CANENACENELEC

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CANENA/CENELEC Information Meeting
Orlando, 6 March 2002
Mr. Pieter Parlevliet Secretary General
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CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization Non-profit organization founded
in 1973 following the merger of pre-existing
structures Central Secretariat (CS) based in
Brussels
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CENELEC
Officially recognized by the European Commission
as the competent Standards-making body in the
electrotechnical sector (Directive 83/189/EEC
replaced by 98/34/EC) CENELEC members are the
Electrotechnical Committees of 20 European
countries
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Standardization Bodies

• The recognized Standards-making bodies are
• International level ISO, IEC, ITU
• Regional (in Europe) CEN, CENELEC and ETSI
• National National Committees entrusted with
  Standardization

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Objectives of CENELEC
CENELEC aims at developing electrotechnical
standards as a basis for a European market
without internal barriers for electrotechnical
goods and services. It also seeks to develop
harmonized conformity assessment procedures 1
standard, 1 test, accepted everywhere
CENELEC standards are implemented identically as
national standards in all 20 member countries.
All conflicting standards must be withdrawn
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Member countries of CENELEC
All 15 members of the European Union Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden the UK
3 out of 4 EFTA members Norway, Iceland
Switzerland
And also, the Czech Republic Malta
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Affiliate countries of CENELEC
Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia
Turkey Ukraine
Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus
Estonia Hungary
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Cooperating Partners
In addition to member countries and affiliates,
32 Industry Federations have so far become
Cooperating Partners of CENELEC. This status
enables them to contribute to and advise in
standardization matters in their respective field
of expertise
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General Structure of CENELEC
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Standardization within CENELEC
20 CENELEC members (1 per country)
Delegates
Technical body consensus
Observers
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Standardization Process Procedure
PROGRAMMING technical body establishes work
programme DRAFT prepared by technical body
experts PUBLIC ENQUIRY enquiry via NCs on
chances to achieve harmonization VOTING
according a weighted procedure RATIFICATION
Technical Board PUBLICATION at national level
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Benefit of the European Standard - EN
Only 1 Standard in at least 20 countries
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CENELEC / IEC CooperationThe Dresden Agreement
Common planning of new work
Parallel Procedures
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Results of the cooperation with IEC
1027
315
2662
Global figures at the end of 2001
Total number of Standards 4004
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Cooperation with the EU EFTA
NEW APPROACH DIRECTIVES issued by the EU
Commission define Essential Requirements for
products COMMISSION MANDATES express the wish
for standardization to begin in the framework of
a Directive HARMONIZED Standards are those that
fulfill the requirements set by Commission
Directives. They grant automatic presumption of
conformity to the products that have been
manufactured following these standards.
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Harmonized CENELEC Standards
820
3184
Harmonized standards are those that grant
presumption of conformity to the relevant
Directive(s) whose requirements they fulfill
Global figures at the end of 2001
Total number of Standards 4004
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Links between National Law ENs
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CENELEC External Relations
Active relations with non-European Standards
Organizations
Periodic meetings ANSI - American National
Standards Institute JISC - Japanese Industrial
Standards Committee
Cooperation Protocol signed with AMN - MERCOSUR
Association for Standardization (AR, BR, UY, PY
BO, CL)
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Central Secretariat 35, rue de Stassartstraat B-10
50 Brussels Tel [phone] Fax 32 2 519
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