The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

GLOSSARY A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

Affiliate

Resume
Name

Affiliate

Source

CEN.

Role/Definition

"A National Standardisation Body from a country officially identified as an accepted or potential candidate for joining the European Union (EU) or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and which has close links with the EU and EFTA in relation to technical, scientific, economic, political and social conditions."

Responsibilities

  1. Implements European Standards (ENs) as national standards in its own language or in one of the official CEN languages and withdraws conflicting national standards wherever possible.
  2. Commits to comply with the rules set by the Statutes of CEN, including financial obligations as decided by the General Assembly (AG)
  3. Notifies all new national projects to the CEN Management Centre (CMC) (for consideration under the "Committee for Standards and Technical Regulations " (98/34) procedure)
  4. Implements standstill on national work in accordance with the procedure for the provision of information in the field of standards, as given in Directive 98/34
  5. Keeps CMC fully informed of any changes in its organization and provides any other relevant information.

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