CEN, Avenue Marnix 17 1000 Brussels, Belgium [email protected] The CEN range of deliverables

CEN, Avenue Marnix 171000 Brussels, [email protected]

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 Guide

CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA)

2 2009 CEN – all rights reserved

European Standard - EN


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


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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)


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EN Process


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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


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


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Standstill - Working together to 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


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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


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Technical Specification - TS


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

Maximum lifetime: 2 x 3 years


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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


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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


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Process


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Proposal

Planning

Drafting

Consensus

Vote

Available

Review

Technical Report - TR


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Technical Report – CEN/TR

Informative document

information on the technical content of

standardization work

to be produced in at least one the CEN official

languages

Technical Committee Approval (TCA)

Lifetime: no limit


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Process


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Proposal

Planning

Drafting

Consensus

Vote

Avaibable

CEN Guide


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


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CEN Workshop Agreement - CWA


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


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CEN Products – Status and openness


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Openness of the process

Status of the document

company standards

informative recommendation only

strong pressure to apply the document

mandatory

Not

pub

licly

ava

ilabl

e

TR CWA

TS EN

regulations

Publicly available

specifications

Limit resulting from CEN core values

Upper limit due to cost/delay


CEN vs. ISO

CEN deliverables:

EN

CEN/TS

CEN/TR

CEN Guide

CWA

ISO deliverables:

IS

ISO/TS

ISO/TR

ISO Guide

IWA

PAS


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Additional Information

CEN website:

www.cen.eu

CEN BOSS:

www.cen.eu/boss


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Documents

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