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Shaping the Future: A new Era for European Standardization

KNOW MORE Annual Report 2024 DISCOVER A Strong Single Market needs a Strong European Standardization System

CEN and CENELEC’s Declaration and call for action for the next legislative cycle

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Standards in support of Sustainability Reporting

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Workshop 2025-12-19 Draft CWA for comment: 'Methodology for early-stage sustainability assessment and efficient energy by design' READ MORE EN in the spotlight 2025-12-19 New European Standards Make Train Travel More Accessible for All READ MORE News 2025-12-19 Moving Forward with ESPR READ MORE Research & Innovation 2025-12-19 Stan4SWAP launches standardization roadmap for swappable battery systems for light-category electric vehicles READ MORE VIEW ALL NEWS 44

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CEN and CENELEC JTC 21 - dedicated task group on Inclusiveness ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 21 on ‘Artificial Intelligence’ created a dedicated task group (TG) dedicated to inclusiveness to help facilitate the participation of all relevant stakeholders in AI standardization.

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CEN WORKSHOP AGREEMENT ON TRUSTED DATA TRANSACTIONS DATA PROTECTION

Data is now the backbone of the digital economy: it enables economic growth and competitiveness, fosters innovation, improves public services, and advances scientific research.

 

To address this growing need, CEN published a new dedicated Workshop Agreement, CWA 18125:2024 ‘Trusted data transaction - part 1’. 

 

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EN 50388-1:2022: A NEW IMPORTANT STEP TO MANAGE ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY IN RAILWAYS TRANSPORT - RAILWAYS

Ensuring the electrical compatibility between rolling stock and electric traction systems is crucial for organizing a railway network.  A new tool can now help the railways community on this path. CENELEC is proud to present the EN 50388-1:2022 ‘Railway Applications - Fixed installations and rolling stock - Technical criteria for the coordination between electric traction power supply systems and rolling stock to achieve interoperability - Part 1: General’.

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