Faster delivery of European Standards and other deliverables

This page describes the actions undertaken to speed up the development of European Standards & other CEN deliverables.

1 BACKGROUND

The Technical Board has decided on several actions to speed up the development of European Standards. A summary of these actions, which are launched, monitored and reported upon by the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC), is given below.

2 SUMMARY OF ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN TO SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN STANDARDS & OTHER CEN DELIVERABLES

The summary of actions.

3 SUPPORTING BT DECISIONS

• Resolution BT 34/2002: BT/CAG 131 – Action 2 – Timeframe for development of ENs
• Resolution BT 4/2003: Monitoring delayed finalisation of approved standards
• Resolution BT 40/2003: CAG Action 2 – Delayed pre-Enquiry drafts
• Resolution BT 42/2003: Beyond the 3-year timeframe for ENs
• Resolution BT 37/2004: Negative Formal Vote/UAP - Procedure
• Resolution BT 39/2004: Work items stuck just before Formal Vote/UAP -Procedure
• Resolution BT 26/2007: Limited lifetime of prENs
• Resolution BT 42/2008: Speeding up the production of CEN Publications - Clarification, improvements and corrective actions
• Decision BT 35/2014: Implementation of a 3 month Enquiry procedure with associated weighted vote and optional Formal Vote for CEN home-grown projects
• Decision BT 44/2015: Reduced default time to deliver Enquiry draft to CCMC & revised Formal Vote procedure
• Decision C132/2015: Revised procedure for Consultant's assessment at Enquiry