Keeping up to date 
Keeping up to date
CEN and CENELEC are working constantly to provide new standards which business and industry need, as well as ensuring existing standards continue to be 'fit for purpose'. Therefore, it is important for all organisations who use standards, including SMEs, to keep up to date about standards by getting information and news, including about new and revised standards, new standards projects and general news and updates. But how?
Discover the different ways of keeping up-to-date:
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Through CEN and CENELEC members
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Most of members make online 'search functions on standards’ available in national languages which makes it easier to trace standards and give guidance on how search for a standard: CEN members and CENELEC members. This can include putting together sets of relevant standards for specific sectors, technologies and types of organisation.
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Trade associations
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They may inform their members of standards relevant to their sector or discipline.
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CEN and CENELEC sector web pages
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http://www.bds-bg.org/en/tc/index.php
If you are interested in a specific sector, visit the BDS sectors page, CEN sectors page and the CENELEC Technology sectors page.
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Locate relevant CEN and CENELEC Technical Bodies
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List of BDS Technical Committees, CEN Technical Committees and list of CENELEC Technical Committees.
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The 'search' functions on the CEN and CENELEC web sites
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- Allow you to search the entire collection of published standards and standards under development.
- To search for other standards, use the BDS search tool
- To search for Electrotechnical standards, use the CENELEC search tool
- To search for other standards, use the CEN search tool
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CEN and CENELEC newsletter
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- Subscribe to CEN/CENELEC newsletters or read the latest newsletters published on their website:
- Their newsletter CONNECT: gives general news on standardization
- Their newsletter dedicated to SMEs: “Standards work for SMEs”
14 May 2014