Keeping up to date

Discover the different ways of keeping up-to-date on European Standardization and the activities of CEN and CENELEC:

Most of CEN members and CENELEC members make online 'search functions on standards’ available in national languages, which makes it easier to trace standards and give guidance on how to search for a standard.

This can include putting together sets of relevant standards for specific sectors, technologies and types of organization.

Standards relevant to environmental protection cover a wide range of issues. The best-known example is EN ISO 14001, the international standard for environmental management. Other areas covered by standards include air quality, biodiversity, eco-design of energy-related products, electric vehicles, energy management, nanotechnologies and water footprinting, to name but a few.


If you are looking for a specific standard, the 'search standards' functions on the CEN and CENELEC website allow you to search the entire collection of published European standards and European standards under development. You can consult the scopes of standards and what they enable you to do to help you identify standards relevant to you.


All European standards are published and are available as national standards from the CEN and CENELEC national standardization organizations, often translated into national languages. Most of the CEN and CENELEC national standards organizations make online 'search functions on standards’ available in national languages which makes it easier to trace standards and give guidance on how to search for a standard. Find your national CEN standardization organization and CENELEC standardization organization.

Our newsletter ‘On the Spot’ gives general news on standardization:

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