European Standards by CENELEC

In the course of the integration of European states and the removal of trade barriers, national standardization loses importance considerably. The majority of electrical standards comes into existence by international cooperation with IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva/Switzerland. On the basis of IEC Standards many European Standards have been developed in the past. This work has been done by CENELEC, Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique, Brussels/Belgium. European Standards or Norms (EN) often deviate from their IEC origins in their technical content. To avoid double action and to ensure a more effective standardization procedure, IEC and CENELEC are now working in closer cooperation. CENELEC is a private organization and does not act as an institution of the European Union at all. This fact indicates that European Standards need a legal act to come into force. Members of CENELEC are the national committees for standardization of the member states (not identical with the European Union). 

Belgium BE CEB Comite Electrotechnique Beige BEC Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comite Brussels 

Czech Republic CZ Czech Standards Institute CSNI Praha 

Denmark DK DS Dansk Standard Electrotechnical Sector Charlottenlund 

Finland FI SESKO Finnish Electrotechnical Standards Association Flelsinki 

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