European Committee for Standardization European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization. Annual Report

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1 European Committee for Standardization European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Annual Report

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Director General s letter page 2 CEN-CENELEC Presidential Committee page 4 Standardization Activities in 2016 page 5 Ensuring a strong and efficient system page 21 Stakeholder engagement and outreach activities page 31 Fostering global outreach page 35 Communication and visibility activities page 41 TABLE OF CONTENTS Director General s letter CEN-CENELEC Presidential Committee Standardization Activities in Ensuring a strong and efficient system Stakeholder engagement and outreach activities Fostering global outreach Communication and visibility activities... 41

4 DIRECTOR GENERAL S LETTER 2 Looking back at 2016, it has been a year of engagement building and key milestones that have prepared CEN and CENELEC to build a stronger standardization system, future-proof and ready to fully embrace the coming digital transformation. This has seen us undertake numerous engagement and partnership outreach, addressing European businesses and industries as well as European regulators and societal stakeholders. Our network has more than 230 European associations and federations, representing businesses across a huge range of sectors. These are CEN and/or CENELEC partner or liaison organizations, actively involved in our standardization activities. To reinforce our engagement with industry actors, including SMEs, we organized a series of workshops on key topics during 2016 covering radio equipment, cybersecurity, delivering the circular economy and standards for services. CEN and CENELEC strongly believe that the market relevance of the European Standards emerging from the thousands of experts engaged in standardization work is reinforced by involving our societal partners in their development. Therefore during 2016, we continued to work with ANEC, ECOS and ETUC on a project designed to encourage societal stakeholders to participate effectively in standardization. The outcome provides the opportunity to voice societal needs and concerns early enough in the standard-setting process to lead to standardization deliverables that benefit from a broad market acceptance. During 2016, CEN and CENELEC further reinforced their partnership with the European Commission (EC) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), by supporting EC strategies and initiatives including the Single Market, Digital Single Market, Energy Union and Circular Economy. On 1 June 2016, the EC released the Communication European Standards for the 21st Century as part of the Standardisation package. The Communication offers a vision for a single, efficient European standardization system as well as a framework for the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS) and links to the EC Communication on ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market. Industry driven standardization plays a key role in the delivery of those policy and regulatory objectives. As the technological and policy European landscape evolves, it becomes increasingly important that the public-private partnership underpinning the success of the European standardization model remains strong and healthy. The EC s JIS is designed to reinvigorate this partnership; its implementation relies on all relevant stakeholders from the public and private sector making their contribution. In 2016, CEN and CENELEC actively supported this project, driving implementation of five of its strategic actions. We have also expended considerable effort to raise awareness, within the European Institutions, of the importance of the timely citation in the Official Journal of references to standards developed in support of legislation. The decreasing citation of these references is generating uncertainty, mistrust and extra compliance costs for European business, which cannot benefit from presumption of conformity to affix CE marking to their products. This will remain high on our agenda in The effective use of standards in supporting the simplification of implementing regulations and policies was also at the core of our active contribution to the Commission's Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) programme which is led by EC First Vice-President Mr Frans Timmermans. There are approximately 5000 voluntary European Standards supporting implementation of European legislation and policies, providing market-driven solutions that permit compliance with legal requirements. In addition, these standards are revised regularly to reflect innovation and technological evolution, helping keep legislation up to date with those advances.

5 3 CEN and CENELEC standards are playing an increasing role in supporting European industry s digital transformation, as reflected in current efforts placed on the JIS actions as well within other initiatives. These included joining the international consortium onem2m, organizing a dedicated workshop on standards for digital transformation and ad hoc meetings with leading technology companies. In 2016, we embarked on an analysis of how both organizations can become radically digital, including transformation of the standardization process itself and CEN and CENELEC s move to a fully flexible and smart working environment. This will be presented as a fully developed strategy by mid Obviously, all these activities must take account of the global needs of our European stakeholders and the global dimension created by the digital era. Therefore, our partnership with ISO and IEC remains vital in order to jointly provide global standardization solutions. In 2016, we continued to promote the uptake of ISO and IEC standards worldwide, through our dialogues with foreign partners to foster further market alignment with Europe. We have also promoted the adoption of home-grown European Standards outside of Europe and the benefits that the European standardization model offers to other regions. We specifically focused on our partnership with the Pan-African regional standardization bodies ARSO and AFSEC) and our renewed partnerships with Canada (SCC) and China (SAC). Our community of partnerships is also shifting towards new concepts of cooperation, offering opportunities for greater technical alignment tailored to the specific needs of our national foreign counterparts. Within this context, we were delighted to accept the full membership of Serbia (ISS), which was a CEN and CENELEC Affiliate until the end of As well as working to future-proof organizations, we have also achieved a great deal in other areas. We have continued to reinforce the link between research, innovation and standards, with CEN and CENELEC members partnering with the research and innovation community in 16 Horizon 2020 projects. In addition, we are deepening our cooperation with the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC), among others, through activities within our 'Putting Science into Standards' project. Standardization of services provided another major focus last year; CEN intends to deliver a standardization strategy on services in early During 2016, CEN and CENELEC published documents: European Standards and 254 European standardization deliverables (HD, TS, TR and CWAs), of which 209 were offered for citation in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) in support of Directives and Regulations. CEN and CENELEC have also accepted nine standardization requests from the European Commission. All of this has only been possible through the support and involvement of dedicated professionals from a range of diverse backgrounds, each and every one committed to making European standardization a lasting success story. I would like to express my particular gratitude to the Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Board Members of CEN and CENELEC; Members and Affiliates; Partner and Liaison Organizations; all of the experts that participate in our Technical Bodies and the staff of the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre. Many thanks to all of you for your hard work and dedication to European standardization! Elena Santiago Cid Director General of CEN and CENELEC

6 CEN-CENELEC PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE THE CEN-CENELEC PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE FOR Back - left to right: Kimmo Saarinen (CENELEC Vice-President Finance), Rudiger Marquardt (CEN Vice-President Policy), Gudrun Rögnvaldardottir (CEN Vice-President Technical), Wim De Kesel (CENELEC Vice-President Policy), Jesper Jerlang (CEN Vice-President Finance) and Maurice Buckley (CENELEC Vice-President Technical). Front - left to right: Bernhard Thies (President CENELEC), Elena Santiago Cid (Director General CEN and CENELEC) and Vincent Laflèche (CEN President). The CEN-CENELEC Presidential Committee (PC) is composed of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of CEN and CENELEC (and, when applicable, their PresidentsElect) as well as the Director General of CEN and CENELEC. The PC is mandated by the Administrative Boards (CAs) of both organizations to address policy and strategic issues of common concern to CEN and CENELEC (not including sector-specific issues). The Presidential Committee deals with a wide range of issues: membership (applications from potential new members, affiliates), relations with the European institutions, relations with societal stakeholder organizations, international cooperation activities, common communication and visibility activities, linking standardization with research and innovation and the optimization of resources. In those areas where CEN and CENELEC have decided to develop joint activities, the PC may set up joint advisory bodies or working groups. These include the CEN-CENELEC Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG) and the CEN-CENELEC Societal Stakeholders Group (SSG). The PC oversees the development of joint technical activities and the setting up of joint CEN-CENELEC Technical Committees and Working Groups. It also deals with strategic issues relating to the European Standardization System as a whole and ongoing cooperation among the three European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI). This cooperation is managed by the Presidents of the three organizations, who meet on a regular basis as the CENCENELEC-ETSI Joint Presidents Group (JPG).

7 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN 2016

8 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN While CEN and CENELEC continue to support separate standardization activities in their respective sectors and fields of competence, there are a number of areas in which both organizations are actively involved. CEN and CENELEC also collaborate with ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to coordinate standardization activities in several areas where digital technologies play a significant role. By working together in areas of mutual interest, CEN and CENELEC are able to access and share knowledge and expertise from their respective communities. Such collaboration helps to ensure that European Standards and other standardization deliverables developed by CEN and CENELEC are up-to-date and state-of-the-art, meeting market needs and taking into account the views of all interested stakeholders. In some cases, CEN and CENELEC are supporting common standardization activities, which are undertaken by joint technical bodies. In other areas, the two organizations are developing activities in parallel. Continuous coordination and sharing of information between the relevant technical bodies ensures that these activities are complementary, and that the resulting European Standards and other deliverables are mutually compatible. ACCESSIBILITY CEN and CENELEC are currently developing European Standards and other deliverables to promote accessibility of products, services and the built environment to the widest range of users, including people with disabilities and older people. This is the result of the European Commission s requests for standardization (M/473, M/420 and M/376) and the activity of CEN/BT/WG 213 (Strategic Advisory Group on Accessibility - SAGA), which coordinates political and strategic matters on accessibility and advises the CEN and CENELEC Technical Boards. European and national organizations representing older and disabled persons, industry and service providers all contribute to standardization achievements in this sector. Design for all In response to Standardization Request M/473, the CEN and CENELEC Joint Working Group 5 (JWG 5) Design for All, continued the work on the development of a European Standard Accessibility following a Design for All approach in products, goods and services Extending the range of users. The European Standard (EN) will provide guidance on how to apply a Design for All approach to designing and developing mainstream products, goods and services to offer access to the widest range of users. The JWG 5 and experts from CEN/BT/WG 213 finalized a methodological approach (Protocol) that would help Technical Committees to address accessibility following a Design for All approach in relevant standardization activities. AIR AND SPACE Aerospace standards are developed in collaboration with the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe - - Standardization (ASD-STAN, a CEN associated body for aerospace). Air traffic management (ATM) standards are being developed by CEN/TC 377 Air traffic management, while the joint CEN-CENELEC Technical Committee (TC), Space (CEN/CLC/TC 5), is working on space standards. Space All work related to Standardization Request M/496 is undertaken in close collaboration with the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). CEN/CLC TC 5 published seven new European Standards in 2016, five of which were on space product assurance (EN series). In addition, the TC began work on Space - Use of geo-positioning services for navigation and localization applications, by conducting a survey on Future activities in space standardization. Aerospace In view of regulation 1025/2012 on standardization, CEN and ASD-STAN began revising the ASD-STAN submission process of their standards to CEN, in order to publish them as European Standard (EN). Their objective was to be transparent and, thus, included an additional enquiry in the process. The revised process was approved by the Technical Board of CEN in Consequently, a new agreement between the two organizations has been initiated, to be signed in CHEMICAL Standards play a crucial role in both creating a single market for chemical products and supporting the uptake of new products. Standards are also vital in helping ensure that chemical products on the European market are safe. In addition, they increase market transparency by providing common reference methods and requirements, enabling claims about different products to be verified (e.g. bio-based content, environmental sustainability, safety and toxicity). Many of the European standardization activities in the chemicals sector are developed in response to European Commission requests. The standards that result from this work support the implementation of European policies and legislation, such as Regulation (EC) 2003/2003 on Fertilizers, Directive 2014/28/EU on Explosives for civil uses, Directives 2013/29/EU on Pyrotechnic articles and the European Commission s Bioeconomy Strategy (COM(2012) 60). CEN works closely with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to coordinate standardization activities on chemical products. As a result, 43% of all European Standards in this sector are identical to the international standards published by the ISO. This alignment is especially important for European companies that want to export their products globally.

9 Bio-based products CEN is developing European Standards and other deliverables to cover horizontal aspects common to bio-based products as well as standards for specific product groups such as biobased solvents, surfactants, lubricants and plastics. Much of this work relates to standardization requests from the European Commission (M/430, M/491 and M/492). CEN published two new European Standards on businessto-business communication of bio-based product characteristics (EN 16848) and sustainability criteria for biobased products (EN 16751) during These standards were developed by CEN/TC 411 Bio-based products, under M/492 on horizontal standards for bio-based products. CEN/TC 411 also produced a Technical Report (CEN/TR 16957), providing guidance on compiling an inventory for the end-of-life phase in the Life Cycle Assessment of bio-based products. CEN published a new European Standard (EN 16807) setting out criteria and requirements for bio-lubricants and bio-based lubricants. This was developed by CEN/TC 19 Gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin. CEN/TC 276 Surface active agents finalized a Technical Specification (CEN/TS 17035) which defines requirements and test methods for bio-based surfactants. Sustainable chemicals In September 2016, CEN and CENELEC accepted an ancillary action to identify potential needs for standardizing sustainable chemicals from primary and secondary raw materials, related to the EC Circular Economy Action Plan. The objective is to map, identify and prioritise standardization needs by listing the existing activities linked to different regulations and policies. CEN and CENELEC will work closely with a wide range of relevant stakeholders. Fertilizers In March, the European Commission adopted a proposal to simplify existing legislation on fertilizers and improving the way the EU fertilizers market works. CEN/TC 260 Fertilizers and liming materials and CEN/ TC 223 Soil improvers and growing medias were closely involved in determining which standards should be kept, improved or developed. At the same time, TC 260 published three ENs and two amendments to previous standards. Fireworks CEN/TC 212 are close to resolving the issues that prevented the standards published in 2015 to be referenced in the Official Journal of the EU, with only a few minor issues remaining outstanding. Paints and varnishes CEN/TC 139 Paint and varnishes, cooperating with ISO/TC 35, issued a series of standards on Paints and varnishes - Evaluation of degradation of coatings and a series on Paints and varnishes - Determination of resistance to abrasion. Photocatalysis CEN published two Technical Specifications on terminology for photocatalysis (CEN/TS 16981) as well as a test method to assess the performance of photocatalytic inorganic materials (CEN/TS ). The two Technical Specifications were developed by CEN/TC 386 Photocatalysis. CONSTRUCTION CEN and CENELEC have more than 90 Technical Committees (TCs) developing standards setting out requirements and methods for testing the performance of construction products and materials. Harmonized European Standards, when cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), allow manufacturers to prepare declarations of performance (DoP) in accordance with the provisions of the EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR - 305/2011) and affix CE marking to their products. CEN and CENELEC finalized and approved 51 European Standards during These were submitted to the European Commission for citation under the CPR. The aim of Action 5 of the Joint Initiative on Standardization (where CEN has the lead) is to clarify the role of harmonized standards in supporting the CPR. The CEN and CENELEC Technical Boards approved the Position Paper On the implications of the Construction Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 305/2011) on the European Standardization System in September The Technical Boards agreed to extend the joint Working Group activities for a further year, to discuss the implications of the CPR for the European Standardization System and to develop a strategy for the construction sector (CEN-CLC/ BT WG 9). BT WG 9 contributed to the EC Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS) under the Single Market Strategy Action 5, Aiding the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) through standards. Structural Eurocodes Eurocodes are a set of European Standards for the structural design of building and civil engineering works. The European Commission had requested CEN (EC Standardization Request M/515) to revise the existing Eurocodes and extend the scope of structural Eurocodes. CEN continued preparatory work during 2016, developing a new generation of Eurocodes. In addition, CEN launched a new call for experts to support activities in phase 2 of M/515. The Technical Committee Structural Eurocodes (CEN/TC 250) established several Working Groups and Project Teams and began revising the full series of Eurocodes to take account of new methods, materials, regulatory requirements and societal needs. Sustainability of construction works CEN published two new Technical Reports in CEN/TR 16970:2016 Sustainability of construction works - Guidance for the implementation of EN provides guidelines on implementing European Standard EN 15804, containing rules for categories of construction products with regard to Environmental Product Declarations. CEN/TR 17005:2016 Sustainability of construction works - Additional environmental impact categories and indicators - Background information and possibilities - Evaluation of the possibility of adding environmental impact categories and related indicators and calculation methods for the assessment of the 7

10 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN environmental performance of buildings defines the suitability of new indicators that need to be used when declaring the environmental performance of construction products and assessing the environmental performance of buildings related to CEN/TC 350 Sustainability of Construction Works. CEN also published the CWA 17089:2016 Indicators for the sustainability assessment of roads. Dangerous Substances CEN/TC 351 Construction Products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances developed standardized methods for testing dangerous substances released by construction products, as a response to European Commission Standardization Request M/366. These will be reference horizontal assessments for use in all construction product standards. CEN approved and issued a new Technical Specification, CEN/TS , specifying the Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Part 3: Horizontal up-flow percolation test. CEN/TC 351 finalized the content to allow adoption of a new European Standard, EN Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of emissions into indoor air. DEFENCE & SECURITY CEN and CENELEC are eager to engage with the security industry to identify key strategic initiatives (technologies, industrial capabilities and skills) to allow Europe to tackle its security challenges and threats. In security, as in many other areas in Europe, fragmentation leaves us vulnerable. Greater harmonization requirements for European capabilities and security products will lead to more consistent risk management measures. This could increase the level of security by protecting those infrastructures which provide essential support for economic and social well-being more effectively. CEN and CENELEC Technical Committees (TCs) work with relevant stakeholders (EURALARM, ANEC, COESS, ENISA, EDA, etc.) to develop technical guidelines and recommendations for security products and systems that allow for interoperability, capacity building and knowledge sharing among European countries. Alarm systems CLC/TC 79 Alarms systems released a series of publications on intrusion and hold-up systems: Intrusion detectors - Shock detectors (EN :2016), Intrusion and holdup systems - Part 2-9: Intrusion detectors - Active infrared beam detectors (CLC/TS :2016) and Methods and requirements for setting and unsetting of Intruder Alarm Systems (IAS) (CLC/TS :2016). Cybersecurity The CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Cybersecurity (CSCG) published its final report on cybersecurity terminology embedded into existing international standards and specifications. The final report was made publicly available on the CEN-CENELEC website. With rapid digitization taking place in all industry sectors and the implementation of new and converging technologies, CEN and CENELEC initiated consultations with different industry stakeholders to establish a new technical committee on cybersecurity in order to set out both horizontal and sector specific requirements on ICT security and physical security technical guidelines. The new committee is expected to be established in Defence The Defence Standardization Coordination Group (DSCG) aims to improve cooperation between the military and civil standards communities in Europe. This will act as a forum for dialogue and exchanging views on the standardization needs of the defence sector. This Group met twice during 2016 to discuss concrete proposals for potential dual-use standardization activities on measuring noise and hearing protection, combat tyres and personal defence shields. The experience gained during these discussions will be used to further improve cooperation between both communities in Societal and Citizen Security Standardization puts risk management at the heart of good business practice. This benefits numerous industry sectors, in particular, critical infrastructure, security public and private service providers as well as law enforcement agencies and EU citizens. CEN/TC 391 Societal and citizen security initiated new work on guidance for the security of CBRN-E (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives) substances for healthcare facilities during their lifecycle. This specification builds on the results of an analysis of security best practices and a survey on national policy and legislation in several EU member states. Additionally, CEN/TC 391 embarked on a new Technical Specification to give guidance and good practice advice to crisis management leaders. The ability to mount a timely response to a crisis is critical. Therefore, organizations should consider how they might mobilize their crisis arrangements at an early stage as a precautionary measure. This upcoming specification will help EU businesses to identify and understand the issues and challenges of crisis management from a strategic perspective, to evaluate the implications for their organizations and to take practical steps to improve their crisis management capability. To support the security challenges facing society, CEN/TC 391 engaged with other Technical Committees to define standards for business sectors (particularly construction, protective equipment, water security and ICT), with converging objectives on security, to prepare a fully-fledged standardization response. A first standardization workshop on the security landscape took place in Delft on 2 November Participants concluded that establishing a Security Sector Forum could potentially help coordinate and identify new challenges and determine the needs for standards in tackling common challenges and security threats. The CEN Workshop on Police Firearms Technologies (CEN/ WS PFT) defined a common set of technical recommendations and verification methods to guarantee high quality equipment for police officials. The documents reflect the consensus of industry and law enforcement on the requirements for

11 different types of firearms and ammunition, while recognizing that several different technical implementations may comply with requirements and police needs. Tactical environments may set differing priorities on requirements. CEN published the following documents, defining recommendations for police pistol and rifle ammunition features (CWA :2016), police pistol and support weapon (CWA :2016), and police shotgun ammunition features (CWA :2016), in December These provide a solid technical basis and benchmark for manufacturers during the design process and national procurement as well as continuous monitoring of firearms. The FP7-funded project CRISP (Evaluation and Certification Schemes for Security Products) proposed a new CEN- CENELEC Workshop (WS STEFi) on methodology for evaluating and certifying security systems. This would integrate technical, social and legal dimensions (Security, Trust, Efficiency and Freedom Infringement) as assessment criteria for security products and systems. The first CEN WS CRISP meeting took place in October 2016 and the final Workshop Agreement is expected to be published in early Privacy management CEN and CENELEC Joint Working Group 8 (CEN-CLC/JWG 8) approved the work programme to be developed under the M/530 Privacy and personal data protection management in the design and development and in the production and service provision and process in the security technologies. This includes an agreement on the upcoming drafting of a European Standard on Privacy protection by design and by default and on sector-specific guidelines for video surveillance (CCTV) and biometric measures for access control including face recognition. The CEN Workshop Self-Sovereign Identifier(s) for Personal Data Ownership and Usage Control (CEN WS ISÆN), was established by CEN in June The Workshop aims to define a self-sovereign identifier (SSI) that would serve as a measurement tool for empowering individuals, helping them take control of their data and making their fundamental right to privacy easier to action. The Self-Sovereign Identifier(s) will be called the ISÆN; Individual personal data Auditable address Number. CEN is expected to publish the final deliverable by mid DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are very important in our daily lives. These technologies are used by all types of businesses and organizations to manage information, communicate and interact with customers and suppliers, and deliver high quality products and services. Thus, standards are vital to ensure the performance, reliability, compatibility and interoperability of ICT systems, and work together smoothly, efficiently and securely. CEN and CENELEC are working together to develop standards that support the development of open and competitive markets, thus meeting the needs of business, consumers and other stakeholders. The Technical Boards of CEN and CENELEC have set up a joint Working Group on ICT standardization (CEN-CLC/BT/WG 6), which provides input to the European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT standardization. CEN and CENELEC support a wide range of standardization activities for ICT. Many of these cover topics mentioned in the European Commission s Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation : Cybersecurity and e-privacy, e-skills, e-accessibility, e-health, e-procurement, e-invoicing, e-payments, e-signatures, Smart Grids and Smart Metering, smart and sustainable cities and communities, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), electronic road-toll services, and advanced manufacturing. Electronic invoicing CEN/TC 434 Electronic invoicing is developing an important standard which may affect any commercial transaction with European Public Administrations. The TC is developing a standard on Electronic invoicing - Semantic data model of the core elements of an electronic invoice. This describes a semantic model, including all the essential information elements that an electronic invoice needs to ensure legal and fiscal compliance and enable cross-border interoperability and cross-sector trade. e-procurement Building on the foundations laid in CEN Workshops (CWAs), a first CEN/TC has been established to upgrade a large number of CEN/CWAs in other types of CEN deliverables. CEN/TC 440 on Electronic Public Procurement is transforming 130 CWAs in CEN/TS and CEN/TR. They use a specific architecture, EIRA, which was developed by the European Commission for the ISA project. This architecture is based on a specific development of the Open Group. As result, CEN is discussing licencing agreements with the two organizations to avoid any legal issues. e-signatures CEN/TC 224 'Personal identification and related personal devices with secure element, systems, operations and privacy in a multi sectorial environment' is finalizing work for M/460 to develop standards to set up a Rationalised European e-signature standardization framework. This work was undertaken in collaboration with ETSI. The two organizations will soon issue the final deliverables. Geographical data CEN/TC 287 Geographical data works closely with its counterpart committee at the international level, ISO/TC 211. They issued two standards this year, on Geographic information Services and Geographic information - Methodology for feature cataloguing. Digital skills CEN/TC 428 'Digital competences and ICT Professionalism' published EN :2016, A common European Framework for ICT Professionals in all industry sectors - Part 1: Framework. This provides a reference of 40 competences required and applied at the ICT business-related workplace. It provides a common language for competences, skills and proficiency levels that can be understood across Europe. As the first sector-specific implementation of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), this European Standard aligns its proficiency levels to the EQF learning levels. The Standard fully supports the key objectives of the Digital Single Market on growth and jobs creation. 9

12 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN ELECTROTECHNOLOGY European standardization activities in the electrotechnical sector are managed by CENELEC, which supports a wide range of Technical Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups dealing with a variety of topics and types of products. Common to all these standardization activities is CENELEC s strong commitment to ensuring the highest possible levels of safety, performance and energy efficiency. While industry driven, many experts representing the interests of other stakeholders are active in the process of developing these standards. The Dresden Agreement, continued in the Frankfurt Agreement, guarantees the global relevance of CENELEC standardization work; around 80 percent of CENELEC standards are European adoptions of International standards, developed under parallel procedures with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Low Voltage Since April 2016, the new Low Voltage Directive (LVD /35/EU) has replaced the previous Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EU). To properly fulfil the EC Standardization request M/511 (harmonized standards for the Low Voltage Directive), CENELEC has adjusted some ancillary elements in the standards development, be they home-grown or adopted from the IEC. More than 80 technical bodies are developing standards to support European legislation in the Low Voltage field. These bodies are directing their activities towards aligning their standards to the new legislative framework (e.g. adding a specific annex making the link between legislation and the relevant clauses of the standard). Radio Equipment In June 2016, the new Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) entered into force. The Directive has a significant impact on industry and standardization. It not only affects electrical and electronic products covered by CENELEC, it also has a huge potential impact on a series of products within CEN s scope that could integrate radio in the future (e.g. professional appliances, machines and clothing). Consequently, in February 2016, the CEN and CENELEC Technical Boards established BT Working Group 10 (BTWG 10), which mirrors the evolution around the RED (particularly the link with LVD (2014/35/EU) and EMCD (2014/30/EU). In the frame of Standardization Request M/536, the group conducted several meetings, resulting in a proposed (and adopted) way forward to prepare the work programme for RED, while providing potential routes to timely make the necessary adjustments to the standards included in that work programme for their listing, under the RED, in the Official Journal of the European Union. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) CEN and CENELEC continued to develop standards enabling electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), in line with relevant EU legislation (new EMC Directive 2014/30/EU), with a main horizontal role for CENELECs Technical Committee Electromagnetic Compatibility (CLC/TC 210). To comply with requirements of the new Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMCD /30/EU) and its corresponding Standardization Request (M/552), CEN and CENELEC technical bodies that develop standards in the EMC field are reviewing and revising the percentage of the standards they intend to keep in the work programme. Aiming at global relevance, CLC/TC 210 continued its longstanding close cooperation with the International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR), an IEC Technical Committee. CLC/TC 210 finalized new and revised standards: EN (Industrial, scientific and medical equipment - Radiofrequency disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement) was published. The series EN (Sound and television broadcast receivers and associated equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement) and the EN series (Radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and methods) were amended. The cooperation between CEN, CENELEC and ETSI helps ensuring a coherent and coordinated approach towards EMC standardization activities. Electromagnetic fields (EMF) CENELEC s activities for EMF are covered by CLC/TC 106X, which deals with different aspects of human exposure to electromagnetic fields (from 0 Hz to 300 GHz). CLC/TC 106X focused its activities on finalizing two standards on Procedure for the assessment of the exposure to electromagnetic fields of workers bearing active implantable medical devices (EN series). In addition, CLC/TC 106X worked on adapting its standards to meet the requirements of the new Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU). This was prompted by reasonably foreseeable conditions of the new Radio Equipment Directive in contrast to intended use conditions of the old R&TTED (Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EU), which required changes to methodologies and compliance criteria. Electric Cables Information Technology Lighting CENELEC continued developing standards for power, control and communication cables. This work is being carried out by various Technical Committees, including CLC/TC 20 Electric cables, CLC/TC 46X Communication cables, CLC/TC 86A Optical fibres and optical fibre cables, CLC/TC 86BXA Fibre optic interconnect, passive and connectorized components, CLC/TC 209 Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services, CLC/TC 213 Cable management systems and CLC/TC 215 Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment. CENELEC published new and revised European Standards, developed by CLC/TC 46X on: Communication cables and their common design rules and construction (EN ); Communication cables - Specifications for test methods (EN 50289); and Detail specification for cable assemblies for radio and TV receivers (EN 60966). CLC/TC 20 Electric cables published a new part in the EN series Mineral insulated cables and their terminations with a rated voltage not exceeding 750 V,

13 amended the series Common test methods for cables under fire conditions and the series Power, control and communication cables. CLC/TC 215 Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment published several European Standards relating to telecommunications in data centre facilities (EN series). In addition, a standard that specifies requirements and recommendations for the attributes of automated infrastructure management systems (explaining how these systems can contribute to operational efficiency) was also published. Several standards on optical fibres and optical fibre cables (by CLC/TC 86A), and numerous standards for fibre optic interconnecting devices and components (by CLC/TC 86BXA) were developed. Furthermore, CENELEC published a new edition of EN 61914:2016 Cable cleats for electrical installations (developed by CLC/TC 213) as well as standards on cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services (developed by CLC/TC 209). ENERGY & UTILITIES CEN and CENELEC support a wide range of standardization activities in the generation, distribution, management and sustainable use of energy. CEN supports activities in relation to gas, fuels (including bio-fuels) and solar (thermal) energy, while CENELEC s activities address electricity, solar (photovoltaic) and wind energy. Furthermore, CEN and CENELEC pursue joint or complementary activities for energy management and energy efficiency, hydrogen, eco design and energy labelling, e-mobility, and smart grids and meters. Ecodesign and energy labelling CEN and CENELEC published 23 European Standards in support of Ecodesign Regulations on household dishwashers (EN 50242); household washing machines (EN 60456); household cooking appliances (EN ); lamps (EN 60357:2003/A11, EN and EN ); water heaters (EN 12897, EN , EN , EN , EN ); air conditioners and comfort fans (EN 13771); space heaters (EN 14825, EN :2012+A1); water pumps (EN 16480); refrigerators (EN 16825); ventilation units (EN ISO , EN ISO , EN ISO , and EN ISO ); medium and large power transformers (EN :2015/A1, EN 50629:2015/A1) and power drive systems (EN :2014/A1). In addition, the work on 66 ecodesign and energy labelling European Standards was launched or continued in response to 18 different standardization requests relating to energy performance of buildings (M/480), air conditioners (M/488), power transformers (M/495 Am.2), water heaters (M/534), space heaters (M/535), vacuum cleaners (M/540), and computers (M/545). Furthermore, CEN and CENELEC each accepted one standardization request from the European Commission. CEN will develop European Standards on solid fuel boilers (M/551) while CENELEC will work on standards for energy performance measurement methods for local space heaters (M/550). CEN and CENELEC focused on developing a work programme specifying the deliverables related to the horizontal Standardization Request M/543 on material efficiency aspects, following its acceptance at the end of CEN and CENELEC are expected to finalize the deliverables by the requested deadline of March Nuclear Energy In nuclear energy, CEN and CENELEC published 12 new European Standards in Ten of the twelve standards are identical to the existing ISO and IEC international standards. For nuclear energy, nuclear technologies and radiological protection, CEN/TC 430 Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection adopted five standards developed within ISO/TC 85. These relate to the chemical separation and purification of uranium and plutonium in nitric acid solutions (EN ISO series); the measurement of radon 220 radioactivity in the air (EN ISO 16641); the measurement of gamma-emitting radionuclides in soil (EN ISO ), and the re-sintering test for UO2, (U,Gd)O2 and (U,Pu)O2 pellets (EN ISO 15646). CLC/TC 45AX Instrumentation, control and electrical systems of nuclear facilities developed three standards on Operator controls in control rooms (EN 61227); Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room (EN 60965); and Design and qualification of isolation devices (EN 62808). CLC/TC 45B on radiation protection instrumentation developed four standards on Hand-held instruments for photon detection of radioactive material (EN 62533); Spectroscopy-based alarming personal radiation detectors for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material (EN 62618); Backpack-type radiation detector for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material (EN 62694); and Passive integrating dosimetry systems for the monitoring of photon and beta radiation (EN 62387). In addition, CEN began developing a Workshop Agreement (CWA) on Standards-Compliant Formats for Fatigue Test Data (FATEDA), a component of the European INCEFA+ project. The workshop aims to deliver data formats for supporting data collection and exchange between the INCEFA-PLUS partners. It will also provide the nuclear energy sector and other relevant stakeholders with an effective method of collecting, exchanging and reporting fatigue test data. Another recent CEN Workshop, METEDA, focusing on Mechanical Test Data, has been established with the aim to deliver data formats for creep, creep crack growth, creepfatigue and creep-fatigue crack growth testing. It will provide the nuclear energy sector with an effective method of collecting, exchanging and reporting test data. Automotive fuels, alternative fuels infrastructure and fuel labelling In response to the Standardization Request M/533 to support implementation of the EU Directive on Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (2014/94/EU), CEN has adopted the existing ISO standard on gaseous hydrogen land vehicle refuelling connection devices (EN ISO 17268). CEN/TC 268 Cryogenic vessels and specific hydrogen technologies applications also started work on two new items on minimum safety requirements for Hydrogen Fuelling Stations for land-based Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, 11

14 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN and the Quality of hydrogen fuel for use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell road vehicle systems. These two work items will be developed during CEN published a European Standard (EN 16942) providing harmonized graphic symbols for liquid and gaseous fuels. This was developed in just over a year, following a letter from the European Commission in It will support the implementation of Article 7 of Directive 2014/94/EU. This aims to ensure that consumers receive consistent and clear information on the compatibility of their vehicles with individual fuels available on the market. CEN also published two new European Standards developed by CEN/TC 19 Gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin on paraffinic diesel (EN 15940) and automotive B10 diesel fuel (EN 16734). Hydrogen CEN and CENELEC established a new joint Technical Committee (TC), CEN-CENELEC/TC 6 Hydrogen in energy systems. The new TC was created following a report by the CEN-CENELEC Sector Forum on Energy Management working group on hydrogen, which identified a series of standardization needs. The new TC will develop standards for systems, devices and connections for the production, storage, transport and distribution, measurement and use of hydrogen from renewable energy and other sources. Energy management CEN and CENELEC established a new Joint Working Group (CEN-CLC/JWG 9), which will develop a European Standard with a methodology to design, set up, implement and maintain an energy measurement plan. The objective is to monitor the energy performance of an organization based on the factors that influence its operation. This will help organizations to monitor and improve how they manage energy use and will complement existing standards such as EN ISO on Energy management systems or EN on Energy audits. Gas CEN/TC 234 Gas infrastructure revised the entire EN 1918 series (functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and abandonment of underground gas storage facilities). This is part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring the technical safety and reliability of the European gas system, Given the pending publication of the upcoming Standardization Request in support of the implementation of the new Gas Regulation (2016/46/EU), CEN and CLC technical bodies began developing standards and/or amendments needed to align to this new regulation. With the continuation of M/400 (Gas quality), CEN Sector Forum Gas established a Working Group to conduct a pre-normative study of H-gas quality parameters. Once concluded, the study should feed a future amendment to EN 16726:2015 Gas infrastructure - Quality of gas - Group H that would allow the completion of the EC Standardization Request M/400 (Gas quality). CEN published a European Standard that sets a specification for biomethane for injection in the natural gas grid network (EN ). This standard was developed by CEN/ TC 408 Natural gas and biomethane for use in transport and biomethane for injection in the natural gas grid under Standardization Request M/475 on biomethane. Wind energy CLC/TC 88 Wind turbines developed European Standards, as well as adopting international standards from IEC/TC 88 as European. Developing and adopting standards for power performance and communications for monitoring and control continued during CENELEC published EN (Part 13) on measuring mechanical loads on wind turbines in order to validate the load simulation model. This sees the adoption of an International Standard, published following the upgrade of a technical specification. The TC initiated adoption of a series of IEC TSs as CENELEC technical specifications. The work will start in Solar energy CLC/TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems developed home-grown European Standards, and also adopted international standards from IEC/TC 82 as European Standards. The development of European Standards for safety and design qualifications, measurement, monitoring as well as requirements for construction and testing continued throughout CENELEC published 12 European Standards, notably those related to Measurement (EN , EN , EN , EN ); Design qualification and type approval (EN , EN , EN 62108); Testing (EN , EN ); and Photovoltaics in buildings (EN , EN ). The majority of these standards are developed by IEC and adopted at European level. CLC/TR External fire exposure to roofs in combination with photovoltaic was also published in ENVIRONMENT CEN and CENELEC concluded a communication campaign showing the public how European Standards help combine competitiveness and sustainability through addressing environmental aspects. The end of the campaign was marked with a series of video interviews with industry, SMEs and policy makers recorded during the campaign and with two special issues of the newsletter CONNECT focusing on the environment. The main deliverable was the new CEN and CENELEC environmental brochure, published in spring CEN and CENELEC emphasised contributing to the circular economy initiative. This featured a successful industry engagement workshop, entitled Standards for circular economy, waste management and secondary raw materials on 8 September It attracted over 95 participants including industry, consumers, government and European institutions, research centres, national standards institutes, academia, societal stakeholders. There were also two assessments launched to ascertain how standards can

15 support the circular economy initiative. The 2016 StandarDays also included a special session on the circular economy. Climate Change Adaptation The Programming Phase of Standardization Request M/526, supporting implementation of the Communication on The EU strategy on adaptation to climate change (COM (2013) 216 final), was finalized in The list of standards for revision in the three priority sectors transport, energy and construction was also completed. The objective of these revisions is to make European ecological and economic systems more resilient to climate change and extreme weather events. The Standardization Phase, the concrete development and revisions of standards, will start in CEN and CENELEC will closely follow the activities of ISO, to complement and build on the experience gained at the international level. New Guides A specific CEN-CENELEC Guide (Guide 32) to help standard writers address climate change adaptation aspects was published in This enables them to identify relevant climate impacts and include climate change adaptation considerations within new or revised standardization documents. A CEN-CENELEC Guide for addressing environmental issues in testing standards (Guide 33) was also finalized and published in the beginning of Chemicals The project aiming at developing a CEN Guide on chemicals in products standards, to provide a more hands-on approach and detailed guidance on specific issues of hazardous chemicals, continued in 2016 and it is expected to be finalized in FOOD & FEED CEN s activities on food safety align with the European Union s objective of achieving the highest possible levels of health protection for consumers. Many European Standards and other deliverables are developed in response to standardization requests from the European Commission (including M/381, M/422, M/463 and M/520 to 523). Moreover, CEN collaborates with the ISO to ensure that international standards for food can be adopted and published as European Standards. Utensils in contact with food The European Commission contacted CEN with a view to preparing a Standardization Request in support of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on materials and articles that could come into contact with food. Food analysis CEN published nine deliverables on food analysis methods. Five were in support of Directive 882/2004 on The verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules, two European Standards on Determination of elements and their chemical species in foodstuff (EN 16801:2016; EN 16802:2016) and three Technical Specifications on Detection of food allergens by molecular biological methods in foodstuff (CEN/TS ; CEN/TS :2016; CEN/TS ). Towards the end of the year, discussions began on whether to create a coordination group for Food Authenticity with CEN/TC 275, CEN/TC 302, CEN/TC 327 and CEN/TC 338. The objective would be to coordinate different Technical Committees (TCs) in the area of Food Authenticity, checking which fully validated methods for food authenticity already exist and are ready for standardization. Animal feeding stuffs CEN published two deliverables on methods for sampling and analyzing animal feeding stuffs: EN ISO 13904:2016 and EN 16877:2016. The latter is under Standardization Request M/521 Animal Nutrition (Part I), supporting Directive 882/2004 on The verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. FURNITURE & HOUSEWARE CEN Technical Committee for Furniture is CEN/TC 207. CEN published four European Standards on office and domestic furniture (EN 527-2:2016, EN 14749:2016, EN 12727:2016 and EN 15372:2016) during 2016, along with one Technical Specification on the Assessment of the surface resistance to microscratching (CEN/TS 16611:2016). HEALTH & SAFETY The Health and Safety sector addresses standardization of occupational health and safety (OHS), personal protective equipment (PPE) and explosive atmospheres (ATEX). Occupational Health and Safety CEN/TC 122 Ergonomics, working in collaboration with ISO/TC 159, its counterpart on the international level, revised various standards including EN ISO 6385 Ergonomic principles in the design of work systems and three standards of the multi-part EN ISO series 9241 Ergonomics of humansystem interaction. CEN/TC 231 Mechanical vibration and shock cooperated with ISO/TC 108, its counterpart on the international level, to develop EN ISO This involved evaluating the vibration of vehicle seats via laboratory tests, taking into account the previous European standard. Moreover, CEN/TC 231 developed a Technical Report, CEN/TR , which outlines feasible measures to reduce and control health hazards associated with exposure to hand-arm vibration at work. Personal Protective Equipment CEN and CENELEC developed 13 standards for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), among them 12 harmonized standards supporting implementation of the PPE Directive (89/686/EEC). 13

16 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN Protective Clothing CEN/TC 162 Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets developed three new harmonized standards on gloves. EN ISO on gloves - for protecting the user against dangerous chemicals and microorganisms - is an example of ISO adopting the European standard. The new version of EN 388 (protection against mechanical risks) led to improved testing of abrasion and cut resistance of gloves. Finally, a new standard, EN ISO 374-5, was developed to deal with virus protection. Personal Fall Protection CEN/TC 160 Protection against falls from height including working belts delivered a new version of EN 1496 Rescue lifting devices to cover new types of ropes and to improve tests. Smart textiles The European Commission, in consultation with CEN and CENELEC, finalized a standardization request to develop standards and other standardization deliverables on advanced garments providing protection against heat and flame with integrated smart textiles. When so notified by the European Commission, CEN and CENELEC accepted the standardization request as M/553. Explosive Atmospheres In conjunction with the ISO, CEN/TC in charge of standardization for non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - finalized two new standards: EN ISO on basic methods and requirements and EN ISO Non-electrical type of protection constructional safety 'c', control of ignition sources 'b', liquid immersion 'k. These standards are listed in the Official Journal of the European Union supporting the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU. These provide excellent examples of bringing together European requirements with an internationally accepted approach. HEALTHCARE & WELL-BEING Medical equipment CEN and CENELEC published 84 European Standards and two Technical Specifications on medical equipment. Of these, 41 European Standards - or amendments to European Standards - were intended to be cited as Harmonized Standards in the OJEU supporting the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC); three supporting the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive (98/79/EC); and four supporting the Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive (90/385/EEC). For molecular in vitro diagnostics, CEN produced one Technical Specification with recommendations for preexamination processes for metabolomics in urine, venous blood serum and plasma (CEN/TC 16945:2016). The relevant Technical Committee, CEN/TC 140, also produced a standard specifying the requirements for quality and competence in point-of-care-testing (POCT). This is carried out in a hospital, a clinic or by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. CEN published the European Standard EN 15224:2016 Quality management systems - EN ISO 9001:2015 for healthcare, replacing EN 15224:2012. The standard specifies the generic requirements of ISO 9001:2015 to all types of healthcare organizations, supporting them in delivering high quality healthcare services. Additionally, it seeks to enhance customer satisfaction by continually improving the management system within the organization. For quality management systems, CEN-CENELEC/TC 3 published the 2016 European version of EN ISO 13485, setting out requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements. CEN has been particularly active in the field of dentistry, producing 20 standards, seven of which are intended to be harmonized. For non-active medical devices, CEN/TC 205 created several standards, including requirements and test methods for sterile hypodermic needles for single use and sterile single-use syringes for insulin. In addition, 15 standards were produced on electrical medical equipment by CLC/TC 62. The majority of these belong to the EN series of standards, providing basic safety and essential performance requirements for a wide variety of medical equipment including therapeutic X-ray equipment (EN ), infant incubators (EN ), infant transport incubators (EN ), infant radiant warmers (EN ), infant phototherapy equipment (EN ), microwave therapy equipment (EN ), nerve and muscle stimulators (EN ), magnetic resonance equipment for medical diagnosis (EN ) and many others. Finally, CEN and CENELEC began reflecting on the necessary steps to take once the new Regulations on Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices are adopted in the first quarter of Under these regulations, all existing Harmonized Standards related to the current directives, will become invalid and will need to be adapted to the new regulations under two specific standardization requests. This will be a priority for CEN and CENELEC in the medical device sector. ehealth The importance of connecting ehealth services internationally and across Europe is widely recognized. For Europe, ehealth standardization is led by CEN/TC 251, which closely liaises with ISO/TC 215. CEN/TC 251 and ISO/TC 215 produced 13 standards in parallel, relating to identification data and medication data on patient health cards (EN ISO and EN ISO , respectively), requirements for electronic prescriptions (EN ISO 17523) and several standards on personal health device communication for devices such as sleep apnoea breathing therapy equipment (EN ISO ), continuous glucose monitors (EN ISO ), insulin pumps (EN ISO ). Another important standard is EN ISO 27799, which provides guidelines for organizational information security standards and information security management practices. These include selecting, implementing and managing controls, taking into consideration the organization's information security risk environment.

17 In addition, CEN/TC 251 developed two Technical Specifications on business requirements for a syntax to exchange structured dose information for medicinal products (CEN ISO/TS 17251). It also developed an implementation guide for ISO data elements and structures for uniquely identifying and exchanging regulated information on pharmaceutical dose forms, units of presentation, routes of administration and packaging (CEN ISO/TS 20440). In addition, CEN/TC 251 worked on an additional 26 documents in collaboration with ISO/TC 215. These included five Technical Specifications and 21 standards or amendments to existing standards. One of the new deliverables under development is a Technical Specification that provides a set of requirements for developers of health and wellness apps to meet the needs of healthcare professionals, patients, carers and the wider public. In May 2016, CEN/TC 251 was awarded a contract by the European Commission to participate in the global development of an International Patient Summary specification. It has been asked to turn that global specification into a European Patient Summary Standard and an accompanying Implementation Specification. This is a three-year project with a delivery date of May Cosmetics European Standards for cosmetic products are developed by CEN/TC 392 Cosmetics, mainly in collaboration with the corresponding ISO TC. Some of the standards are developed in the frame of EU Regulation EC/1223/2009. In 2016, CEN published one Technical Report on Guidelines for the application of ISO standards on Cosmetic Microbiology (CEN ISO/TR 19838:2016). HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES Safety of household and similar electrical appliances European Standardization activities for the safety of household and similar electrical appliances are developed by CLC/TC 61. This group works closely with its international counterpart, namely IEC/TC 61. The CENELEC activities in this area are actively supported by industry through its European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED), which supports CLC/TC 61 and its various Working Groups. CLC/TC 61 continued to collaborate with EC/TC 61 to ensure that European Standards in the EN series ( Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety ) are updated and aligned with international IEC standards. CLC/TC 61 also continued the non-technical adjustment of its standards to the requirements of European Directives, including those addressing Low Voltage (2014/35/EU), Machinery (2006/42/EC), and Radio Equipment (2014/53/EU). All activities required a frequent interaction with the European Commission and the various committees implementing the directives. Water heaters CENELEC/TC 59X produced three standards on water heaters in the series EN 50193, including two on general approaches for measuring performance of both electric instantaneous water heaters (EN ) and multifunctional electric water heaters (EN ). CENELEC published a standard for efficiency performance requirements of single point-of-use electric instantaneous showers intended for household or similar use (EN ). MACHINERY There are about 50 Technical Committees developing European Standards for various types of machines and another 27 participating in the standardization of pressure equipment. The standards for this sector frequently address the essential safety requirements of EU legislations such as the Directives on Machinery 2006/42/EC, Lifts 2014/33/EU, Pressure Equipment 2014/68/EU and Simple Pressure Vessels 2014/29/EU. Lifts and Escalators CEN/TC 10 Lifts, escalators and moving walks fully revised EN concerning the behaviour of lifts in the event of fire, based on experience gained from its application. The revision reduces the risk of passengers being trapped in a lift during a fire and provided solutions to assist fire-fighters/ rescue teams. In addition, a new standard EN Safety requirements for lifting tables, which specifies the safety requirements applicable to some slow-speed platform lifts, was finalized in cooperation with CEN/TC 98 Lifting platforms. Electric motor-operated tools CLC/TC 116 Safety of motor-operated electric tools developed seven new standards to complete the EN series on procedures for measuring the dust concentration produced by specific electric motor powered tools. The series aims to prevent people from breathing dust at work when using power tools such as diamond core drills, hammers, saws and sanders. Moreover, in cooperation with IEC/TC 116, CLC/TC 116 continued to develop additional parts of the EN series for electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools, and lawn and garden machinery, to replace both series EN and EN as well as specific parts of EN for garden machinery. A new standard was developed in the frame of this series; EN , which sets requirements for hand-held shears and nibblers. Offshore machinery CEN/TC 12 Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries adopted EN ISO 17776:2016, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Offshore production installations - Major accident hazard management during the design of new installations. This standard complements the set of documents prepared in response to a number of serious industry events. This standard describes processes for managing major accident hazards during the design of offshore oil and gas production installations, by providing requirements and guidance on the 15

18 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN development of strategies both to prevent the occurrence of major accidents and limit the potential consequences. Other achievements included the publications of EN ISO 17348:2016, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Materials selection for high content CO 2 environment for casings, tubings and downhole equipment and EN ISO 17349:2016, Petroleum and natural gas industries - Offshore platforms handling streams with high content of CO 2 at high pressures. Both meet the need of the oil and gas industry to deal with situations where CO 2 -rich streams increasingly occur while producing oil or gas. Additive Manufacturing Strong cooperation between CEN/TC 438 Additive manufacturing (AM) and ISO/TC 261 led to the publication of EN ISO General principle - Part 2 Overview of process categories and feedstock ; Part 3 Main characteristic and corresponding test methods and Part 4 Overview of data processing, and also the EN ISO/ASTM Standard terminology for additive manufacturing - Coordinate systems and test methodologies. CEN/ TC 438 launched a survey addressing about 50 CEN/TCs in different sectors to investigate their interests in Additive Manufacturing and in establishing new collaborations. As part of CEN/TC 438 s collaboration with the Horizon2020 FoFAM ( Factories of the Future - Additive Manufacturing ) project, a successful workshop was organized to strengthen the link between European research programmes and standardization in Additive Manufacturing, and raise awareness on standardization in this domain. Agricultural machinery CEN/TC 144 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry finalized a new European Standard, providing a standardized format for reporting accidents involving various types of agriculture and forestry tractors and equipment: EN In cooperation with its international counterpart (ISO/TC 23), CEN/TC 144 developed another standard within the EN ISO 4254 series - Part 14, specifying safety requirements for bale wrappers. Industrial trucks CEN/TC 150 Industrial Trucks Safety delivered three standards for the new series EN on test methods for energy efficiency. Part 1 specifies general test criteria and requirements for measuring the energy consumption of industrial trucks. The other parts give requirements for specific types of trucks: Part 2 covers Operator controlled self-propelled trucks, towing tractors and burden-carrier trucks ; Part 3 is dedicated to Container handling lift trucks. Machinery for use with foodstuffs and feed CEN/TC 153 Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed finalised a new standard on safety and hygiene requirements for automatic industrial slicing machines. EN addressed the hazards associated with the industrial machines with one or more blades used for the cutting of meat and sausage products, cheese or other sliceable food products. Pressure Equipment Two new Directives were implemented; the 2014/29/EU (simple pressure vessels) and the 2014/68/EU (pressure equipment) and their associated updated list of harmonized standards referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union. MATERIALS CEN develops standards for a wide range of materials, ranging from metallic alloys to textile products. Some of these are harmonized standards, supporting implementation of the EU s Construction Products Regulation (CPR). CEN also develops standards for nanotechnologies and nanomaterials, an area of growing importance that the European Commission has identified as a Key Enabling Technology. Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials CEN collaborates with ISO and other partners, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), for the development of standards for nano technologies and nanomaterials. 15 different Technical Committees (TCs) at European and international levels are involved in standardization activities related to nanotechnologies. The work is mainly related to a Standardization Request from the European Commission (M/461) covering a range of topics on characterizing nanomaterials, measuring and simulating exposure to nanomaterials as well as health, safety and environmental (HS&E) aspects. Nanotechnologies CEN published two Technical Specifications in the area of Nanotechnologies; CEN/TS 16937:2016 is a Guidance for the responsible development of nanotechnologies ; and CEN/TS 17010:2016 is a Guidance on measurands for characterising nano-objects. The latter falls under Standardization Request M/461 Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials. SERVICES Standardization is increasingly used to support the competitiveness of the services sector and in developing the single market for services. The EU Directive on Services (2006/123/EC) highlights the need for European Standards to improve compatibility between services, enhance the quality of service delivery, and ensure service users receive relevant information. Services strategy The CEN/CA Strategic Advisory Group on Services (SAGS) developed a strategy to address European standardization on services. CEN and CENELEC organized a stakeholders engagement event in Brussels in October 2016, entitled: From products to services - The evolving role of standards. The feedback from the event, which attracted more than 70 participants, helped shape the European strategy for standardization in this sector.

19 The strategy aims to increase awareness of service standardization. It also wants to engage with stakeholders to better understand their needs and show them how they can benefit from European standardization. In addition, it defines criteria for helping identify priority sectors with the greatest potential of benefitting from standardization. The strategy, expected to be published at the end of the first quarter of 2017, is Action 12 of the Joint Initiative on Standardization, where CEN has the lead. Horizontal service standards CEN established a new Technical Committee, CEN/TC 447 Horizontal standards for the provision of services, which will develop service standards addressing common aspects of differing types of services: performance measurement, complaint procedures or service procurement. As a priority within Phase II of the European Commission s request on horizontal service standards (M/517), CEN/TC 447 began work on terminology, service procurement, contracts and performance management. Healthcare services Historically, European standardization in the healthcare sector has been limited to medical devices and ehealth applications. In recent years, however, there has been a growing number of initiatives for standardization on healthcare services. CEN has established a Focus Group on Healthcare Services to discuss and develop proposals for an overall approach and methodology for standardization in this area. The new Focus Group will take into account the work done by SAGS and the Advisory Board on Healthcare Standards (ABHS) Adhoc Group on healthcare services, which developed a draft strategy for healthcare services in The Focus Group expected to provide a first set of recommendations in CEN adopted and issued a European Standard on services from medical doctors with additional qualification in Homeopathy (EN 16872), which was developed by CEN/TC 427. In addition, two new Technical Committees on quality of care for older people (CEN/TC 449) and patient involvement in person-centred care (CEN/TC 450) were created in Insurance services CEN/TC 445 Digital information model for insurance had its first meeting in January in Berlin. The first work items define requirements for the premium invoice from the insurance industry to private or commercial clients. The accounting transactions between insurer and broker, which may contain premium invoice data, are excluded from this scope. Postal services CEN is developing standards to support the Postal Services Directive (97/67/EC and its amendments). The objective of the EU legislation is to complete the internal market for postal services and ensure that consumers can access efficient, reliable and high quality services throughout the EU at affordable prices. In 2016, CEN received and accepted a new standardization request from the European Commission for postal services (M/548). The topics include measuring postal service quality, interoperability, digital postal services and labelling and the exchange of data. The requested standards, which will be developed by CEN/ TC 331 on Postal services will support the EC roadmap for completing the Single Market for parcel delivery (COM (2013)886) and the creation of a Digital Single Market for the European Union. Security services The CEN/TC 439 Private security services finalized the feasibility study on critical infrastructures. This allowed the committee to identify the existing best practice for delivering security services requested by public and private clients or buyers. As an outcome result of the study, CEN/TC 439 decided to develop a European Standard to support security measures and solutions procurement and to determine those private security organizations competent to undertake such measures. CEN/TC 439 experts agreed to begin revising the existing European standard on terms and definitions for security services provision, EN Security service providers - Terminology published in 2008, and the EN on aviation security services published in Social services Progress was made towards sharing responsibilities and standardization work to be done by CEN and CENELEC in defining a service level playing field for the provision of social services. Experts representing alarm industry and social service providers identified the upcoming topics for standardization, to be carried out by CEN/TC 431 Service chain for social care alarms and CENELEC/TC 79 Alarm systems. On the service side, upcoming work will include installation services, complaint handling, risk management, service quality, telecom services, service development, subcontracting, service development and improvement, ethics, informal arrangements, workforce education and training, mobile alarm systems, contact persons (close family and friends) and guidance on call handling. Other service activities CEN created two new Technical Committees for services: CEN/TC 448 Funeral services and CEN/TC 452 Assistance dogs. CEN/TC 448 will revise the existing European Standard on funeral services, EN 15017, (published in 2005) to align it with the latest evolutions and developments the sector. Stakeholders identified the need to have a single standard leading to the harmonization of requirements for assistance dog training at EU level, which would enhance not only user confidence but also the dogs welfare and protection. Building on previous experience of the CWA 16520:2012 Guide dog mobility instructor-competences and the CWA 16979:2016 Dog training professionals - knowledge, skills and competence requirements, the new CEN/TC 452 started working on standardization for assistance dogs, users and training staff. The aim is to develop a European Standard to provide common reference criteria either for assigning assistance dogs to users or for their training. Potential users are blind and partially sighted persons, people with disabilities (in wheelchairs and with other mobility difficulty), dogs for deaf people and people that have certain medical conditions including epilepsy, diabetes or autism). 17

20 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN Good progress was made in raising awareness of the benefits of standards for the gambling industry during CEN engaged with the European Commission and gambling businesses and regulatory authorities within Member States, to identify potential standardization activities. This was prompted by an upcoming standardization request for online gambling services, namely the reporting of data by online gambling services operators and suppliers in support of supervision of their activities. SMART TECHNOLOGIES Smart technologies are transforming how we learn, live and do business. This has an impact on standardization and led to the inclusion of the term smart in many standardization sectors (smart grids, smart meters, smart building, smart homes, etc.). This transformation, including the digitization of technologies, has an effect on the range of stakeholders involved in standardization. Smart Grids The Coordination Group on Smart Energy Grids (CG-SEG) advises on European requirements on Smart Grids, including interfaces to other utilities (e.g. gas, heat, water) and assesses ways to address them. CG-SEG continued to identify and prioritize gaps that could prevent deployment of smart grids in Europe. In addition, it continued its work to ensure interoperability within smart metering and smart grids systems (also with smart appliances, smart home systems, buildings, etc). The main achievement was the finalization of two reports. The first one is a selection guide setting out the relevant set of existing and upcoming standards to be considered for the most common Smart Grid systems. These standards come from CEN, CENELEC, ETSI as well as from IEC, ISO, ITU, even other bodies, where needed. It also explains how these standards can be used, where, and for which purpose. The second report on Cyber Security and Privacy covers security standardization specific to Smart Energy Grid and security standardization targeting generic standards are further monitored and analysed, with a focus on two specific use cases: decentralized energy resource (DER) and substation automation. CG-SEG was active in the work of the European Smart Grids Task Force and provided input for the interoperability of interfaces for the large-scale roll-out of smart metering systems in EU Member States. Smart Meters The Coordination Group on Smart Meters (CG-SM) monitors new developments in smart metering applications and communication technology, identifies gaps and coordinates standardization work. CG-SM continued to monitor, coordinate and provide input for developing new standards and maintaining existing standards for advanced metering infrastructures. It continued its work on Demand Response functionalities with harmonization of data models being developed by different technical committees. CG-SM provided recommendations for standards supporting secure and standard access for the consumer to their energy consumption data and transfer of data. In December 2016, CG-SM held a conference at CEN- CENELEC Management Centre to provide a complete overview of previous, current and future standardization activities for smart metering. Representatives from Member States exchanged experiences on energy supply and demand. European Commission representatives provided insight on the Clean Energy for All Package, the Free Flow of data initiative and Smart Meters activities. The CG-SM exchanged ideas with the audience on future requirements for standardization and strategic topics for Smart Cities In July 2016, CEN and CENELEC took part in the World Smart City Forum and SDOs workshop organized in Singapore by IEC, in partnership with ISO and ITU. This was the first time that representatives of IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, ETSI, CEN and CENELEC had come together, exchanging thoughts on aligning smart city standardization in the Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) and European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) and accelerate its deployment. This would include identifying gaps and overlaps as well as potential future actions required field. Dr B. Thies, President of CENELEC, represented CEN and CENELEC in this event. Internet of Things (IoT) The Internet of Things is the connection of physical devices, vehicles, buildings and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators and network connectivity enabling these objects to collect and exchange data. CEN and CENELEC continued their collaboration with AIOTI (the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation) and joined onem2m, the global standards initiative for Machine-to- Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to ensure mutual benefit and cooperation between industrial users of IoT. CEN and CENELEC also continued to monitor IoT standardization activities taking place in the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC 1). CEN and CENELEC engaged with stakeholders in traditional economy sectors, including those not previously seen as significant IT users, to analyse their needs linked to the digitization of their activities. Furthermore, CEN and CENELEC are leading Action 14 Standardisation to support digitisation of European industry (together with ETSI) of the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS). CEN and CENELEC presented proposals for actions related to the IoT (Joint contribution from the ESOs to the ICT standardisation priorities for the Digital Single Market) to the European Commission. SPORTS & LEISURE European Standards for sports, playgrounds and other recreational facilities and equipment are developed by CEN TC/136. CEN published six deliverables on Sports equipment during Three of these were under Standardization Request M/506 Stationary training equipment, in support of Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety : EN ISO :2016, EN ISO :2016, and EN ISO :2016. The other three were: EN 16899:2016, EN :2016 and EN :2016. In addition, we published three standards on Sleeping bags : EN ISO :2016; EN ISO

21 :2016; and EN :2016. CEN published one Technical Report on Playground sites (CEN/TR 16879:2016) and one amendment to Mountaineering equipment (EN 892:2012+A1:2016), with the latter under Standardization Request M/031 Personal Protective Equipment in support of Directive 89/686/EEC on Personal Protective Equipment. Bicycles CEN published one standard: EN ISO 11243:2016, under Standardization Request M/508 Bicycles and in support of Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety. TEXTILES, FASHION & ACCESSORIES Textiles and smart textiles Standardization activities on textile products are undertaken by the CEN/TC 248 Textiles and textile products in the framework of relevant EU legislation, including Regulation EU/1007/2011 (Textile fibre names and labelling) as well as General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC) and REACH Regulation (EC/1907/2006). CEN published more than 20 Standards in this field during the TOYS & CHILDCARE In 2016, CEN-CENELEC provided input to the development of a new Standardization Request from the European Commission on Toy Safety. This forthcoming Request would allow harmonization of new standards under Directive 2009/48/EC. Child use and childcare articles CEN-CENELEC published one amendment to a Standard under the Standardization Request M/527 Children seats, in support of Directive 2001/95/EC on General product safety : EN 16120:2012+A2:2016. Additionally, CEN continued to support the project of collecting and analysing anthropometric data on the physical characteristics of children across Europe. This will provide a common basis for defining requirements and test methods for child safety. Safety of Toys The CEN Technical Committee Safety of toys (CEN/TC 52), continued to work on revising toy related standards, in line with the Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC), as requested by the European Commission (M/445). This resulted in the publication of EN 71-12:2016 on N-Nitrosamines and N-Nitrosatable substances and one Technical Report, CEN ISO/TR :2016, a guideline for determining the appropriate age for a child using a toy. Lighters CEN/TC 355 Lighters published a revised EN to fulfil the Standardization Request on Child resistance requirements for cigarette lighters (M/427). This sets out safety requirements and test methods for lighters with the objective of preventing accidents involving children. TRANSPORT & VEHICLES CEN and CENELEC develop standards for various transport modes - road, rail and maritime - as well as for horizontal topics such as interoperability, intermodal transport, intelligent transport systems (ITS) and the transport of dangerous goods. Intelligent Transport Systems European Standards and Technical Specifications within the domain of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are being developed by CEN/TC 278, as part of relevant standardization requests from the European Commission (such as M/270, M/338 and M/453). These standards cover aspects that include: cooperative systems, travel and traffic information, route guidance and navigation, public transport, emergency vehicles and electronic fee collection. CEN cooperates closely with CENELEC, ETSI and ISO to ensure a coherent approach to standardization. CEN published 14 new deliverables, revised and amended European Standards, Technical Specifications or Technical Reports related to ITS, including eight that are identical to ISO standards (developed by ISO/TC 204). These standards refer to: Co-operative systems (CEN ISO/TS 17425, CEN ISO/TS 17426); Network and timetable exchange (CEN/ TS , CEN/TR 16959); Information relating to public transport operations (CEN/TS , CEN/TR ); and Electronic Fee Collection systems (CEN/TS 16986, EN ISO , EN ISO , CEN/TR 16968, EN ISO & -2, EN ISO & -2). Finally, a new Standardization Request was accepted in 2016 (M/546) for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in urban areas: work was initiated within a new WG 17 of CEN/TC 278. A series of new projects for an ecall system for automatic notification of road accidents was also launched. Railways In the railways sector, CEN and CENELEC, together with ETSI, maintain the Sector Forum Rail (also known as JPC Rail), which brings together representatives from the railway industry (supply industry and networks), relevant European and international organizations (such as UIC, UNIFE, UITP), Technical Committee chairs and project leaders. New officers were appointed for a period of three years. Most European Standards for the rail transport sector are developed in the CEN Technical Committee Railway Applications (CEN/TC 256) and in the CENELEC Technical Committee Electrical and electronic applications for railways (CLC/TC 9X). These TCs collaborate with the European Union Agency for Railways, which replaced (Mandate modified by the approval of the fourth Railway Package) the European Railway Agency. The coordination with the Agency continues to ensure that European Standards are compatible with the latest Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI). The negotiations on a revised Agreement with the Agency were initiated. CEN published 26 new, revised and amended European Standards that were developed by CEN/TC 256 based on standardization requests from the European Commission (M/483 and M/486). The EN on Testing and Simulation for the acceptance of running characteristics of railway 19

22 STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES IN vehicles - Running Behaviour and stationary tests is the most visible Standard published this year, as it consolidates and reorganizes the content of four standards. It provides the backbone of rail/wheel interfaces essential for rail interoperability. The first standards for Persons with Reduced Mobility were reaching the formal vote stage towards the end of Periodic inspection and testing, in situ (without dismantling) of refillable seamless steel tubes of water capacity between 150l and 3 000l, used for compressed gases (EN 16753); and outlet connections for gas cylinder valves for compressed breathable air - Amendment 1: Outlet connection up to a maximum cylinder working pressure of 500 bar (EN ISO 12209:2013/Amd 1:2016). CENELEC published 21 new European Standards developed by CLC/TC 9X, including three Standards on power supply (EN , EN 50633, EN A1); Standards on AC-switchgear (EN , EN ); Technical Reports on Driver s cab train Display Controller (CLC/TR &3); and Standards on telematics and multimedia (EN , EN ), developed in response to the EC standardization request M/483. Three European Standards developed by CEN/TC 268 Cryogenic vessels and specific hydrogen technologies applications. These Standards relate to: Toughness requirements for materials at cryogenic temperature - Part 1: Temperatures below -80 C (EN ISO ); Pressurerelief accessories for cryogenic service - Part 3: Sizing and capacity determination (EN ISO ); and Pumps for cryogenic service (EN ISO 24490). Automotive CEN published a new European Standard on the protection of tachographs (EN 16882), which was developed by CEN/TC 301 Road vehicles in response to a standardization request M/502 from the European Commission. CEN adopted as European Standards - two new international standards developed by ISO/TC 22 (Road vehicles) regarding Vehicle to grid Communication (EN ISO &-2). Further work was carried out on Standards in response to the EC standardization request M/421 on standardized access to automotive repair and maintenance information (RMI). Cableways CEN has published newly revised editions of two European Standards concerning Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons (EN 1909 and EN AC). These Standards, developed by CEN/ TC 242, are intended to support the implementation of the European Directive on cableway installations designed to carry passengers (2000/9/EC). Negotiations on a new Standardization Request to support the implementation of the European Regulation on cableway installations (2016/424/EU) were also initiated. Transport of dangerous goods CEN and CENELEC have continued to develop and adopt standards to support implementation of EU Directives on the inland transport of dangerous goods (2008/68/EC) and Transportable Pressure Equipment (2010/35/EU). In response to the EC standardization request M/086, CEN published, revised and/or amended editions of: Two European Standards developed by CEN/TC 286 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) equipment and accessories. These standards relate to: Transportable refillable traditional welded and brazed steel Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders (EN 1440) and Transportable refillable LPG cylinders other than traditional welded and brazed steel cylinders (EN 16728). Four European Standards developed by CEN/TC 23 Transportable gas cylinders. These standards relate to: Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders and tubes - Acoustic emission examination (AT) and follow-up ultrasonic examination (UT) for periodic inspection and testing (EN ISO 16148); Seamless, welded and composite cylinders for compressed and liquefied gases (excluding acetylene) - Inspection at time of filling (EN ISO 24431); Two European Standards developed by CEN/TC 296 Tanks for the transport of dangerous goods. These standards relate to: Transport tank equipment for overfill prevention devices for static tanks (EN 16657); and Service equipment Breather device (EN 14595).

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24 ENSURING A STRONG AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM 22 OOCOOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION In 2016, European standardization was at the core of EU policies for implementing many of the ten priorities identified by European Commission President Juncker, in particular the Single Market and Digital Single Market Strategies. CEN and CENELEC have strengthened their cooperation with the EU institutions, together with their Members, to increase the role and contribution of standardization to Europe s economy and society. The 2016 Standardisation Package In June 2016, the European Commission published the Standardization Package. This aims to modernize the European Standardization System and make it capable of tackling the challenges of a changing economy, the increasing importance of services, and digital innovations. The Package includes the overarching Communication 'European standards for the 21st century' COM(2016) 358, which sets out the EU vision for European standardization, along with the following supporting documents: Report on the implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 from 2013 to 2015 (COM(2016) 212), as foreseen by art. 24 of Regulation 1025/2012, the EC Guidance on service standards Tapping the potential of European service standards to help Europe's consumers and businesses (SWD(2016) 186) and The annual Union work programme for European standardization for 2017 (COM(2016) 357). The Package provides the framework for the Joint Initiative on Standardisaton (JIS), mentioned in the 2015 Single Market strategy. It also links to the EC Communication, ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market, published in April 2016 within the Digitising European Industry package. CEN and CENELEC welcomed the Package, in particular the EC Communication on European standards for the 21st century. This recognizes the key role and value of European standardization for the economy and society, as well as highlighting the national delegation principle as one of the strengths of the system. The Package is the subject of a resolution of the European Parliament (to be approved in 2017), led by the IMCO committee with Marlene Mizzi MEP as rapporteur. At its current stage, the resolution recognizes the efforts undertaken by European and national standardization organizations. CEN and CENELEC have issued a Position Paper on this topic. This Paper, available on their website, stresses the need for ensuring a single EU approach on standardization. It urges avoiding diverging initiatives and policies, the importance of preserving the voluntary nature of standards, whilst ensuring timely publication of references to harmonized standards in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). It also stresses the international contribution of European standardization as a tool for European industry s global competitiveness, the role of market-driven standards in the digitization of European industry and the support for the extension of the Single Market for services. The Joint Initiative on Standardization The Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS) is a central pillar of the EU standardization strategy. It offers an innovative approach for developing cooperation between public and private stakeholders. The initiative is driven by all signatories, including EU and EFTA Member States, standardization organization, European industry and trade associations, SMEs and societal stakeholders. The EC plays an overall role of coordinating and building consensus. The JIS aims to improve and modernize the European Standardization System through an initiative that is not legally binding and which, in principle, does not aim to replace or interpret the existing legal framework. The Initiative includes 15 actions, to be delivered before the end of CEN and CENELEC, as along with a substantial number of National Members, have supported the drafting of the JIS, taking a proactive role in all the meetings of the editorial committee. They have also contributed to defining and developing most of the JIS actions during the second half of 2016, through active participation in all JIS Steering Group meetings. CEN and/or CENELEC are leading the following five actions: --JIS Action 5: Pilot Project Aiding the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) through standards. --JIS Action 8: Provide high-quality standards delivered and referenced in a timely manner. --JIS Action 12: Encouraging the greater development and use of European Service Standards to help integrate Europe's service markets. --JIS Action 13: Promote the European regulatory model supported by voluntary standards and its close link to international standardisation in third countries. --JIS Action 14: Standardisation to support digitisation of European industry (in cooperation with ETSI). Following a Presidential Committee decision, an ad-hoc webinar was organized in December 2016 by CEN and CENELEC to promote greater participation of national Members in the JIS. Participation in Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) CEN and CENELEC, through the participation of their Director General in the Stakeholder Group, have taken part in the Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) under the Chairmanship of the European Commission First Vice- President, Frans Timmermans. A CEN-CENELEC REFIT Mirror Group has been established to coordinate input to the Platform as well as to provide input, where relevant, to the Policy Engagement joint group led by Dr Scott Steedman (CEN Vice-President Policy) and by Wim De Kesel (CENELEC Vice-President Policy) and representatives from AFNOR, BSI, DKE, DIN, NBN, SIS, UNI as well as a number of CEN and CENELEC European Partners (ANEC, CECAPI, ECOS, ETUC, ETUI, FEA, MedTech) participate in the Mirror Group. Mrs Elena Santiago Cid, Director General of CEN and CENELEC, has been appointed as co-rapporteur for the policy area Internal Market. An opinion on the Construction

25 Products Regulation (CPP) has been approved in order to align it with Regulation 1025/2012. Comments have also been provided for several other opinions, including Marketing Standards for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Financial Services reporting, eprivacy and cookies. The REFIT Platform adopted 22 opinions during 2016; these will be added to the EC Work Programme 2017 for further consideration Implementing EU regulation 1025/2012 CEN and CENELEC and their national Members are fully committed to continuing to ensure the development of European standards by fulfilling the requirements of the Regulation 1025/2012. This is reflected in the CEN and CENELEC annual reports to the EC, which were promptly and successfully delivered in the first quarter of 2016 for the 2015 activities, as foreseen under article 24 of the Regulation. CEN and CENELEC continued to participate in the Committee on Standards (CoS). This provides a forum for European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) to discuss issues relevant to implementing EU Regulation 1025/2012 and to interact with the EC, EFTA, national governments and recognized European organizations representing SMEs and societal interests (SBS, ANEC, ECOS, ETUC). As in 2015, CEN and CENELEC were involved in discussions with the EC on preparing the Annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2017, published as part of the EC Standardization Package on 1 June 2016 (see above). Standardization Requests During 2016, CEN published 141 standards and CENELEC published 121, which have been offered to the EC for citation in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). These socalled harmonized standards support the implementation of European legislation, notably by allowing manufacturers to ensure that their products comply with EU Directives and Regulations. CEN and CENELEC held discussions with officials from various Directorates General of the EC on the preparation of several standardization requests, to be issued in accordance with EU Regulation 1025/2012. In 2016, CEN and/or CENELEC received nine Standardization Requests, all of which were accepted and replies sent in timely fashion to the European Commission. In particular, CEN and CENELEC jointly accepted the standardization request regarding Urban Intelligent Transport Systems. In addition, CEN accepted standardization requests for Algae and its products, Postal services and the improvement of quality of service, Lifts and safety components for lifts, Eco-design and energy labelling of solid fuel boilers, while CENELEC accepted Networked standby, Eco-design of computers and computer servers, Eco-design requirements for local space heaters and solid fuel local space heaters and Electromagnetic compatibility. OOTECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN CEN & CENELEC In 2016, CEN and CENELEC organized for the first time Joint Sessions of their Technical Boards. This enabled them to discuss issues of common interests, allowing them to align the related decisions to and increase synergies between the organizations. Three joint CEN-CENELEC Technical Bodies were established in The first was CEN-CENELEC JWG 9 Energy measurement plan for organizations. This set out to develop a European standard for specifying the requirements and methodology for designing and implementing an energy measurement plan that allows organizations to improve their energy efficiency. The second was CEN-CENELEC/JWG 10 Energy-related products - Material Efficiency Aspects for Ecodesign. Its main activities will be developing relevant standardization deliverables required by M/543 on material efficiency aspects of energy-related products. The third was CEN-CENELEC/TC 6 on Hydrogen in energy systems. TC 6 will cover standardization in the fields of systems, devices and connections for the production, storage, transport and distribution, measurement and use of hydrogen from renewable energy sources and other sources. In addition, two CEN-CENELEC BT Working Groups were created. The first was BTWG 10 RED (Radio Equipment Directive), to reflect the evolution surrounding the RED in various European Commission Committees and to assess its impact on standardization. The second was BTWG 11 Sustainable Chemicals, to respond to an ancillary action from the European Commission on the identification of potential needs for standardization in sustainable chemicals from primary and secondary raw materials, relating to the Circular Economy Action Plan. In 2016, CEN and CENELEC introduced improvements that will facilitate the reduction of the time for developing European Standards.. Enquiry drafts are submitted within eight months instead of 12, the translation at Formal Vote stage now occurs during the vote rather than in advance, while it is no longer possible to extend the Formal Voting period of eight weeks. Technical bodies are now required to circulate a first working draft of their standardization projects within four months of establishing them within their work programmes. The joint CEN-CENELEC BT Working Group on New Approach Consultants (CEN-CLC/BTWG 127-2) continued its work on the guide Harmonized standards Methodology for self-assessment by technical bodies. This will help Technical Committees for ensure that the standards they develop are in line with both the terms of the standardization request as well as the provisions of the Commission s Vademecum (on European Standardization in support of Union Legislation and policies) will see the launch of a pilot phase for self-assessing Harmonized Standards with a number of selected Technical Committees. OOTRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR TECHNICAL BODY OFFICERS The CEN-CENELEC Management Centre invited all Technical Body Officers for a training session on the updated Vademecum on European Standardization. The training had two objectives: firstly, to improve understanding of the implications of the revisions on mandated standardization activities. Secondly, it examined its application to the Vienna and Frankfurt Agreements. The event, which was held on 26 May, was chaired by CEN Vice-President Technical Guðrún Rögnvaldardóttir and attracted 48 participants. In December, the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre organized an interactive one-day training specifically for those Technical Body Chairs or Secretaries that had entered their 23

26 ENSURING A STRONG AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM 24 functions during the previous 12 months and to newly-hired representatives from National Standardization Organizations. These tailor-made presentations allowed participants to become familiar with various concepts and tools relating to the European Standardization System. It also provided an ideal opportunity for participants to exchange information and views on their early experience and expectations. In addition, the nine webinars broadcast during 2016, highlighted the latest developments in standardization along with specific topics impacting technical work. While these webinars focus principally on the needs and interests of Technical Body Officers, any interested National Member, Partner or stakeholder is welcome to participate in these sessions. During 2016, the webinars were attended by around 600 participants, gaining an overall satisfaction rate of 82 percent. OOCEN-CENELEC LEGAL ACTIVITIES During 2016, CEN and CENELEC were notably active in the following areas: Copyright CEN and CENELEC have continued to defend and promote the Copyrights of their publications globally. They sent takedown notices or cease and desist letters to organizations, websites and companies that used CEN and CENELEC publications without prior authorization. In each case, the relevant individuals or companies were provided with information on using European standards correctly to ensure proper understanding of CEN-CENELEC Copyrights. Cooperation with ISO and IEC in this area has continued successfully. CEN and CENELEC also took every opportunity to increase awareness among European public authorities of the potential consequences of the misuse of standards. This included challenges of copyright, which may jeopardise the sustainability of the European Standardization System. Essential Patents in standards The worldwide debate on using patents considered essential for the use of standards continues. As a contribution to this discussion, CEN and CENELEC issued a second Position Paper in September on standard essential patents and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitments. This important publication has clarified their position and provided European and international stakeholders with an insight on their shared opinion on managing essential patents. This is also relevant to implementing the European ICT standardization and digital Single Market priorities. legislative proposals or amendments to existing ones (e.g. European Commission proposal for Regulation on energy efficiency labelling). OOCEN-CENELEC COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES CEN-CENELEC policies on commercial matters are dealt by the Joint Commercial Advisory Group (JCAG). Its mission is to propose, elaborate and monitor the commercial policy of both organizations. This includes issues linked to distributing European standards and other CEN-CENELEC publications. During 2016, the JCAG provided guidance to Members in adopting best practices for enhancing the marketability of the CEN and CENELEC deliverables and in cooperating on common distribution matters with other European stakeholders. JCAG has also been active in identifying innovative solutions for addressing the increasing demand for new ways of distributing CEN and CENELEC Workshop Agreements (CWAs), a specific technical deliverable, in the R&D and ICT domains. This will better meet market needs and establish closer links between CEN, CENELEC and the research and ICT communities. OOCEN-CENELEC PUBLICATIONS The Standards Directorate within the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre is responsible for the platform that delivers high quality CEN and CENELEC publications. It maintains the rules and processes for standardization work, runs work programmes, and edits and processes European standardization deliverables. CEN and CENELEC published a total of technical documents during At the year-end, the CEN portfolio held a total of valid ("living") documents while CENELEC had documents. CEN-CENELEC Management Centre editors held six dedicated webinars for drafters of standards in 2016, covering a variety of relevant topics. The objective was to work towards a common understanding of the drafting rules and related procedures. In addition to delivering training and clarification, these webinars also provided editors with fresh insights into drafters' needs and expectations and strengthened the working relationship with Technical Bodies. Other legal initiatives CEN and CENELEC, through the Legal Platform - an informal group of legal experts appointed by the CEN and CENELEC National Standards Bodies/National Committees and open to ETSI, ISO, IEC legal advisors - have taken actions on issues with legal implications for the organizations. These included initiatives on specific court cases impacting the European standardization (e.g. the judgment of the European Court of Justice on James Elliott construction v. Irish Asphalt), as well as examining the potential implications of new European

27 OOMEMBERSHIP CRITERIA In 2016, the Membership Relations and Monitoring Committee (MRMC) reviewed and approved the remaining five reports from CEN and CENELEC members assessment. With the review and approval of these last reports, the first four-year round of assessment exercises of the membership criteria was closed. In addition, the MRMC launched an enquiry on the progress made by CEN and CENELEC members in the implementation of those practices promoted in 2014 and The results of the survey showed that, on average, 75 percent of CEN and CENELEC members have adopted the above good practices. Finally, in view of the new round of assessments, a workshop on the Review of Membership criteria took place in March 2016 to evaluate the work done in the assessment process and prepare the ground for possible improvement of the system. The workshop confirmed the strategic value of the assessment of membership criteria, notably in the light of the political challenges facing the European Standardization system and the organizational performance improvement. Furthermore, an ad-hoc working group was created to review and improve Guides 20 and 22 based on experience and in line with the strategic view of the CEN and CENELEC membership. 25 CEN and CENELEC Workshop - Review of the Membership criteria at the CEN CENELEC Management Centre, Brussels, 1 March 2016.

28 Infographic showing the progress made in 2016 regarding the CEN and CENELEC 26 OOCEN-CENELEC IT STRATEGY IT tools and services. ENSURING A STRONG AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM OOCEN-CENELEC IT STRATEGY CEN and CENELEC IT tools and services CEN and CENELEC IT tools and services In 2016, new and upgraded tools and services were deployed for supporting changes to the CEN-CENELEC rules and processes. The objective was to improve efficiency and support the timely delivery of European standards. The CEN-CENELEC IT Strategic Plan towards 2020 has been approved in March It focusses on the emerging digital era as well as on improving transparency, interoperability and possibly progressive convergence of IT tools through increased collaboration with ISO and IEC and national members. In 2016, new and upgraded tools and services were deployed for supporting changes to the CEN-CENELEC rules and processes. The objective was to improve Evolving rules efficiency Adapted and tools support the timely delivery of European standards. Significant changes to business processes and related tools aimed at implementing the new voting rules based on the principles of the Lisbon Treaty, The CEN-CENELEC IT Strategic Plan towards 2020 which entered into force on 1 January 2017, as well at adapting the timeframe has been approved in March It focusses on models for delivering standards (e.g. re-structured Formal Vote process) the emerging digital era as well as on improving transparency, interoperability and possibly progressive convergence of IT tools through increased collaboration Seamless working with ISO environment and IEC and national members. CEN has joined ISO in a trusted community of users, which can access the CEN and ISO authorized applications via a single log-in. The Single Sign- On (SSO) currently features CEN and ISO ecommittee, eballoting and Data the feeds more focussed for the Global Directory. national databases and workflows The data feed service PROJEXDATA - to Evolving rules Adapted tools CEN-CENELEC Members was improved, with Significant changes to business processes and several releases based on the CEN-CENELEC Projex-Online Boost related tools aimed at implementing the new Members feedback. voting rules based on the principles of the Lisbon A new release Treaty, of the which CEN-CENELEC entered into force PROJEX-ONLINE on 1 January offers additional information and 2017, alerts. as well Most at adapting notably, the interactive timeframe Working models Area module - Upgraded which voting system allows CEN/TC Secretaries for delivering to standards update the (e.g. work re-structured programme in the database Systematic by Review eballoting system now makes submitting delegated decisions taken Formal by the Vote TC - process) was enhanced in response the standard to text directly available to the voters. new business rules. Electronic voting (CIB) is also available to A major technological Seamless upgrade was working also undertaken. environment Sub-Committees. CEN has joined ISO in a trusted community The voting process on Technical Reports (TRs) of users, which can access the CEN and ISO is managed centrally by CCMC and integrated in authorized applications via a single log-in. Data feeds the electronic balloting system. The more Single focussed Sign-On for (SSO) the national currently databases features and CEN workflows and ISO ecommittee, eballoting and the The data feed service PROJEXDATA - to CEN-CENELEC Members was Global Directory. XML production process improved, with several releases based on the CEN-CENELEC Members feedback. Since 2017, draft European Standards in XML Projex-Online Boost are provided to members to facilitate national processes, such as automated translation and A new release of the CEN-CENELEC PROJEXpopulating public commenting platforms. Upgraded voting ONLINE system offers additional information and alerts. Most notably, the interactive Working Area Systematic Review module eballoting - which allows system CEN/TC now Secretaries makes the to standard text More directly automation available to the update voters. the work programme in the database by Tracking of CEN and CENELEC BT decisions submitting delegated decisions taken by the TC - is now facilitated through the development Electronic was voting enhanced (CIB) is in also response available to new to Sub-Committees. business rules. The voting process of dedicated monitoring tool - DECIMO. on Technical A major Reports technological (TRs) is managed upgrade was centrally also undertaken. by CCMC and integrated in the electronic balloting system. XML production process Since 2017, draft European Standards in XML are provided to members to facilitate national processes, such as automated translation and populating public commenting platforms. More automation Progress 2016 Tracking of CEN and CENELEC BT decisions is now facilitated through the development of dedicated monitoring tool - DECIMO.

29 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) OOCEN-CENELEC MANAGEMENT CENTRE Infographic (CCMC) showing the employee development, the enhancing cross-disciplinary 27 collaboration, the working in teams and the increase responsiveness to change. CEN-CENELEC Management Centre The behavioural competences development programme, which began in 2014, focused on teamwork during Just over one third of employees (35 percent), representing their respective teams, Employee took development part in a workshop and designed a customized frame for CCMC to successfully In January deliver 2017, output 82 people while working in teams. Enhancing cross-disciplinary worked at the Enhancing CEN-CENELEC cross-disciplinary collaboration Management Centre (CCMC) This served as a stepping stone to in Brussels, This with served two in as the a stepping stone to fostering operational effectiveness, identifying fostering operational effectiveness, process of individual being hired. talent and favouring cross-disciplinary collaboration. During a four-month initiative, all employees were identifying asked to individual identify each talent other s and individual favouring competences and apply them in a different cross-disciplinary working environment. collaboration. Half chose During to work on collaborative projects through a four-month pairing, 30% initiative, decided all to employees take over concrete tasks were asked identify each other s Working in teams through shadowing, 12% contributed to innovative output, while the remainder opted individual competences and apply them The behavioural competences for a learning opportunity with a specific activity. in a different working environment. Half development programme, Increase responsiveness chose to change to work on collaborative projects which began in 2014, focused on through pairing, 30% decided to take teamwork during The evolving culture at CCMC encourages individuals to interact dynamically within over concrete tasks through shadowing, Just over one third of employees constraining processes, aiming to increase responsiveness to change by developing a 12% contributed to innovative output, (35 percent), representing their competent and agile workforce. while the remainder opted for a learning respective teams, took part Quality Management System opportunity (QMS) with a specific activity. in a workshop and designed a customized frame for CCMC to Infographic updating the status of the Quality Management System (QMS). Increase responsiveness to change successfully deliver output while In a world that The is rapidly evolving evolving culture technologically, at CCMC encourages socially and culturally, it is vital to working in teams. embrace change individuals as quickly to as interact possible. dynamically This should within be undertaken in the most efficient and effective constraining way at processes, organizational, aiming activity to or increase individual level. responsiveness to change by developing a EN ISO 9001:2015 certified competent and agile workforce. In 2016, CCMC renewed its certification aligning it with the 2015 edition of EN ISO This involved adapting its Quality Management System to anchor changes that will help shape the future of work at CCMC. It also focused on adding valued activities and effective servicing for CEN and CENELEC Members and other interested parties. EN ISO 9001:2015 Risk-based thinking certified En route to re-certification, one of the most visible changes was securing a Risk- Risk-based thinking approach thinking to identify opportunities, linking them at strategic and operational levels. Internal audits encouraged implementing this approach, integrating resource and competences management in the plan of action. Sharing best practices Sharing best practices Quality Management System (QMS) In a world that is rapidly evolving technologically, socially and culturally, it is vital to embrace change as quickly as possible. This should be undertaken in the most efficient and effective way at organizational, activity or individual level. In 2016, CCMC renewed its certification aligning it with the 2015 edition of EN ISO This involved adapting its Quality Management System to anchor changes that will help shape the future of work at CCMC. It also focused on adding valued activities and effective servicing for CEN and CENELEC Members and other interested parties. CEN-CENELEC Management Centre Employee development In January 2017, 82 people worked at the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) in Brussels, with two in the process of being hired. Working in teams In addition, there is a dedicated Quality Circle, focusing on identifying effective working practices and sharing best practices. En route to re-certification, one of the most visible changes was securing a Risk-based thinking approach to identify In addition, there is a opportunities, linking them dedicated Quality Circle, at strategic and operational focusing on identifying levels. Internal audits effective working practices encouraged implementing and sharing best practices. this approach, integrating resource and competences management in the plan of action.

30 ENSURING A STRONG AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM 28 OOCEN-CENELEC MANAGEMENT CENTRE: ORGANIZATION CHART Director General Elena SANTIAGO CID Standards Jean-Paul VETSUYPENS Industry & Infrastructure Geert MAES Sustainability & Services Cinzia MISSIROLI Publications Matthew TOMLIN Innovation Ashok GANESH Research Integration Andreea GULACSI International Cooperation Joël PIERRE External Relations Sarah PENNY Communication Clara NAVAS Strategic Partnerships Francisco VERDERA MARÍ Finance & Facilities Patrick MEERT Electronic Data Processing Renée VANDER CAMMEN Human Resources & Quality Isabel QUINTANA-SORIA Legal Affairs Bardo SCHETTINI GHERARDINI Accountancy & Reporting Frédéric DELPORTE Specific Agreements Bertrand PIGNEUR Facilities Martin VAN DER WILT Architecture & Operations Jean-Pierre BREEDSTRAET Competence Centre Eric CORNEZ Database Renée VANDER CAMMEN Director General Committee (DGC) All information correct on 1 May 2017.

31 OOCEN-CENELEC MANAGEMENT CENTRE The CEN-CENELEC Management Centre provides high-quality meeting facilities. The CEN and CENELEC communities can use them, for example, to host meetings of Technical Committees and Working Groups. The CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre provides a professional environment suitable for large or small gatherings, with a choice of nine different meeting rooms. All of them offer wireless internet access, digital projectors, microphone systems and printing facilities are all available. The Meeting CEN-CENELEC MEETING CENTRE - OCCUPANCY Centre team is also ready to assist with participant registration and providing meals and refreshments, as well as information on local transport and hotel accommodation. The Meeting Centre also provides online conferencing facilities, allowing people to participate in European meetings without travelling to Brussels. Through these facilities, participants can follow presentations and share documents via the internet while actively contributing to discussions in real time Column charts showing the occupancy of the CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre over the years 2013, 2014, 2015, providing the total number of meetings and of persons attending Total number of 2014 meetings 2013: : : : Total number of persons attending 2013: : : : Total number of meetings Total number of persons attending CEN-CENELEC MEETING CENTRE - WEB MEETINGS 1261 Column charts showing the total number of web meetings and online participants over the years 2014, 2015 and Total 6 number 695 of online participants 2014: : : Total number of web meetings 2014: : : Total number of web meetings Total number of online participants

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34 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 32 OOSUPPORTING SMES AND SOCIETAL STAKEHOLDERS CEN and CENELEC agree that SMEs, consumers, workers and environmentalists make a valuable contribution to the values and benefits that European Standards provide to all stakeholders. CEN and CENELEC, their members and partners, have made, and continue to make tremendous efforts and commit substantial resources to encourage and facilitate the appropriate representation and effective participation of all relevant stakeholders. The main interaction for any stakeholder to take part in the European standardization system is, however, through the national standardization organizations. Their national delegates represent the consensus of all stakeholders in their respective countries, also known as the national delegation principle. CEN and CENELEC, with their members, invest considerable effort in supporting organizations representing SMEs, consumers, workers and environmental interests in European standardization, represented in particular in the European Standardization System by the Annex III organizations ANEC, ECOS, ETUC and SBS (Small Business Standards). OOEUROPEAN INDUSTRY CEN and CENELEC, together with their national members, are continuing to build the strongest possible links with the European business community, ensuring that companies of all sizes benefit from published standards. More importantly, they are encouraging and supporting them to become involved in standardization activities to help shape their contents. As well as participating in technical work, industry representatives (alongside other stakeholders) can contribute to discussions on policy-related and strategic matters, and identify areas where standardization could bring benefits to businesses and consumers. CEN and CENELEC organized three Industry Engagement workshops during the year. These dealt with Digital Transformation of Industry, the Circular Economy and Services Standardization. Each interactive workshop attracted nearly 100 participants, contributing to the discussions and expressed their needs and priorities for standardization solutions. These needs have been taken up within the relevant CEN and CENELEC bodies. OOSME PARTICIPATION SMEs make up the vast majority of European businesses. CEN and CENELEC have established a number of products, tools and services to help this business community to extract the maximum benefit from standards and standardization. The CEN-CENELEC SME Working Group (SME-WG) has been working on a coherent approach for supporting SME participation in the European Standardization System for a number of years. The group is made up of representatives from CEN and CENELEC members (the national standardization organizations), the European Commission (EC), Small Business Standards (SBS), the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and IFAN (International Organization of Standards Users). The Working Group led by the CEN Vice-President Policy, Mr Scott Steedman, organizes awareness-raising activities and helps share experiences between CEN and CENELEC national members, as well building links between initiatives that can support SMEs. The CEN-CENELEC Guide 17 Guidance for writing standards, taking into account micro, small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) needs, was taken over in April 2016 by ISO and IEC, becoming ISO/IEC Guide 17, providing European and International standards writers with consistent guidance. Linking with trade associations remains a vital method of reaching out to Europe s 20 million SMEs. CEN and CENELEC have shared best practices on interacting with trade associations and cooperated with SBS to deliver national training and awareness-raising events in Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany and Ireland, primarily addressing the SME federations. Further information: OOSOCIETAL STAKEHOLDERS Standards bring benefits to society, notably consumer safety and well-being, environmental protection, health and safety at work and accessibility. CEN and CENELEC enable societal stakeholders to participate in the process of developing standards through the recognized European consumer s organizations (ANEC, the European Consumer Voice in Standardization); environmental interests (ECOS, the European Environmental Citizens Organization for Standardization) and trade unions (ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation). These organizations are members of the CEN-CENELEC Societal Stakeholders Group (SSG), chaired by CEN s Vice-President Policy. The Group provides a framework for cooperation and dialogue on a wide range of relevant topics. These stakeholder organizations bring invaluable insights and expertise to the consensus-building process of developing European standards. CEN and CENELEC, in partnership with ANEC, ECOS and ETUC, launched an initiative during 2016 entitled Effective participation of societal stakeholders in standardization. The objective was to enable these stakeholder organizations to take a more central role in the standardisation process, raise their profile in the system, improve their understanding of their role in standardization and establish a more effective working relationship. As a result of this project, ANEC, ECOS and ETUC have been granted the additional right to submit an opinion during the development process for European standards. CEN and CENELEC also agree with ANEC, ECOS and ETUC actions to support their participation in international standardization and to clarify their role and rights at European level. OORESEARCH AND INNOVATION COMMUNITIES CEN and CENELEC s research and innovation activities are coordinated by the CEN-CENELEC Working Group on Standardization, Innovation and Research (STAIR). During 2016, CEN and CENELEC continued to strengthen their links with European partners, including the European Technology Platforms (ETPs). These Platforms are industry-led stakeholder fora, recognized by the European

35 Commission as key actors in driving innovation, knowledge transfer and European competitiveness. In particular, CEN and CENELEC sought closer collaboration with EFFRA, the European Factories of the Future Research Association. The STAIR Working Group also supported the work begun as part of the Joint Initiative on Standardization, Action 2 on Innovation & Research. Horizon 2020 European standardization has important contributions to make in achieving the objectives of the Innovation Union initiative launched by the European Commission (EC) in the framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Within this context, standardization is particularly relevant for successfully implementing Horizon 2020, the European Union s multiannual programme for research, development and innovation launched in The EC launched a wave of calls in 2016 that included explicit references to standardization. There is an increased reference to standardization, notably in the calls opened under the Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies and the Societal Challenges pillar of Horizon In a number of cases, a national member of CEN and/or CENELEC is involved in research/innovation projects and by the end of 2016 members were partners in 30 projects. Putting Science into Standards Since 2013, CEN and CENELEC have been cooperating with the EC s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on developing the Putting Science into Standards (PSIS) initiative, which aims to bring research, industry and standardization communities closer. As part of this initiative, workshops are organized to facilitate screening of emerging science and technology areas, in order to identify those where concerted research and standardization activities are required to enable innovation and promote industrial competitiveness. The fourth event of this series was held in September 2016 on the subject of Driving Towards Decarbonization of Transport: Safety, Performance, Second Life and Recycling of Automotive Batteries for e-vehicles. The workshop identified a number of priority topics for further consideration for which CEN and CENELEC will follow up on those that are standardization-related. Standards and Metrology CEN and CENELEC continue to work together with the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET), which brings together the national metrology institutes of 37 European countries. The three partners are working to promote closer links between standardization and metrology, notably in the framework of the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR), which is supported by the European Union. In this cooperation, CEN and CENELEC TCs are invited to identify standardization needs that could potentially be addressed by research projects supported via the EMPIR programme. In preparation of calls for proposals launching in 2017, CEN and CENELEC submitted 15 needs to EURAMET as input to prenormative metrology research projects. Further information: OOEDUCATION ABOUT STANDARDIZATION European Standards address an ever-expanding range of technological, societal, environmental and business needs. The future for standardization is exciting; it is evolving as it must to meet the challenges posed by a rapidly changing world. It needs to seize the increasing number of opportunities for supporting business and life-enhancing developments. Europe needs to maintain world class level competitiveness in its business sectors, including preparing current and future CEOs, managers and workers to meet the demands of emerging markets. Knowing and understanding the importance of standardization will be a key factor in their development. Standardization plays a vital role in bringing new technologies to market and driving (future) businesses; such insights dramatically improve the employability of the European managers and workers. In October 2016, CEN and CENELEC participated in the ICES (International Cooperation for Education about Standardization) conference on What industry needs from education about standardization. The conference raised awareness on all issues related to education about standardization with representatives from industry, standardization organizations, academia and pubic authorities. Educating students on standardization plays a pivotal role in preparing them to use standards in their future professional lives. They will be equipped to deal with situations where knowledge of standards and standardization might be needed. A successful initiative of how standardization and education work together was launched in Luxembourg. Here, the Luxembourg standards body ILNAS, a member of CEN and CENELEC, offers a specialist certificate course on Smart ICT for business innovation in cooperation with the University of Luxembourg. CEN and CENELEC along with other business organizations provided input and lectures to the course. 33

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38 FOSTERING GLOBAL OUTREACH 36 CEN and CENELEC play a crucial role in supporting the global outreach of industries in Europe, by way of their commitment to international standardization and their level of adoption of ISO and IEC standards as European standards. Moreover, they engage in a series of agreements, projects and activities OOEVOLUTION OF THE COOPERATION FRAMEWORKS CEN and CENELEC revised the concepts of Affiliation and Partner Standardization Bodies (PSBs) that frame their cooperation with National Standards Bodies/National Committees (NSBs/NCs) outside the CEN and CENELEC Membership. A new Affiliation and Companion Standardization Body (CSB) status was proposed to NSBs and/or NCs interested in working closely with CEN and CENELEC. The aim of this revision was to provide various levels of cooperation, tailored to the specific needs and objectives of our partners, in line with their respective strategy towards the EU. Following a transition period ending in July 2017, the former Affiliation and Partner Standardization Body statuses will be replaced by the new Affiliation and CSB concepts. Until the end of 2016, CEN and CENELEC had respectively 16 and 13 Affiliates. Following the revision of the foreign partnership concepts, most of them will become CSBs and three (the NSBs/NCs from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania) will remain Affiliates as from January with national, regional and international standardization bodies around the world. By doing so, CEN and CENELEC contribute to the removal of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs), fostering technical alignment with Europe s major trading partners. The new Affiliation status, available to candidate or potential candidate countries to EU accession, offers eligible NSBs and NCs effective means to create greater collaboration and strong alignment with the European Single Market. This includes easy access to European Standards for identical adoption at national level and the possibility to observe and contribute to European standardization work. The new CSB status focuses on strengthening trade ties with NSBs/NCs of those countries not eligible for Affiliation status (i.e. countries that are not candidates or potential candidates to EU accession), but keen to have privileged relationships with CEN and CENELEC to foster technical alignment between the European market and their market. OOBOOSTING MARKET HARMONIZATION THROUGH STANDARDS CEN and CENELEC cultivate close relationships with National Standards Bodies and National Committees of numerous countries around the globe. These relations help remove technical barriers to trade (TBTs) and cut compliance costs, by promoting the broadest possible adoption of ISO and IEC standards and the identical adoption of home-grown European standards European standards developed by CEN and CENELEC - where no international solution is available. Grey: N/A Light blue: NSB/NC adopting/reviewing ENs Dark blue: CEN and CENELEC member N/A NSB/NC adopting/reviewing ENs CEN and CENELEC member Adoption of European standards by the Affiliates and Partner Standardization Bodies (PSBs)

39 The Affiliates have been the closest partners of CEN and CENELEC in terms of technical harmonization due to their high level of adoption of CEN and CENELEC deliverables and their active participation in European Technical Committees. Their involvement in CEN and CENELEC Technical Committees (TCs) is at the level of observership. In 2016 they had 245 observerships in 170 CEN and CENELEC TCs. The majority of these are to be found in two sectors: building and civil engineering (48) and mechanical engineering (46). Beside Affiliates, other countries outside Europe were accepted as observers in 23 European TCs (Russia, Australia, Japan, Mongolia and Kazakhstan). Republic of Moldova: 3697 ENs; Montenegro: 2016 champions in adopting ENs 2498 ENs; Ukraine: 1169 ENs ENs Republic of Moldova Infographic showing the 2016 champions in adopting European standards ENs Montenegro ENs Ukraine 37 40% Toys 37% Mechanical engineering Machinery 37% The graph shows the average level of adoption among Affiliates of European standards from each CEN 34% and CENELEC 34% leading sector. 32% 31% Toys: 40%; Machinery: 37%; Building and civil engineering: 37%; 29% Household goods, sports and leisure and food: 34%; Pressure equipment, pipes, tanks and accessories: 25% 32%; electrical engineering: 31%; transport and packaging and rail: 29%; general mechanical engineering: 25%. Building and civil engineering Sectorial perspective Column charts On showing average, the in sectorial 2016 the perspective Affiliates adopted of the adopted 33% of standards. CEN CENELEC deliverables stemming from these technical areas. Building and civil On average, engineering, in 2016, the machinery Affiliates adopted and toys 33% are of the CEN leading and sectors. CENELEC deliverables stemming from these technical areas. Building and civil engineering, machinery and toys are the leading sectors. The graph shows the average level of adoption among Affiliates of European standards from each CEN and CENELEC leading sector. Household goods, sports and leisure Food Mechanical engineering Pressure equipment pipes, tanks and accessories Electrical Engineering Transport and packaging Rail General mechanical engineering Adoption of European Standards by other NSBs/NCs outside the CEN and CENELEC Membership and Affiliation status In 2016, 976 ENs were offered to 29 NSBs for adoption. Five of these NSBs requested ENs for adoption or review for the first time. At the end of 2016, 22 NSBs had adopted 638 ENs, amongst others, the NSBs from Malaysia, Cameroon, Jamaica and the Philippines, who have adopted ENs for the first time. Currently, about 77% of the ENs provided have been notified as adopted by 22 foreign NSBs/NCs. Standardization technical dialogues with foreign partners Foreign partners are not only interested in adopting ENs, but they also contribute to their development, by sending experts to observe and work in CEN and CENELEC Technical Committees. This is framed by a series of agreements such as the Affiliation and CSB concept.

40 FOSTERING GLOBAL OUTREACH 38 OOREGION TO REGION COOPERATION Cooperating with other regional standardization organizations is very important for CEN and CENELEC. Not only does it lead to exchanging expertise and good practices between regions, but it also facilitates cooperation at a technical level. Moreover, it promotes the European Standardization model and its successful contribution to European regional integration that relies on a strong public-private partnership. CEN and CENELEC have Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with ten regional standardization bodies, and engaged in activities with five of them in Sharing the success of the European Standardization Model in Africa Workshop on African Market & Integration, 14 December 2016 In the context of the development of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), CEN and CENELEC agreed with their respective pan-african partners, namely the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) and the African Electrotechnical Standardization Commission (AFSEC), on a shared approach to support the CFTA. This resulted from a series of dialogues and joint activities held in The proposal was first presented to representatives of different European Commission Directorates General (GROW, TRADE, MOV and DEVCO) and EFTA to trigger support from European policy-makers. This approach will be rolled out progressively in Several activities will be organized to stimulate stakeholder support and engagement for its finalization. The ultimate aim is to link this standardization proposal to the implementation of objectives set at the EU-Africa Summit in November Cooperation with other regional standardization organizations CEN and CENELEC have initiated discussions with the South Asia Regional Standardization Organization (SARSO) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will allow the exchange of information and good practices between the two regions, leading to a better understanding of each other s standardization system. In 2016, cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO) progressed well. Amongst others, CEN and CENELEC organized a workshop for European stakeholders on the (slightly modified) transposition of the Low Voltage Directive in the Gulf region. This event led to the revision of GSO s technical regulation on low voltage equipment and appliances in order to meet some needs of European stakeholders when exporting to the Gulf region. From left to right: Wim De Kesel (Vice-President Policy CENELEC), Abdesselam Benyaich (Head Technical Regulation Department, Gulf States Organization - GSO), Basem Salameh (Conformity Specialist, GSO) and Eric Marchand (CEN-CENELEC Management Centre).

41 Considering GSO and CEN s interest to cooperate in the field of Safety of Toys - and following the transposition of the Safety of Toys Directive in the Gulf - a technical cooperation agreement allowing technical cooperation is under way. In 2017, a similar workshop on low voltage will be organized in Brussels. Finally, CEN and CENELEC participated in numerous events organized by GSO on different topics, such as clean energy and standardization strategies. CEN and CENELEC successfully negotiated the terms of a MoU with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), OOCOOPERATION AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATIONS CEN and CENELEC have Cooperation Agreements with the NSBs/NCs of five EU main trade countries i.e. SAC (China), JISC (Japan), KATS (Korea), SCC (Canada), and Rosstandart (Russia). The aim is to reach high levels of technical harmonization and remove technical barriers to trade (TBTs), thereby stimulating information exchange and technical cooperation between the partners. At the beginning of 2016, CEN, CENELEC and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) renewed their Cooperation Agreement, committing to support ISO and IEC, which will allow partners to exchange information and experience, and facilitate technical cooperation. This MoU is the regional layer that adds to the already existing bilateral partnerships between CEN, CENELEC and the NSBs of some EEC Members (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia). It may lead to increased alignment of the standards that support the EEC s technical regulations with CEN and CENELEC standards, as most members of that region already have a standardization cooperation framework enabling them to adopt ENs and technical dialogues. The MoU will be signed in the first half of exchange information and cooperate on technical issues for: aerospace, chemicals, construction, consumer products, energy and environmental technologies, medical devices and nanotechnologies. At the end of the year, SCC submitted its application to become a Companion Standards Body of CEN, encouraging both sides to work closer on technical matters. 39 Signing ceremony - seated: Elena Santiago Cid (Director General of CEN and CENELEC) and John Walter (Chief Executive Officer of SCC). Standing (from left to right): Francisco Verdera Mari (Director 'Strategic Partnerships, CEN-CENELEC), Hervé Gauthier (Unit Manager International Cooperation, CEN-CENELEC), Sarah Penny (Director External Relations, CEN-CENELEC), Kerstin Jorna (Director 'Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation', DG GROW, European Commission), Daniel Costello (Canadian Ambassador to the European Union), Duncan De Lught (First Secretary 'Trade Policy and Commercial Affairs', Mission of Canada to the EU), Alec Clark (Executive Assistant to the SCC CEO), Jean-Paul Vetsuypens (Director 'Standards' CEN-CENELEC).

42 FOSTERING GLOBAL OUTREACH 40 CEN, CENELEC and the Standards Administration of China (SAC) also renewed their Cooperation Agreement in The three organizations decided to go one step further in their cooperation by exploring the possibility and need to develop joint working groups; regularly exchanging information on topics of interest (e.g. accessibility, SMEs) and promoting and fostering technical harmonization through better coordination in the framework of ISO and IEC. Supporting European industries needs in China and India CEN and CENELEC organized two stakeholder workshops to better support the needs of European industry in China and India. The topics were How the European standardization experts in China and India support the European industry and Standardization for Smart Grids and Metering in China and India. State of play and perspectives. The two Seconded European Standardization Experts in China (SESEC) and India (SESEI) as well as European experts shared their experience and first-hand intelligence and answered questions from industry representatives. The SESEC and SESEI experts followed up on specific issues raised by the stakeholders and carried out specific actions to support the European stakeholders interests in China and India, including sector-specific activities as outlined below. Focus on India Mr Dinesh Chand Sharma, the European Standardization Expert based in India (SESEI), stimulated discussions between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and CEN on the adoption of European Standards in the lift sector as a national standard in India. He worked directly with European industries to help them deal with challenges when accessing the Indian market and facilitate interactions with different administrative bodies. Additionally, he had developed analyses of industry sector profiles (structure, players, growth, volume, imports and exports, etc.,) with related legal and regulatory frameworks. From left to right: Betty Xu (SESEC Expert), Esfandiar Gharibaan (Chair CEN/TC 10 Lifts, escalators and moving walks), Wim De Kesel (Vice-President Policy CENELEC), Dinesh Chand Sharma (SESEI Expert). Focus on China Mrs Betty Xu, the European Standardization Expert based in China (SESEC) (since September 2014), prepared an in-depth analysis on the Chinese Standardization Reform, Chinese Policy on Standards Involving Patents, China Electric Installation Rules, and Market Access for Low Voltage Apparatus. These topics are hugely relevant for European industries. To complement this activity, the SESEC expert organized two webinars on China Electrical Installation Rules and China RoHS 2.0 and its Standards so that participants could raise relevant questions and concerns. Additionally, the SESEC expert undertook activities to raise awareness of the European Standardization System among different Chinese governmental bodies. This resulted in exchanges at the technical level with CEN and CENELEC as well as increased activities and interactions under the Cooperation Agreement signed with the Standardization Administration of China (SAC).

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44 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES 42 Raising awareness and visibility CEN and CENELEC intend to reinforce the visibility of the European Standardization System with all relevant stakeholders. They are employing various communication channels to increase knowledge and generate awareness of the value and benefits that standards bring, targeting businesses and industries (small and large), regulators and policy-makers, researchers and scientists, the education and training sector and environmental, consumer and union organizations. 1. Publications Infographic showing CEN and how CENELEC and CENELEC raised awareness and visibility in Work Programme 2017 The Annual Reports of European Standards Raising awareness and visibility for Waste Electrical and An overview of the most CEN and CENELEC for 2015 significant standardization Information on CEN activities, Electronic Equipment (WEEE) CEN and CENELEC intend to reinforce the visibility of the European Standardization System with all relevant stakeholders. activities to They be implemented are employing by various CENELEC communication activities channels and to increase Collection knowledge Transport and generate CEN awareness and CENELEC. of the value and benefits joint that activities. standards bring, targeting businesses Re-use and Treatment. industries (small and large), regulators and policy-makers, researchers and scientists, the education and training sector and environmental, consumer and union organizations. 1. Publications CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2017 An overview of the most significant standardization activities to be implemented by CEN and CENELEC. The Annual Reports of CEN and CENELEC for 2015 Information on CEN activities, CENELEC activities and joint activities. European Standards for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) New publications Collection - Transport Re-use - Treatment. issued in 2016 CEN and CENELEC publications are available at European Standards respecting the Environment Promoting the role standards play in enabling the more efficient use of energy and natural resources, as well as preventing undesirable environmental impacts. Affiliates Explains the partnership model of Affiliation status with CEN and/or CENELEC. Companion Standardization Bodies Explains the partnership model of Companion Standardization Body status with CEN and/or CENELEC. New publications issued in 2016 European Standards Affiliates Companion Standardization CEN and CENELEC publications are available at respecting the Environment Explains the partnership model of Bodies CONNECT Promoting the role standards play Affiliation status with CEN and/or Explains the partnership model of in enabling the more efficient use CENELEC. Companion Standardization Body The CEN and CENELEC Newsletter, CONNECT, is published on the CEN-CENELEC website in of energy and natural resources, status with CEN and/or CENELEC. PDF format. as Three well as issues preventing of CONNECT undesirable were published in Each issue reaches some recipients. environmental impacts. CONNECT The CEN and CENELEC Newsletter, CONNECT, is published on the CEN-CENELEC website in PDF format. Three issues of CONNECT were published in Each issue reaches some recipients.

45 Standardization content Infographic showing an overview of the topics covered in the 'press releases' (10) and 'brief news' messages (46) published in 2016 on standardization content, policy, membership, cooperation and partnership. Standardization content New European New Standard European onstandard on child New safety Guides requirements (32 and 33) for lighters (EN 13869:2016) New CEN TC for child safety requirements for on how to address climate Funeral Services lighters New (EN 13869:2016) Guides (32 and 33) on how to change address impacts climate onchange impacts on standards (CEN/TC 448), and how to address environmental issues in testing standards and how to revised edition of address environmental EN New CEN TC for Funeral Services issues in (CEN/TC testing standards 448), revised edition of EN Adoption of EN : framework for assessing professional skills and competences in the field of ICT Adoption of EN : New CEN-CLC JWG 9, CENELEC/TC 116 developed new framework New for CEN-CLC assessing JWG 9, develops EN develops with a EN methodology with a to series design, of set-up, European implement Standards and maintain professional an energy skills measurement and plan methodology to design, (EN 50632) on dust competences in the set-up, implement and measurement CENELEC/TC field of ICT 116 developed new maintain series of an European energy Standards (EN 50632) on procedures dust measurement procedures measurement plan CEN opens consultation on draft strategy to support the services sector CEN opens Consumers consultation filling on their tanks Consumers with the filling right their fuel thanks tanks to new CEN/TC on BIM adopted draft strategy to support the with the right fuel thanks to three International Standards: CEN/TC services 442 sector on BIM adopted three International new EN Standards: EN ISO EN 16739:2016, ISO 16739:2016, EN ISO :2016, EN ISO :2016 EN ISO :2016, EN ISO : Membership, Cooperation and Partnership Policy A total of 10 Press releases MEP lunch debate on the Joint Initiative on Standardization organized by CEN and CENELEC and hosted by Catherine Stihler MEP (S&D), IMCO Vice-Chair MEP lunch debate on the Joint CEN and CENELEC welcome CEN and CENELEC welcome European Commission s commitment to have a single standardization Initiative on Standardization European Commission s policy organized by CEN and commitment to have a CENELEC and hosted by single standardization CEN and CENELEC Policy engages with European Catherine industry Stihler for digital transformation policy MEP (S&D), CEN and CENELEC position on Standard IMCO Essential Vice-Chair Patents and Fair, Reasonable and Non- Discriminatory (FRAND) commitments CEN and CENELEC engages with CEN and CENELEC position on European industry for digital Standard Essential Patents transformation and Fair, Reasonable and CEN and CENELEC have renewed their joint Cooperation Agreement Non-Discriminatory with the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) (FRAND) commitments CEN, CENELEC and SBS welcome the publication by ISO and IEC of Guide (17:2016) on how to write in 2016 SME-friendly standards CEN and CENELEC Members, European Partners, Trade Federations and European companies joined CEN and to better CENELEC learn have how to boost their CEN, business CENELEC in and China SBSand India CEN using and European CENELEC Standards Members, renewed their joint welcome the publication European Partners, Trade Cooperation CEN, CENELEC Agreement and SAC restate by ISO their and commitment IEC of Guide to working Federations together and European with the Standards (17:2016) on how to companies joined to better Council of Canada (SCC) write SME-friendly learn how to boost their The Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM) has become CEN s first Companion standards business in China and India Standardization Body (CSB) using European Standards IEC and CENELEC commit to further increase alignment between International and European standards CEN, CENELEC and SAC The Mongolian Agency for IEC and CENELEC commit to restate their CEN, commitment CENELEC to and Joint Standardization Research Centre and Metrology signed renewed cooperation further increase agreement alignment working together (MASM) has become CEN s between International and first Companion European standards CEN and CENELEC welcome ISS (Serbia) as full member Standardization Body (CSB) and 46 brief news messages Membership, Cooperation and Partnership CEN, CENELEC and Joint Research Centre signed renewed cooperation agreement CEN and CENELEC welcome ISS (Serbia) as full member

46 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES 44 Revised Vademecum on European Infographic on the events held in 2016: 17 events and 799 participants. standardization: An abstract of each implications event is given. for the CEN 2. Events 2. Events and CENELEC Systems StandarDays 26 May 2016 Participants: and 18 March StandarDays 2016 This training was to understand the implications of the 21 and 22 September and 18 March 2016 revised Vademecum on mandated standardization activities Total Participants: and 22 September 2016 and to identify their impact on the application of the StandarDays Total is a two-day Participants: information 110 event aimed at newcomers to standardization, Vienna Dresden and (Frankfurt) those who Agreements. would like Participants to better were Technical Body Chairs, Convenors and Secretaries. understand CEN StandarDays and CENELEC. is a two-day information event aimed at newcomers to standardization, and those who would like to Gulf Technical Regulation on Low Voltage Equipment and Appliances better understand CEN and CENELEC. Discussion Workshop - How could Energy 1 April 2016 Management contribute to meeting the Participants: 33 EU s energy efficiency targets? Progress Gulf Technical Regulation on Low Voltage CEN and CENELEC and challenges Equipment invited and the Appliances Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GSO) to clarify the changes brought by this new technical regulation - 14 to June be fully 2016 enforced on 1 July and help determine and 1 April assess 2016 the impact of this regulation on European businesses Participants: active in 48the Gulf region. Participants: 33 Joint Initiative on European Standardization Lunch debate The workshop presented the scale of the highly costeffective energy savings that can be obtained from broader CEN and CENELEC invited the Standardization Organization 20 April 2016 of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf and more effective adoption of energy management (EM) Participants: (GSO) 35 + to livestreaming clarify the changes brought by this new technical across the EU. This was followed by an open discussion regulation - to be fully enforced on 1 July and help with representatives of industry and the European The debate was determine organized and assess by CEN the impact and CENELEC of this regulation and hosted on by Catherine Commission Stihler, on how MEP current S&D, EU IMCO policy Vice-Chair. instruments (such Participants European included businesses representatives active in from the Gulf the region. European Commission s as DG the GROW Energy Performance and DG CONNECT, of Buildings the Directive French and Ministry the of Economics, and European Federations such as DIGITALEUROPE, CECED, Energy Efficiency together Directive) with societal could evolve stakeholders to become like more ANEC. The full debate was livestreamed and live tweeted (#talkstandards). supportive in unlocking these large-scale savings. The promotion Joint led Initiative on social media on European delivered 28.4 K impressions, 145 engagements over 28 hours and an estimated 175 tweets using Standardization the #talkstandards hashtag, Lunch debate reaching accounts. How European standardization experts in China and India support European Revised Vademecum 20 April 2016 on European standardization: implications for the CEN and CENELEC Systems Industry 26 May 2016 Participants: 35 + livestreaming 24 June 2016 Participants: The 48 debate was organized by CEN and CENELEC and Participants: 32 hosted by Catherine Stihler, MEP S&D, IMCO Vice-Chair. This training Participants was to understand included representatives the implications from of the the European revised Vademecum The Seconded on mandated European standardization Standardization Experts, activities Mrs and Betty to identify their Commission s impact on the DG application GROW and DG of CONNECT, the Vienna the and French Dresden (Frankfurt) XU in China Agreements. (SESEC) and Participants Mr Dinesh Chand were Sharma Technical in Body Chairs, Convenors Ministry and of Economics, Secretaries. and European Federations such India (SESEI), offered privileged insights into the current as DIGITALEUROPE, CECED, together with societal Chinese and Indian Policy and Standardization landscape. Discussion Workshop stakeholders - like How ANEC. could The Energy full debate Management was livestreamed contribute to meeting the EU s energy efficiency targets? Progress and challenges and live tweeted (#talkstandards). Industry Engagement Workshop 14 June 2016 The promotion led on social media delivered 28.4 K Standards for digital transformation Participants: impressions, engagements over 28 hours and an estimated 175 tweets using the #talkstandards hashtag, 29 June 2016 The workshop reaching presented the accounts. scale of the highly cost-effective energy savings that can be obtained from broader and more Participants: 80 effective adoption of energy management (EM) across the EU. This was followed by an open discussion with representatives of industry and the European Commission on how current EU policy instruments Participants engaged (such as with the experts Energy that Performance understand the of digital divide in their industry and the standardization Buildings Directive and 17 the Energy events Efficiency Directive) could evolve to become more supportive in unlocking these largescale savings. actions needed to support European enterprises in going digital. Key industry representatives were asked to make How European standardization proposals for driving the European and international 799 experts participants in China and India support European Industry standardization landscape and identifying standardization needs for digital transformation that will impact the energy, manufacturing and transport sectors. 24 June 2016 Participants: 32 The Seconded European Standardization Experts, Mrs Betty XU in China (SESEC) and Mr Dinesh Chand Sharma in India (SESEI), offered privileged insights into the current Chinese and Indian Policy and Standardization landscape. Industry Engagement Workshop Standards for digital transformation 29 June 2016 Participants: 80 Participants engaged with experts that understand the digital divide in their industry and the standardization actions needed to support European enterprises in going digital. Key industry representatives were asked to make proposals for driving the European and international standardization landscape and identifying standardization needs for digital transformation that will impact the energy, manufacturing and transport sectors.

47 Drafting Annex ZZ under the new LVD (2014/35/EU) 45 6 July 2016 Participants: 39 Since April 2016, Drafting the new Low Annex Voltage ZZ Directive under the new LVD Industry Engagement Workshop (LVD /35/EU) (2014/35/EU) has replaced the old Directive (2006/95/EU). This implies From changes products in how CENELEC to services: deals the with evolving developing standards to support the LVD, whether home-grown or adopted from the International Electrotechnical role of standards Commission (IEC). 6 July 2016 The objective of the workshop was to ensure that all involved Technical Bodies aligned their practices regarding the development of Annex ZZ and Participants: October 2016 to gain insight on the CENELEC Guide 32 Guidelines for Safety Related Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction for Low Voltage Equipment and its Participants: 72 benefits for Technical Since Bodies April 2016, developing the new standards Low Voltage under Directive the new LVD. (LVD /35/EU) has replaced the old Directive The workshop covered the role of European service Industry Engagement (2006/95/EU). Workshop This Standards implies changes and in the how circular CENELEC economy standardization in supporting the current shift from deals with developing standards to support the LVD, products to services: the servitization of manufacturing, 8 September 2016 whether home-grown or adopted from the International the impact of digital on traditional services and the shared Participants: 95 Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). economy. Making the transition The objective to a circular of the economy workshop is was complex to ensure and that brings all fresh challenges. Participants learned how industry is making the shift from a linear to a circular involved approach, Technical with a Bodies focus aligned on waste their and practices secondary regarding raw materials. CEN and CENELEC PR Round Table: the development of Annex ZZ and to gain insight on the The role of standards will be essential in this process. During the workshop, key Creating industry representatives awareness of defined standardization the state of play and the challenges CENELEC Guide 32 Guidelines for Safety Related Risk facing industry for acting on managing waste and use of secondary raw materials, among establishing public clustering authorities of potential solutions and priorities and Assessment and Risk Reduction for Low Voltage Equipment outlining the standards its and benefits standardization for Technical Bodies solutions developing that are standards missing to enable the circular economy to function. under the new LVD. 27 and 28 October in Delft Workshop on CEN and CENELEC New Partnership Concept Revision of Participants: CEN-CENELEC 25 Guide 12 and September 2016 in Beijing In line with the signature of the JIS on 13 June 2016, and 13 October 2016 Industry in Frankfurt/main Engagement Workshop within the framework of the 15 actions that were validated Total participants: Standards 65 and the circular economy and launched 13 October 2016, the PR Roundtable focused on Action 4: Improvement of standardization awareness These workshops 8 explained September the 2016 rationale and the principles of the revised CEN and CENELEC Guides 12 and 13 (opportunities, rights, obligations, in national public authorities. contractual framework), Participants: as well as 95the steps towards their full implementation from It offered participants the opportunity to ask questions on these new partnership concepts. PR Colleagues shared best practices in a number of Making the transition to a circular economy is complex and areas; how to target public authorities in their respective Participants were brings CEN fresh and CENELEC challenges. Participants Affiliates, Partner learned Standardization how industry is Bodies countries and other in order National to create Standardization awareness of standardization; Bodies and National Committees that had already adopted making the European shift from standards a linear to a or circular intended approach, to do with so. a the communication strategies deployed and awarenessraising activities coordinated around key events. focus on waste and secondary raw materials. Insights of the European Commission - The Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS) The role of standards will be essential in this process. During 13 October 2016 the in Frankfurt/Main workshop, key industry representatives defined the state of play and the challenges facing industry for acting Standardization for smart grids and Participants: 40 on managing waste and use of secondary raw materials, metering in China and India. This event was a establishing panel discussion clustering during of potential the IEC solutions General and Assembly priorities hosted by State DKE in of Frankfurt/Main play and perspectives in partnership with DG GROW. It marked the launch of the 15 Actions and outlining of the the JIS. standards and standardization solutions that are missing to enable the circular economy to function. 25 November 2016 Industry Engagement Workshop From products to services: the evolving role Participants: of standards October 2016 Workshop on CEN and CENELEC CEN and CENELEC took the opportunity of the presence Participants: 72 of the Seconded European Standardization Experts, New Partnership Concept Revision of Dr Betty XU (China - SESEC), and Mr Dinesh CHAND SHARMA The workshop covered CEN-CENELEC the role of European Guide 12 service and standardization 13 in supporting the current shift from products to services: the servitization of (India - SESEI) to organize this one-day workshop. manufacturing, the impact of digital on traditional services and the shared economy. The objective was to receive first-hand intelligence on the 11 September 2016 in Beijing latest standardization developments in the field of Smart CEN and CENELEC 13 October PR Round 2016 Table: in Frankfurt/main Creating awareness of standardization among public authorities Grids and Smart Metering in China and India. 27 and 28 October Total in Delft participants: 65 These workshops explained the rationale and the principles Participants: 25 Smart metering in Europe: of the revised CEN and CENELEC Guides 12 and 13 (opportunities, rights, obligations, contractual framework), Standardization, exchange of experiences In line with the signature of the JIS on 13 June 2016, and within the framework of the 15 actions that were validated and launched 13 October 2016, the PR Roundtable as focused well as the on steps Action towards 4: Improvement their full implementation of standardization awareness in roll-outs in national and public the way authorities. forward from It offered participants the opportunity to ask PR Colleagues shared questions best on practices these new in partnership a number concepts. of areas; how to target public 7 December authorities in 2016 their respective countries in order to create awareness of standardization; the communication strategies deployed and awareness-raising Participants: activities coordinated 55 around key events. Participants were CEN and CENELEC Affiliates, Partner Standardization Bodies and other National Standardization The Smart Meters Coordination Group and the Standardization for smart grids and metering in China India. State of play and perspectives Bodies and National Committees that had already adopted joint advisory body of the European Standardization 25 November 2016 European standards or intended to do so. Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) held this Participants: 22 conference to provide a comprehensive overview of current standardization activities for smart metering. CEN and CENELEC Insights took the of opportunity the European of the presence Commission - of the Seconded The European Joint Standardization Initiative Experts, Standardization (JIS) Dr Betty Xu (China - SESEC), and Mr Dinesh CHAND SHARMA (India - SESEI) to organize this one-day workshop. The objective was 13 to October receive first-hand 2016 in intelligence Frankfurt/Main on the latest standardization developments in the field of Smart Grids and Smart Metering in China and India. Participants: 40 Smart metering in Europe: Standardization, exchange of experiences in roll-outs and the way forward 7 December 2016 Participants: 55 This event was a panel discussion during the IEC General Assembly hosted by DKE in Frankfurt/Main in partnership with DG GROW. It marked the launch of the 15 Actions of the JIS. The Smart Meters Coordination Group and the joint advisory body of the European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) held this conference to provide a comprehensive overview of current standardization activities for smart metering.

48 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES 3. ecomm 46 In 2016, CEN and CENELEC further enhanced their online presence with an increasing amount of news reaching a wider range of target audiences. We continued to modernize our communication channels - through developing suitable audio-visual materials, and to strengthen our engagement on the 3. ecomm most widely-used interactive social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) while increasing video content for YouTube. Live-streaming of conference panels were also made available via Twitter (Periscope). Infographic showing figures on ecommunication: In 2016, CEN and CENELEC further enhanced their CEN and CENELEC websites had more than 4 million visits. Increase of visits compared to 2015: CEN website +10,8%; CENELEC website online presence with an increasing amount of news +6% and the reaching CEN-CENELEC a wider range website of target + 28,7%. audiences. We continued to modernize our communication channels - through Social media engagements in 2016 Infographic showing developing the suitable social media audio-visual engagements materials, in and 2016 to as on 1 January Number of followers on 1 January 2017 Twitter: 4400 strengthen followers; our Facebook: engagement 2400 on likes; the LinkedIn: most widely-used 2449 followers; YuouTube channel. interactive social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter Tweetchat on Standards build trust World Standards Day, 14 October Twitter and LinkedIn) while increasing video content for followers (3 081 end of 2015) To celebrate YouTube. World Standards Live-streaming day, CEN of conference and CENELEC panels teamed were up with the European Commission (DG GROW) and organized a widereaching tweetchat held on 14 October. The theme for the 2016 World Standards Day (WSD), and of our tweetchat, was Standards build also made available via Twitter (Periscope). twitter.com/standards4eu trust. The tweetchat reached a total of 1.7 million twitter users. Facebook Visual of the banner prepared for the tweetchat on 'Standards build trust' at the occasion of World Standards Day of 14 October -showing likes (2 008 end of 2015) the little bird of twitter and the CEN logos and of CENELEC CEN, CENELEC, websites ETIS and the European Commission. facebook.com/cencenelec e-campaigns led by ISO more than 4 million visits Linkedln On the initiative of our international partner ISO (the International Organization for Standardization), we took part in two one-week global Increase of visits compared to followers (1 845 end of 2015) social media campaigns on Unlocking the potential of services standardization (#servicestandards) & Energy efficiency (#energyefficiency). linkedin.com/company/cen-and-cenelec Women s contribution to standards +10,8% #IWD16 International Women s Day on 8 March +6% celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and YouTube political achievements of women globally. On this occasion, CEN and CENELEC wished to highlight the role of women in the field of standardization. Women from all areas of standardization were selected to share their viewpoints on a +28,7% number of global feminist issues including youtube.com/cencenelec the empowerment of women and gender parity in the work place. Social media campaigns Pages/TN aspx Standards are all around - even if you are not always aware of them Tweetchat on Standards build trust number of global feminist issues including the empowerment standardization of women («Standards gender are parity all around in the work - even place. if you are not always To raise public World awareness Standards regarding Day, the 14 importance Octoberof standards and aware of them») To celebrate a series World of visuals Standards were promoted day, CEN through and CENELEC social media. These linked to major events held in 2016, including the European football championship teamed up and with the Paralympics. European Commission (DG GROW) Pages/TN aspx and organized a wide-reaching tweetchat held on 14 Drawing showing a goal keeper - surrounded by stickers indicating the October. The theme for the 2016 World Standards Day Standards references of are European all around Standards - even at the if you occasion are of the European football championship. (WSD), and of our tweetchat, was Standards build trust. not always aware of them Drawing showing The tweetchat how European reached Standards a total of 1.7 also million applies twitter for athletics users. at To the raise Paralympics public awareness like a manual regarding wheel the chair importance and limb protheses. of standards and standardization («Standards are all around - even if you are not always aware of them») a series of visuals were promoted through social media. These linked to major events held in 2016, including the European football championship and the Paralympics. e-campaigns led by ISO On the initiative of our international partner ISO (the International Organization for Standardization), we took part in two one-week global social media campaigns on Unlocking the potential of services standardization (#servicestandards) & Energy efficiency (#energyefficiency). Women s contribution to standards #IWD16 International Women s Day on 8 March celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women globally. On this occasion, CEN and CENELEC wished to highlight the role of women in the field of standardization. Women from all areas of standardization were selected to share their viewpoints on a

49 47 Audiovisual Audiovisual Over 16 video series were developed and published on the CEN and CENELEC YouTube channel in These included Over 16 thematic video series videos were linked developed to specific and published communication on the campaigns CEN and CENELEC (e.g. the YouTube circular channel economy, in StandarDays, These digital included transformation, thematic videos environment), linked to specific featuring communication interviews and campaigns testimonials (e.g. from the circular various economy, stakeholders. All videos StandarDays, can be accessed digital via transformation, the CEN-CENELEC environment), website: featuring interviews and testimonials from various stakeholders. All videos can be accessed via the CEN-CENELEC website: The main campaigns and video interviews were: The main campaigns and video interviews were: Standards & Environment Standards & Environment Interview with CENELEC President In a series of video interviews, standardizers from In a series of video interviews, standardizers from Dr Bernhard Thies the industry the and industry legislators and legislators explained explained the benefits the benefits of addressing of the environment in the European Standards, sharing their best stories. Dr Bernhard Thies became the new CENELEC President This series addressing was done the as environment part of our campaign in the European on the Standards, environment from March 2015 to March on 1 January We interviewed him to get some sharing their best stories. This series was done as part insights on his vision for CENELEC s future, what he Pages/VIDEO aspx of our campaign on the environment from March 2015 would like to achieve during his time as CENELEC to March President, and what were the important challenges Video on the Joint Standardization Initiative facing CENELEC now. Pages/VIDEO aspx The Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS), complying Pages/VIDEO aspx with the European Single Market Strategy, aims to Video on the Joint Standardization Initiative reinvigorate the unique public-private partnership The Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS), complying between Reflecting on 25 years of successful with European the European institutions Single and Market the European Strategy, standardization aims to community, building a more modern European Standardization System (ESS). cooperation between CENELEC and IEC reinvigorate CEN and the CENELEC unique public-private gave a warm partnership welcome to the launch of the JIS. We produced a video teaser providing highlights on the work between and expectations European emerging institutions from and the the JIS European exercise. and looking ahead to the future. standardization community, building a more modern In 2016, CENELEC and IEC celebrated 25 years of European Standardization System (ESS). CEN and cooperation. To celebrate this, we interviewed James Pages/VIDEO aspx CENELEC gave a warm welcome to the launch of the Matthews, Chairman of the IEC SMB (the International JIS. We produced a video teaser providing highlights Electrotechnical Commission) since Interview with CENELEC President Dr Bernhard Thies on the work and expectations emerging from the JIS Dr Bernhard exercise. Thies became the new CENELEC President on 1 January Pages/VIDEO We interviewed him to get some insights on his vision for CENELEC s future, what he would like to achieve during his time as CENELEC President, Pages/VIDEO aspx and what were the important challenges facing CENELEC now. Pages/VIDEO aspx Reflecting on 25 years of successful cooperation between CENELEC and IEC and looking ahead to the future. 4. In 2016, CENELEC CEN-CENELEC and IEC celebrated Infodesk 25 years 2016 of cooperation. To celebrate this, we interviewed James Matthews, Chairman of the IEC SMB (the International Electrotechnical Commission) since Pages/VIDEO enquiries 4. CEN-CENELEC Infodesk s 480 phone calls 2278 enquiries; s; 480 phone calls. 94% of these enquiries were answered within 5 working days. 94% of these enquiries were answered within 5 working days CEN and CENELEC also provide specialized helpdesks for questions concerning environmental issues, research and innovation activities, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

50 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES Highlights of 2016 CEN and CENELEC welcome visitors from Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI), Brussels, 20 January 2016 From left to right: Mithuhiro Okada (MRI - Mitsubishi Research Institute), Tamaho Takai, (JSA - Japanese Standard Association), Sarah Penny (Director External relations CEN and CENELEC), Hiroki Matsuura (MRI), Cinzia Missiroli (Unit Manager Standards CEN and CENELEC), Tadashi Ezaki (SONY/JSA Japanese Standard Association),Eric Marchand (Programme Manager External Relations CEN and CENELEC), Masato Uehara (English-Japanese interpreter). CEN and CENELEC welcome the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia A high-level delegation from the Mongolian Parliament, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tserendash Oyunbaatar, visited the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre in Brussels on 19 February Presidents of CEN and CENELEC meet with SBS President From left to right: Bernhard Thies (CENELEC President), Gunilla Almgren, President of SBS (Small Business Standards), Friedrich Smaxwil (CEN President). The CEN-CENELEC Societal Stakeholder Group met on 8 March 2016 in the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre Representatives from ANEC - the European consumer voice in standardisation, ETUC European Trade Union Confederation and ECOS the European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standardisation and CEN and CENELEC Members.

51 The workshop of 12 and 13 April 2016 was attended by 27 participants from 18 national members of CEN and CENELEC, who were either physically present or following proceedings via the internet. MEP Lunch debate The 'Joint Initiative on European Standardisation' was the main topic of the event which was organized by CEN and CENELEC and hosted by Catherine Stihler MEP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament s Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee. From left to right: Emilio Dávila Gonzalez (European Commission - DG CONNECT), Paolo Falcioni (Director General of CECED), Catherine Stihler MEP, Friedrich Smaxwil (CEN President). Training on revised Vademecum on European Standardisation, Brussels, 26 May 2016 From left to right: Jean-Paul Vetsuypens (Director Standards CEN-CENELEC Management Centre), Gudrún Rögnvaldardóttir (CEN Vice-President Technical) and Roman Grones (European Commission, DG Grow Standardisation Officer). The signatories of the 'Joint Initiative on Standardisation', Amsterdam, 13 June Workshop for CEN and CENELEC Members on implications of Framework Partnership Agreement

52 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES 50 CEN and CENELEC General Assemblies Common Session, Skopje (FYROM), 8 June 2016 From left to right: Wim de Kesel (Vice-President Policy, CENELEC), Scott Steedman (Vice-President Policy, CEN), Bogdan Topic (Vice-President Finance, CENELEC), Elena Santiago Cid (Director General, CEN and CENELEC), Friedrich Smaxwil (President, CEN), Bernhard Thies (President, CENELEC), Piet-Hein Daverveldt (Vice-President Finance, CEN), Maurice Buckley (Vice-President Technical, CENELEC) and Gudrún Rögnvaldardóttir (Vice-President Technical, CEN). CEN and CENELEC Annual Meeting hosted by ISRM, Welcome Reception, Skopje, 7 June 2016 CEN and CENELEC General Assemblies Coffee Break, Skopje, 8 June 2016 From left to right: Bernhard Thies (President CENELEC), Vincent Laflèche (President Elect CEN), Elena Santiago Cid (Director General CEN and CENELEC), Vladimir Peshevski (Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs), Ljupcho Davcev (CEO ISRM - Standardization Institute of the Republic of Macedonia). From left to right: Bernhard Thies (President CENELEC) and Friedrich Smaxwil (President CEN). CEN and CENELEC welcomed Dr Zhang Xiaogang, ISO President, to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre, Brussels, 10 June 2016 Discussion Workshop - How could Energy Management contribute to meeting EU s energy efficiency targets? Brussels, 14 June 2016 Elena Santiago Cid, Director General CEN and CENELEC and Dr. Zhang Xiaogang, ISO President. From left to right: Catherine Moutet (Director AFNOR Energies), Bernard Gindroz (Chair of the Sector Forum on Energy Management), Santiago Gonzalez Herraiz (Buildings Team, Unit C3, DG ENER, European Commission), Paul Waide (Director Waide Strategic Efficiency).

53 Table discussion Sitting: Maurice Buckley, CENELEC Vice-President Technical, leading a discussion table. Standing Wim De Kesel (CENELEC Vice-President Policy) and Andreea Gulacsi (Unit Manager Research Integration CEN-CENELEC Management Centre). Industry panel From left to right: Maurizio Gattiglio (Chairman European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) and Executive Vice President Prima Industrie SpA), Caroline Parel (Chargée de Mission, SNCF), Wim De Kesel (CENELEC Vice-President Policy), Bernhard Thies (CENELEC President), Emmanuel Forest (President European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) and Executive Vice-President, European and Public Affairs Bouygues), Rolf Chung (Director of Research and Development, Federal Association of ICT SMEs of Germany). Closing panel discussion: the CEN and CENELEC standardization roadmap for digital transformation From left to right: Gerard Owens (International Cooperation, European Patent Office), Terry Landers (Regional Standards Officer, Microsoft), Emilio Davila-Gonzalez ( European Commission), Alice Polo (Senior Manager, UNIFE), Louise Anderson (Standardization Interoperability Adviser, ENTSO-E), Mauro Scalia (Sustainable Business Manager, EURATEX), Maurice Buckley Moderator (CENELEC Vice-President Technical). 51 Standards for digital transformation Industry engagement workshop, Brussels, 29 June 2016

54 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES 52 Drafting Annex ZZ under the new Low Voltage Directive (LVD 2014/35/EU), Brussels, 6 July 2016 From left to right: Kevin Behnisch, (Head of International Cooperation, DKE) and Geert Maes (Senior Manager Industry & Infrastructure, CEN and CENELEC). Standards for the circular economy Industry engagement workshop, Brussels, 8 September 2016 From left to right: Doreen Fedrigo (Senior Policy Officer ECOS, European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standards), Ian Hetherington (Vice-President EuRIC, European Recycling Industries Confederation), Friedrich Smaxwil (President CEN). Closing panel: What are the industry s standardization needs for waste management and secondary raw materials? Maria Victoria Piedrafita Carnicer (LVD Policy Officer, DG Grow European Commission). The International Industry Trade Fair INNOPROM-2016 Ekaterinburg, Russia, July 2016 From left to right: Bernard Gindroz (Moderator), Fulvia Raffaelli (Head of Unit, Clean Technologies and Products, DG GROW European Commission), Christian Dworak (Corporate Technologies BSH Hausgeräte GmbH), Joachim Quoden (Managing Director EXPRA, Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance), Christophe Sykes (Director General, Construction Products Europe), Mireille Heijnen (Head Social & Environmental Responsibility EMEA/APJ at Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Olivier François (Director Market Development Galloo). Signature of the Frankfurt Agreement IEC and CENELEC, Frankfurt, 14 October 2016 Vincent Laflèche, President Elect CEN. Elena Santiago Cid, Director General CEN and CENELEC. Dr Junji Nomura, President of IEC and Dr Bernhard Thies, President of CENELEC, at the signing.

55 53 Vladimir Šucha (Director-General of the Joint Research Centre) and Elena Santiago Cid (Director General CEN and CENELEC). From products to services: the evolving role of standards Industry engagement workshop, Brussels, 26 October 2016 Stakeholder panel discussion - from left to right: Christoph Klenner (Secretary General ETTSA, European Technology and Travel Services Association ), Arnold Pindar (President ANEC, European Consumer Voice in Standardization), Robert Thilthorpe (Technical Manager FIA, Fire Industry Association), Angela Saxby (Chief Technologist for Hybrid IT HPE, Hewlett Packard Enterprises), Scott Steedman (Vice-President Policy CEN). Closing panel discussion: standardization strategy Action plan to support the service sector from left to right: Norman Rose (Director UK Trade Facilitation), Catherine Piana (Director General CoESS, Confederation of European Security Services), Tim Krögel (Board Member SBS, Small Business Standards), Belinda Cleeland (Team Leader Technical Policy ISO, International Organization for Standardization), Maria Rehbinder (Head of Unit Business to Business DG GROW, European Commission), Javier Garcia Diaz (Chair of the CEN Strategic Advisory Group on Services). CEN-CENELEC PR Roundtable, Delft, 27 and 28 October 2016 Participants of the 13th CEN-CENELEC PR Roundtable creating awareness of standardization among public authorities hosted by NEN, Standardization Institute of the Netherlands. CEN, CENELEC and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission restate their commitment to working together, Brussels, 20 October 2016

56 COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES CEN and CENELEC General Assembly Dinner, Brussels, 23 November Bernhard Thies (President CENELEC) delivering the speech at the end of the presidency of Friedrich Smaxwil (President CEN).