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European Standardisation Bodies

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Identification

European Standardisation Organisations (ESO)
European Standardisation Bodies (ESB)

Acronyms
ESO/ ESB
Official European Standardisation Bodies
Directive 98/34/EC recognises 3 organisations which are allowed to publish European Standards:

CEN - European Committee for Standardisation:
Main fields of activity cover various sectors such as Air and Space, Chemistry, Construction, Consumer Products, Energy and Utilities, Food, Health and Safety, Healthcare, Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, ICT, Materials, Measurement, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Security and Defence, Services, Transport and Packaging and others.

CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation:
Main field of activity covers the Electrotechnical domain

ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute:
Main field of activity is Telecommunications (applicable standards for Information & Communications Technologies including fixed, mobile, radio, broadcast, internet and several other areas).

Overlaping areas among SDOs

Although their subject areas are generally different, CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI cooperate in a number of fields of common interest, such as the machinery sector or in information and communications technologies (ICTs).

These overlaping areas are a co-ordinated by the external body ICT Standards Board which also includes a number of industry standards consortia.

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Identification	European Standardisation Organisations (ESO) European Standardisation Bodies (ESB)
Acronyms	ESO/ ESB
Official European Standardisation Bodies	Directive 98/34/EC recognises 3 organisations which are allowed to publish European Standards: CEN - European Committee for Standardisation: Main fields of activity cover various sectors such as Air and Space, Chemistry, Construction, Consumer Products, Energy and Utilities, Food, Health and Safety, Healthcare, Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, ICT, Materials, Measurement, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Security and Defence, Services, Transport and Packaging and others. CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation: Main field of activity covers the Electrotechnical domain ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute: Main field of activity is Telecommunications (applicable standards for Information & Communications Technologies including fixed, mobile, radio, broadcast, internet and several other areas).
Overlaping areas among SDOs	Although their subject areas are generally different, CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI cooperate in a number of fields of common interest, such as the machinery sector or in information and communications technologies (ICTs). These overlaping areas are a co-ordinated by the external body ICT Standards Board which also includes a number of industry standards consortia.