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SME Newsletter Issue no. 32 – January 2015
Web: www.cencenelec.eu/sme Email: [email protected]
SME Newsletter – January 2015
Happy New Year
At the beginning of this new year, we would like to express our best wishes for a happy 2015 and sincerely thank you for your interest in standardization.
Our special thanks to those of you who understand the added value standardization brings to their business and who actively contribute to the standards development process.
SMEs are the backbone of our economy. It is vital that SMEs benefit from standards and contribute to standardization activities. During 2015, CEN and CENELEC will continue to encourage and support the participation of SMEs in the European standardization system. In close collaboration with the national standardization organizations and Small Business Standards (SBS), we will provide you with new information and useful tools, e.g.:
o An eLearning tool for SMEs will be launched to enable entrepreneurs and people who work for SMEs to learn about standards and standardization in a way that corresponds with their own needs. This online tool will be available in 23 languages.
o More relevant information will be made available to SMEs in all European countries via the websites of CEN and CENELEC national members, based on the example of the ‘SME Toolbox of Solutions’ .
o The systematic use of CEN CENELEC Guide 17 by technical bodies will be further promoted, so that SME needs are taken into consideration during the drafting and revision of European Standards.
o Closer cooperation with SME networks, (sector-specific) business associations and other intermediaries remains necessary, in order to raise awareness among SMEs and support their participation in standardization activities.
o We will explore the feasibility of developing an e-mail alert system that will enable SMEs to receive up-to-date information about developments in standardization that could be relevant to their business
2015 will be a year with plenty of interesting opportunities.
CEN CENELEC Work Programme 2015 published
In this first SME Newsletter of 2015, we are pleased to inform you that the CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2015 has been published.
The CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2015 provides an overview of our most important standardization activities that will be developed this year. It covers all of the different fields and sectors that CEN and CENELEC are dealing with, and
SME Newsletter Issue no. 32 – January 2015
Web: www.cencenelec.eu/sme Email: [email protected]
includes information about other activities related to international cooperation, SME participation, societal stakeholders' involvement, education about standardization, etc. Those standardization activities respond to market needs, and in particular to the demands of European industry. They also correspond to the European Union’s annual work programme for European standardization for 2015, which was published by the Commission last summer.
As we hope that the Work Programme will help our community and other interested stakeholders be actively involved in European standardization activities, this year’s edition includes specific details about the relevant Technical Bodies and the number of standards and other deliverables that have been published by CEN and/or CENELEC. It also highlights how many standardization requests (Mandates) from the European Commission have been accepted by CEN and/or CENELEC, and identifies the most relevant corresponding elements of the EU Work Programme for European standardization 2015.
Facts and figures
Starting a new year, also means closing the previous year, and evaluating what we've achieved. As the figures here under show, standards are needed! Some figures for 2014:
Data content: Total number of CEN & CENELEC European Standards (ENs and HDs, excluding Corrigenda), available at the end of the last month covered by these statistics for the current year, and on the 31st December for the previous years.
SME Newsletter Issue no. 32 – January 2015
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Data content: Total number of CEN-CENELEC deliverables, other than ENs & HDs (excluding Corrigenda), available at the end of the last month covered by these statistics for the current year, and on the 31st December for the previous years.
Data content: All published documents (excluding Corrigenda and
Guides), available at the end of the quarter covered by
these statistics, grouped by Business Domain.
Total # of Documents
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Do you want to see more statistics? CEN and CENELEC in figures
CEN response to the Green Paper on safety of tourism accommodation services
CEN replied to the European Commission's consultation related to tourism accommodation safety. At national and European level there are standards related to the safety products, which support existing legislation and are relevant in relation to the safety of tourism accommodation. In the area of services, there are also national standards and other documents relevant to some safety aspects of services offered within tourism accommodation and also to accessibility of tourism and leisure facilities. Nevertheless, the area of tourism accommodation is regulated at national level in different Member States and there seem to be important differences between the existing national legislations. Without a certain level of harmonization of legislation at European level, reaching a consensus and developing a European standard in such context may be difficult.
Moreover, it should be born in mind that standardization is a market-driven process and that the development of standards in this field would require the support of both the consumer representatives and of the tourism accommodation sector.
Data content: All Harmonized standards (cited or intended
for citation in OJEU) issued by CEN-
CENELEC (excluding Corrigenda) during the
current year, broken down by Directive.
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CEN invites the European Commission to consider a role for European standardization within the context of future EU action on safety of tourism accommodation. Nevertheless, as mentioned above, it should be highlighted that for the development of (European) standards, the support of the relevant stakeholders is essential.
Read the full CEN response
New publications
o Recently published European Standards, CEN Workshop Agreements and other CEN and CENELEC publications as well as future publications: CEN and CENELEC
o Scope statements of all European Standards (ENs): CEN and CENELEC
National SME Helpdesks
To facilitate direct contact at national level between SMEs and the CEN and CENELEC members, a network of 42 SME Helpdesks is in place. Contact your national SME Helpdesk.
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