European Committee for Standardisation

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CEN (1999), Air quality — determination of odour concentration measurement by dynamic olfactometry, European Committee for Standardisation, draft prEN 13725. 

European Communities are presumed by Member States to comply with those aspects of the essential requirements that are covered by the standard. Harmonised standards are those adopted by the EC standards bodies pursuant to a mandate issued by the Commission, in this case the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC). A large number of standards are contemplated but may take time to be written and adopted. Standards may be horizontal (covering aspects common to all or a number of product types) or vertical (dealing only with a specific aspect or specific product type). Important harmonised standards exist on the following ... 

European Committee for Standardisation (2000) Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation, EN 13432 2000. Beuth, Berlin... 

European countries have to take note of The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) which was founded in 1961 and comprises the national standards bodies of EC and EFTA plus some eastern European countries. CENELEC is the equivalent body in the electrical field. To many people, the concept of European standards, or any other national grouping, is an unnecessary complication, it being argued that there is no need for any activity in between ISO and the national bodies. However, the work of CEN assumes great commercial importance because EC countries are bound to adopt them to replace national standards and they can be used to demonstrate compliance with EC Directives. The CEN web site can be found at www.cenorm.be. 

However, because these directives have a very large scope, they cannot be very specific as to the details of the goods they address. To set guidelines on how to address the requirements of the directives, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) was empowered by the European Council to draw European Standards. After almost 20 years of efforts on the part of end users and manufacturers who were part of the committee, CEN released in 2004 a set of standards particularly for Safety Valves, EN 4126 Parts 1 through 7, Safety Devices for Protection Against Excessive Pressure (similar to API) ... 

In 1999, a Working Group on Instrumentation in Electrochemical Analysis (WG 5) was created by the Technical Committee - Laboratory Equipment of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN/TC 332). The standard relates to requirements for how to establish traceability between pH measurements performed by the user and the primary reference method using hydrogen electrodes. The revised IUPAC draft for pH is intended to serve as a basis for the new European standard on pH. It has been clearly stated that this standardisation work will not duplicate the work already completed by IUPAC or by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). 

The European Union requires common rules for the clearing of trade barriers. Standardisation has acquired additional value in a European dimension, and the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has been established. National and international standardisation bodies participate in the development and upgrade of the standards providing infrastructure and assuring the coherence and the consistency of standards. 

European Standard EN ISO 2818. Plastics, CEN European Committee for Standardisation (1999)... 

European Committee for Standardisation, CEN (1999) Food analysis— biotoxins—criteria of analytical methods for mycotoxins, Report Reference no. CR 13505 1999E... 

Society for Testing and Material (ASTM), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), Standard Methods for Water and Wastewater and Deutsches Institut fur Normung (DIN). 

ASTM BTEX CARACAS CEN American Society for Testing and Materials benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes concerted action on risk assessment for contaminated sites Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)... 

CEN TCI9 WG27, Test Methods for the Determination of Sulfur Content. Report of the 2001 Round Robin, European Committee for Standardisation, 36 rue de Stassart, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium. 

CEN (2000). "Definition and classification of grades of steel (EN10020)", European Committee for Standardisation, EN10020. 

ENV 1991-1 Eurocode number 1 Basis of design and actions on stmctures part 1 Basis of Design, European Committee for Standardisation, 1991. 

ENV 1992-1 1 Eurocode number 2 Design of concrete stmcture part 1 General rules and rules for buildings, European Committee for Standardisation, 1992. 

The need for more data and consensus within the industry is an important aspect of process monitoring. The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Technical Committee 233 has attempted to get a consensus on this problem so that equipment in particular can be designed and tested to a performance standard. However, there is still debate on whether there is a need to set limits bearing in mind the diversity and range of micro-organisms and industries. 

Table 1. Examples of American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and European Standard, European Committee for Standardisation (EN) standards for protective gloves against chemicals...

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