
UNITED KINGDOM-BSI-British Standard Institution
SWITZERLAND-SNV

26. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
Next meetings
CEN/TC346/WG5 no.2 Bruxelles, June 8, CEN/TC346/WG3 no.3 Milan, June 14-15, CEN/TC346/WG4 no.5 Visby, Gotland, September 14-15, CEN/TC346/WG3 no.4 Florence, October, CEN/TC346/WG2 no.2 Heraklion, October, CEN/TC346/WG1 no.4 Milan, November 23-24, CEN/TC 346 Plenary no. 3 Rome, February 16, 2007

27. Thanks for your attention
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We need you as an expert on conservation of cultural heritage!
A close co-operation should be established with European Commission Directorate-General for Reserach
Thanks for your attention
7th European Conference ‘Sauveur’ SAFEGUARD CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe Prague, 31st May-3rd June, 2006

28. Participatants at the first meeting Venice June 21st, 2004
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Participatants at the first meeting Venice June 21st, 2004
BELGIUM-IBN/BIN-Institut Belge de Normalisation
CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC-SNI-Czech Standards Institute
DENMARK-DS-Dansk Standard
FRANCE-AFNOR-Association Francaise de Normalisation
GREECE-ELOT-Hellenic Organization for Standardization
ITALY-UNI-Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione

29. MALTA-MSA- Malta Standards Authority
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MALTA-MSA- Malta Standards Authority
NORWAY-NSF- Norges Stadardiseringsforbund
SPAIN- AENOR-Asociacion Espanola de Normalisation
SWEDEN-SIS- Swedish Standards Institute
THE NETHERLANDS-NEN-Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut
UNITED KINGDOM-BSI-British Standard Institution

30. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
WG1
WI 001-Terminology. This standard has the scope of creating a common terminology as regards to movable and immovable artefacts, and the conservation of the artefacts and of the material constituting the artefacts themselves.
WI 002-Guide to the principles of conservation. This standard has the scope of establishing the different steps necessary to the knowledge of the artefacts, the deterioration processes, and the preservation work.
WI 003-Condition report of the artefacts. This standard has the scope of establishing a standard methodology to visually describe the state of conservation of the artefacts.
WI 004-Security of artefacts and safety of the public. This standard has the scope of establishing the condition of security for the public visiting the cultural heritage in historical buildings.

31. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
WG2
WI 005-Diagnosis on buildings surfaces and structures. This standard has the scope of establishing analytical procedures for the characterisation of cultural property and of their state of conservation/preservation with respect to outdoor and indoor environmental parameters.
WI 006- Characterisation and classification of paints and paintings. This standard has the scope of establishing analytical procedures for the characterisation of cultural property and of their state of conservation/preservation with respect to outdoor and indoor environmental conditions.
WI 007-Characterisation of the state of conservation. This standard has the scope of establishing analytical procedures for the chemical-physical-petrographical characterisation of the state of conservation of artefacts.
WI 008-Characterisation of historical mortars. This standard has the scope of establishing the analytical procedure for the identification of lime mortars, hydraulic mortars traditionally used in historical buildings.

32. Vasco Fassina - CEN TC 346 - Conservation of Cultural Property
WG3
WI 009-Surface protective products – Testing and guidelines for application of products. This document has the scope of giving guidelines on test methods and methods of analysis (in laboratory and in-situ) for the evaluation of the performance of the products and of the methodologies to be used in protection of artefacts.
WI 010-Consolidation products – Testing and guidelines for application of products. This standard has the scope of giving guidelines on test method and methods of analysis (in laboratory and in-situ) for the evaluation of the performance of the products and of the methodologies to be used in consolidation of artefacts.
WI 011-Cleaning products – Testing and guidelines for application of products. This standard has the scope of giving guidelines on test method and methods of analysis (in laboratory and in-situ) for the evaluation of the performance of the products and of the methodologies to be used in cleaning of artefacts.
WI 012-Guidelines for archaeological remains conservation procedures when discovered. This standard has the scope of establishing the different steps necessary to the knowledge of the artefacts, the deterioration processes, and the conservation procedures of archaeological remains.

33. WI 015-Principles of transportation and packaging of artefacts.
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WG4-5
WI 013-Specifications on environmental conditions. This standard has the scope of furnishing a guideline for the choice and the control of the microclimate finalised to the conservation of indoor Cultural Heritage e.g. museums, galleries, archives, libraries, churches and historical buildings.
WI 014-Guidelines on the measurement of environmental parameters. This standard has the scope of furnishing a guideline for the measurements of environmental parameters finalised to the conservation of indoor and outdoor Cultural Heritage environment.
WI 015-Principles of transportation and packaging of artefacts.
-Packaging methods
-Transportation methods

34. CEN/TC 346 proposes on a case by case basis to take into account the standards coming from any relevant CEN or iso TCs, such as:
Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics CEN/TC 216