CEN-CENELEC
CEN and CENELEC — European Standardization Organizations
CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) are two distinct organizations managed by a single body, the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC). They share a unified publishing system, identifier grammar, and catalogue. CEN cooperates with ISO (Vienna Agreement) and CENELEC cooperates with IEC (Frankfurt Agreement). Both are recognized by the EU and EFTA.
Document Types 13
Components 6
Structured elements that make up a CEN-CENELEC identifier:
Publisher
CEN, CENELEC (CLC), or joint designations
Document Type
EN, CEN/TS, CEN/TR, CWA, HD, etc.
Number
The document number
Part
Part number
Year
Publication year
Consolidated
Consolidated amendment indicator (+A1, +A2)
:consolidatedPubID Algebra 4
Relationships between CEN-CENELEC identifiers:
| Relation | Description | Syntax | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment | Modifies a European Norm | EN [Number]:[Year]/A[N]:[Year] | EN 196-3:2005+A1:2008 |
| Corrigendum | Corrects errors | EN [Number]:[Year]/AC:[Year] | EN ISO 13485:2016/AC:2016 |
| Consolidated | Base + amendments | EN [Number]:[Year]+A[N]:[Year] | EN 196-3:2005+A1:2008 |
| Adoption | Adoption of ISO/IEC standards | EN ISO [Number]:[Year] | EN ISO 13485:2016 |