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With Standardization Request M/564 and its amendments (M/564 Amd1 and M/564 Amd 2), the European Commission charged the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to elaborate harmonized European Standards and European standardization deliverables in the framework of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on fertilising products.

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 16th May 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA.

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 18th June 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the final draft of the CWA.

A new CEN Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the EU project 'Edu4Standards'. This project brings together a consortium of higher education institutions, standardization bodies and SMEs with the goal of innovating how standardization is taught in Europe.

The European space sector is undergoing rapid expansion driven by increasing demand for space-based data and services. To support a competitive and innovative internal market, the European Commission proposed an EU Space Act. The initiative aims to harmonize rules for space operators, improve space object tracking, strengthen cybersecurity, and establish a common method for assessing environmental impacts, ensuring legal certainty and safeguarding the long-term use of space.

The CEN Workshop on was kicked off on 29th July 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the drafts of three CWAs.

As part of a longstanding dialogue on transatlantic cooperation in standardization, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the European Standards Organizations (ESOs) – CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI – met on 10 and 11 November 2025 at ANSI’s headquarters in Washington, DC to exchange on the latest standardization developments in Europe and in the United States. Representatives from the US government and their European counterparts joined the discussions between standardizers.

Following the publication of their Position Paper on the 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10) in January 2025 (here), CEN and CENELEC have now submitted their feedback to the European Commission’s legislative package for FP10 and the new European Competitiveness Fund (ECF).

The CEN Workshop was kicked off on 22nd September 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA

A new CEN Workshop is being planned as part of the activities of the EU project FOLOU - 'Bringing knowledge and consensus to prevent and reduce food loss at the primary production stage'. This project raises awareness about food loss and dares to rethink it, putting the emphasis on listening and learning in relation to food systems in the hope for a better way forward.