European Standardisation and the mutual interest between RTD & Standardisation

1. European Standardisation and the mutual interest between RTD & Standardisation Ir André P I R L E T CEN Management Centre www.cenorm.be LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

2. CENA System and ... An association of: • 28 Members (NSB) • 2 Counsellors: EC and EFTA • 8 Associate Members • 6 Affiliates (NSB) • CEN Management Centre (CMC) LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

3. CEN… a Network with partners: • Co-operation with ISO (VA) • CENELEC and ETSI (JPG) • 300+ trade and professional bodies in liaison with Technical Committees LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

4. Aim To implement voluntary standardization throughout Europe in order: • to meet market needs, • to remove technical barriers to mobility and trade • to provide technical support to European legislation in conjunction withISO and/or public or private organizations representing European or worldwide interests LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

5. Standards ... • Increase safety and allow interoperability • Increase understanding and information transfer • Promote competitiveness of industry and increases competition • Are the basis for agreement on the design, manufacture, performance and testing of products, services, or operations • Are greatly dependent on input from R&D LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

6. CEN: Values and Principles • Transparent, consensus based working forum open to all interested parties • Standstill, national commitment, binding decision and national transposition with withdrawal of conflicting standards (EN!) • Freely agreed, voluntarily applied and verifiable compliance, coherent set of specifications • State of the art, 3 or 5-yearly review LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

7. The Standardization Process • Agree new work as needed • Drafting by experts • Wider consultation (or public enquiry) • Comments resolution • Confirmation and adoption • National availability • CEN Technical Committee • CEN Workshop LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

8. CEN publications Origin TC: • The European Standard (EN) • The Technical Specifications (TS) • The CEN Technical Report (TR) Origin CW • The CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

9. CEN TC vs. CEN WS CharacteristicCEN TCCEN Workshop 1 Participation CEN NSB delegates No restriction 2 Geographical CEN Countries No restriction 3 Representing All interests Identified interests 4 Adoption CEN NSBs vote Participants’ consensus 5 Financing Responsible NSB Sponsor, participants 6 Business plan CEN NSBs Participants 7 Secretariat CEN NSB CEN NSB 8 Deliverables EN (TS, TR) CWA LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

10. CEN deliverables LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

11. EN vs. CWA CharacteristicENCWA 1 Standstill Yes No 2 Language 3 CEN minimum 1 CEN 3 Public Enquiry Mandatory Optional 4 Approval level CEN NSBs Participants 5 Approval rule Weighted vote Consensus 6 Withdrawal Mandatory None 7 Availability at NSB National Standard Announcement 8 Support to legislation Yes, e.g. NA Not designed for LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

12. Guidance for choice of deliverable LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

13. Guidance for approach LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

14. A role in ... • e.g. the Council Directive 98/34/EC • e.g. the Council Resolution of 7 May 1985 on the “New Approach“ (NA) • Legislation limited to ‘Essential Requirements’ and Technical specifications entrusted to competent organizations • ‘Presumption of Conformity’ to the Essential Requirements of these NA Directives LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

15. Vienna AgreementbetweenISO - CEN = agreement on technical cooperation • Concluded in 1991 and ‘Codified’ in 2001 • further detailed in Guidelines • Ensures primacy of international standards over regional standards • Recognizes that specific needs or urgency may require European standards while there is no such need at international level LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

16. Vienna AgreementModes of Cooperation • Exchange of information at CMC - ISO/CS level • Work by correspondence and contributions • Mutual representation at meetings of technical entities as requested • Adopting existing ISO standards as ENs • Transfer of work from CEN to ISO • Simultaneous parallel approval procedures and final availability of standards LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

17. CEN system can: Provide neutral and independent platform of all interested partners to elaborate or validate specifications as agreements or standards, simultaneously at national, European and international level LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

18. CEN system can: Ensure a common reference on e.g. terminology, qualifications,specifications, declaration of conformity, understood in the same way throughout sectors and Europe, in the needed languages LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

19. CEN system can: Give the result a wider transparency, visibility, image and availability in a maintained and coherent collection, at national level with respect of sector, localisation and cultural values with central ownership and systematic review by interested parties LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

20. Difficulties Standard R & D Extra Legislation Complementary Measures Ambitious objectives LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

21. Mutual interest RTD & Standardisation • Systematic use of the “FISHBONE” approach to maximise the impact for applied research • Tailoring of studies on testing methods on the basis of CEN needs for research • Adding Standardisation in Research proposals for wide dissemination of the output of research LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

22. Sectorial Activities • SABE : Strategic Advisory Body on Environment • sabe@cenorm.be • EHD : CEN Environmental Help Desk • Cen.ehd@cenorm.be LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS

23. CEN is ready to help ! LCA - PDT STAR Workshop with ENEA and VAMAS