CEN Standardisation

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CEN Technical Definition

Definitions of the terms and acronyms most frequently used in CEN documents.

This list is intended as a guide to terms and acronyms that occur frequently within ARGE Technical Reports which review CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation/ European Committee for Standardization, Documents and other appropriate data.

The Technical Reports are produced by ARGE Technical Consultant Alessandro Brunelli. We intend to publish these technical reports quarterly in the members section of the website where access requires a password. Summaries will be made available in the public area giving a short synopsis of the topics covered.

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  • Accreditation
  • Agreed expert opinion
  • Annex ZA
  • Attestation of Conformity system
  • CEN
  • CEN Enquiry
  • CEN Technical Board
  • CEN/CENELEC Management Centre
  • CENELEC
  • Co-existence period
  • Construction Products Directive
  • Construction Products Regulation
  • Date of Announcement
  • Date of availability
  • Date of publication
  • Date of ratification
  • Date of withdrawal
  • Direct application rules
  • Draft European standard
  • Draft European standard for Formal Vote
  • Essential characteristics
  • Essential requirements
  • European Commission
  • European Directive
  • European Economic Area
  • European Free Trade Association
  • European Regulation
  • European Standard
  • European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  • Extended application rules
  • Factory production control
  • Formal vote
  • Hardware performance sheet
  • Harmonised European standard
  • Harmonization Document
  • Initial Type Testing aaa
  • National Standards Body
  • New approach directives
  • New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations Information System
  • No performance determined
  • Notified Body
  • Official Journal of the European Union
  • Ratification
  • Regulation
  • Standing Committee of a directive
  • Standstill
  • Technical Board
  • Technical Committee
  • Technical Report
  • Technical Specification
  • Third party
  • Unique Acceptance Procedure
  • Vienna agreement
  • Work item