CEN, CENELEC and ETSI

: CENELEC is a pan-European standards organisation concerned with electrical goods (Photo: cenelec.org)

Standards organisations serve the EU and other European nations with common standards.

Standards are decided by a qualified majority according to the EU rules for the EU area.

If a standard is set-up it overrides national laws and can only be amended by another qualified majority decision.

Notes

- CEN is the general organisation in Brussels, “Comité Europeéen de Normalisation”.

- CENELEC stands for electric articles.

- ETSI stands for electronic communication.

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