European StandardizationFaster for better?Elena Santiago Cid, CEN CENELEC Director General

Highlights: Faster for better?

• Speed is directly related to: • Sectors’ needs• Readiness of stakeholders to build consensus

• Do not sacrifice quality and internationalisation over speed

• Need to keep market relevance• Our proposal: Simplification and Education of

processes and procedures

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≠ sectors, ≠ needs

Speed is often a business choice

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Quality and speed

Representativeness, inclusiveness, international = timeElena Santiago Cid , EP Public Hearing on Standardization (2011-11-23) © CEN-CENELEC 2011 5/10

• To guarantee state of the art deliverables, we have to remain attractive to market operators

• ENs are developed and used by the private sector• The private sector:

• bears 95% of the costs of the system.• brings 99% of the up-to-date expertise.

• Speed depends on knowledge available, commercial issues, industry’s needs, etc.

Market relevance

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Our proposal:Simplification of processes and Education

• Improved ESOs and SDOs coordination and cooperation (also at international level)

• Further Development of e-communication and e-platforms (new and improved IT tools – IT strategy)

• EC co-finance rules should be simplified• Integration of research- standards and innovation• Education about standardisation (National programs)

Joint effort for simplification = increase in speed

Conclusions: Faster for better?

• Speed is directly related to: • Sectors’ needs• Readiness of stakeholders to build consensus

• Do not sacrifice quality and internationalisation • Need to keep market relevance• Simplification and Education of processes.• EC co-finance rules should be simplified• Let’s simplify together!

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EN 12758 - Glass in building

EN 771 - Specification for masonry units

EN 455 - Medical gloves for single use

EN 60601-2-41:2009/A11:2011Medical electrical equipment

EN 14961:2011 - Solid biofuels - Fuel specifications and classes

EN 50128 - Railway applications - Communication, signalling and

processing systems - Software for railway control and protection systems

EN 13749 - Railway applications -

Wheelsets and bogies

THANK YOU!Looking forward to your questions!

Elena Santiago CidCEN CENELEC Director Generalesantiago@cencenelec.eu

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