COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT on the implementation of the actions foreseen in the annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2019 Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2019
Date: 2018-10-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: European security, European standardisation body, action programme, circular economy, energy policy, institutional cooperation, international cooperation, public-private partnership, single market, standardisation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 11.10.2018 SWD(2018) 434 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT on the implementation of the actions foreseen in the annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2019 Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2019 {COM(2018) 686 final}  
 
 
A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment 

Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Communication from the 
Commission to the European 
Parliament, the Council, the 
European Economic and Social 
Committee of the Regions, A 
European Strategy for Plastics in a 
Circular Economy, COM (2018) 28 
final & SWD (2018) 16 final. 

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EU Action Plan for a Circular 
Economy, COM (2015) 614. 

The Renewed Industrial Policy 
Strategy, COM (2017) 479. 

Proposal for a directive to reduce the 
impact of certain plastic products on 
the environment , COM (2018) 340 

Objective 
Standardisation activities implementing the EU 
Plastic Strategy. The work will address the 
following objectives in cooperation with the 
European Standardisation Committee and 
building upon the results of the currently 
executed "ancillary and preliminary action on 
sustainable chemicals" (Specific Agreement n° 
CEN/000/2017-05 Sustainable Chemicals): 

  development of quality standards for 
sorted plastics waste and recycled 
plastics; 

  development of standardised 

approaches on defining and labelling 
compostable and biodegradable 
plastics by equally making standardised 
life-cycle assessment approaches 
available including relevant qualitative 
and quantitative and threshold criteria; 
  development of standards and guides 
for the alternative feedstock utilization 
for plastic production; 

  development of standards at 

international level on sorted plastic 
waste and recycled plastics; 

  development of standards for a possible 

certification scheme(s) for plastic 
recycling plants in the EU and in third 
countries.   

  Review of the test methods pledged by 
a Cross Industry Agreement to assess 

Impact of the action 

Type of action 

The overall aim is to capture the 
economic benefits of plastics 
based on a more 'circular' 
approach without harming the 
environment and at the same 
time increasing their 
sustainability, competitiveness 
and creating jobs in line with the 
objectives pursued by the 
renewed EU Industrial Policy 
Strategy in order to achieve the 
goal of allowing that all plastics 
packaging is recyclable by 2030. 
This will aim to curb plastic 
pollution and the reverse 
possible impact of plastics on 
human health and the 
environment by equally 
achieving a modern, low carbon, 
resource, energy-efficient and 
circular economy in the EU.  

Development/revision 
of European standards 
and European 
standardisation 
deliverables in support 
of Union legislation and 
policies 

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microplastic release into the aquatic 
environment during the washing of 
synthetic textiles. Follow up is to include 
potential development of a standard for 
the test method, elaborating on the 
methods by the industry if available, 
where relevant and justified.   

  Development of a harmonised standard 
for beverage containers with tethered 
caps and lids in support to the 
implementation of Art. 6 of the draft 
directive.       

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

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Ecodesign with regard to water 
pumps (review) Regulation (EU) 
547/2012. 

Standardisation requests related to Ecodesign 
and Energy Labelling Regulations - pumps. 
Update of the existing standards/preparation of 
new standards to align with the revised 
regulation.  

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Ecodesign with regard to local 
space heaters Regulation (EU) 
1188/2015 and solid fuel local 
space heaters Regulation (EU) 
1185/2015. 

Standardisation requests related to Ecodesign 
and Energy Labelling Regulations - Local 
space heaters. Update of the existing 
standards/preparation of new standards to 
align with the revised regulation.  

Impact of the action 
The standards will be aligned with 
the regulations and be 
harmonised. This is necessary to 
prove compliance. The standards 
will include measurement and 
calculation methods to determine 
parameters such as the energy 
efficiency of pumps and will help 
us to reduce the energy 
consumption from pumps. 

The standards will be aligned with 
the regulations and be 
harmonised. This is necessary to 
prove compliance. The standards 
will include measurement and 
calculation methods to determine 
parameters such as the energy 
efficiency and the emissions of 
local space heaters and will help 
us to reduce the energy 
consumption and air pollution 
from local space heaters. 

Type of action 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision 
of harmonised 
European standards in 
support of Union 
legislation. 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision 
of harmonised 
European standards in 
support of Union 
legislation. 

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Ecodesign with regard to air 
heating products, cooling 
products, high temperature 
process chillers and fan coil units 

Standardisation requests related to Ecodesign 
and Energy Labelling Regulations - air heating 
products, cooling products, high temperature 
process chillers and fan coil units. New 
standards/preparation of standards to align 

The standards will be aligned with 
the regulations and be 
harmonised. This is necessary to 
prove compliance. The standards 
will include measurement and 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision 
of harmonised 
European standards in 

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

Regulation (EU) 2016/2281. 

with revised regulation 

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Ecodesign with regard to air 
conditioners Regulation (EU) 
206/2012 

Standardisation requests related to Ecodesign 
and Energy Labelling Regulations - Air 
conditioners. Update of the existing 
standards/preparation of new standards to 
align with the revised regulation.  

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Standardisation requests related to a 
(upcoming) Ecodesign Regulation on 
Batteries. 

Impact of the action 
calculation methods to determine 
parameters such as the energy 
efficiency and the emissions of 
local space heaters and will help 
us to reduce the energy 
consumption and air pollution 
from air heating products, cooling 
products, high temperature 
process chillers and fan coil units 
The standards will be aligned with 
the regulations and be 
harmonised. This is necessary to 
prove compliance. The standards 
will include measurement and 
calculation methods to determine 
parameters such as the energy 
efficiency of air conditioners and 
comfort fans and will help us to 
reduce the energy consumption 
from air conditioners and comfort 
fans. 

The standards will be aligned with 
the regulation and be harmonised. 
This is necessary to prove 
compliance. The standards will 
include measurement and 
calculation methods to determine 
parameters such as the energy 
efficiency and the material 
efficiency of batteries and will help 

Type of action 

support of Union 
legislation. 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision 
of harmonised 
European standards in 
support of Union 
legislation. 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision 
of harmonised 
European standards in 
support of Union 
legislation. 

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

Deployment of alternative fuels 
infrastructure (Directive 
2014/94/EU). 

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To stimulate activities on e-mobility and 
standardisation relating to publicly accessible 
recharging infrastructure, the Commission will 
support the development of standards in the 
area of e-mobility communication protocols 
and related to e-mobility infrastructure covered 
under the directive. 

Type of action 

Development/revision 
of European standards 
and European 
standardisation 
deliverables in support 
of Union legislation 
and policies. 

Impact of the action 
us to reduce their environmental 
impact. 

Standards to be developed and/or 
support international 
standardisation relating to: 

  digitally connecting 

 

recharging points to back-
office IT systems 
identification and 
authentication of electric 
vehicle users 

  e-roaming protocols  
interface to energy 
 
networks and markets 
  pricing information to 

users of electric vehicles 

The aim will be to benefit 
consumers, enabling more 
transparency on recharging costs, 
enabling smart charging and more 
interoperability. It aims to be 
beneficial for industry by avoiding 
closed networks and stranded 
investments. 

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Ref. 

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Legislative/policy reference 
The European Strategy for Low-
Emission Mobility (07/2016). The 
use of alternative fuels (e.g. LNG 
(possibly synthetic natural gas 
(SNG) and liquefied biogas 
(LBG)), electricity, hydrogen) for 
waterborne application is 
stimulated e.g. through the 
deployment of alternative fuels 
infrastructure (Directive 
2014/94/EU). The SWD (2017) 
223, which is presented as part of 
the 2017 package for clean, 
competitive and connected 
mobility, addresses current and 
future challenges through 
innovation roadmaps, among 
others, also for waterborne 
applications.  

Objective 

Impact of the action 

Type of action 

Identifying and promoting the development 
standards for waterborne applications.  

The EU maritime sector is a key 
enabler of EU global 
competitiveness and a crucial 
component of the EU transport 
system & internal market. 
Introducing a tailored, enabling 
framework of standards dedicated 
for/to waterborne applications 
enables the introduction of 
alternative fuels to the maritime 
sector thereby providing an 
emission-free transport means. 
Easing the uptake of hydrogen 
and fuel cells in the maritime 
sector enable the position in the 
EU in terms of competitiveness, 
leadership, innovation and jobs. 

Development/revision 
of European standards 
and European 
standardisation 
deliverables in support 
of Union legislation 
and policies. 

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A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base 

Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

9 

Personal protective equipment 
Regulation (EU) 2016/425. 

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Emission regulation for light-duty 
and heavy duty vehicles. 
Regulation (EC) 715/2007, 
Regulation (EC) 595/2009 and 
implementing Regulations (EU) 
2017/1151 and (EC) 582/2011.  

Objective 
Standardisation request in the field of personal 
protective equipment under Regulation (EU) 
2016/425. The objectives of the action are 
explained in detail in the "Commission 
Implementing Decision on a standardisation 
request to the European Committee for 
Standardisation as regards personal protective 
equipment in support of Regulation (EU) 
2016/425 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council" to be issued soon. In particular, it 
is necessary to revise and/or to develop 
specific harmonised European standards to 
support the implementation of the new PPE 
Regulation, applicable as from 21 April 2018. 

Portable Emission Measurement Systems 
(PEMS) have been used in European 
legislation as a valuable measurement method 
for measuring the emissions of passenger 
cars, light commercial vehicles and heavy-duty 
vehicles while the vehicle is on the road. 
However, the PEMS have different 
measurement accuracy than the standard 
laboratory equipment used when the emission 
limits were set. For this reason, the extra 
margin of uncertainty of the PEMS 
measurements needs to be taken into account 
in European legislation.  

Such margins are linked with each equipment 
and therefore there needs to be a standard 

Impact of the action 
The voluntary use of harmonised 
European standards confers 
presumption of conformity with 
the essential health and safety 
requirements of EU legislation 
they aim to cover. In this sense, 
standards provide a positive 
impact and added value to 
manufacturers and other 
economic operators in the internal 
market, to carry out more effective 
conformity assessment 
procedures, to place on the 
market only compliant and safe 
products. 
It is expected that the proposed 
standard will improve PEMS 
measurement quality, to enable 
companies to develop PEMS 
equipment that is more accurate, 
and prove their system 
equivalency.  

The deliverable will give all 
stakeholders more confidence in 
the performance of PEMS 
equipment used for the 
measurement of vehicle pollutant 
emissions. It will also provide a 
level playing field and provide a 
performance-based distinction of 

Type of action 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision of 
harmonised European 
standards in support of 
Union legislation. 

Development/revision of 
European standards and 
European standardisation 
deliverables in support of 
Union legislation and 
policies. 

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Inland transport of dangerous 
goods (Directive 2008/68/EC). 

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Transportable pressure 
equipment (Directive 
2010/35/EU). 

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base 

Objective 
method to assess the margin of uncertainty for 
each PEMS.  

Furthermore, the equipment needs to ensure 
this performance in a wide range of operating 
conditions. Therefore there is a clear need of a 
standard with a common procedure for 
assessing the performance of PEMS 
equipment that would be able to replicate the 
wide range of conditions that PEMS equipment 
will be faced with when installed on light-duty 
and heavy-duty vehicles driving on the road in 
all seasons and test conditions.  

Impact of the action 

Type of action 

PEMS equipment that perform 
better than others and will 
therefore stimulate the 
competitiveness between PEMS 
manufacturers, not only those in 
the market today, but important 
also for new market entrants, 
especially in other global regions 
outside the EU. It will also 
improve legal certainty for 
automotive and measurement 
system industry as well as 
consumers. It also puts 
measurement system 
manufacturers in the position to 
compete for the best technical 
approach. 

Standardisation in the field of transport of 
dangerous goods. The work related to 
standards in the area of transport of dangerous 
goods allows standards to be directly 
referenced in the international inland transport 
agreements, whose annexes are taken over by 
Directive 2008/68/EC, as follows: Annex I, 
Section I.1, the European Agreement 
concerning the International Carriage of 
Dangerous Goods by Road - ADR, and Annex 
II, Section II.2, the Regulations concerning the 
International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by 
Rail - RID.  

The use of standards referenced 
in the transport of dangerous 
goods regulations mentioned 
above enables common practices 
for inspection and testing across 
Member States, improving 
competition and reducing the 
costs to businesses and 
consumers.  

Furthermore, the European 
expertise of the industry is shared 
outside EU borders.  

Development/revision of 
European standards and 
European standardisation 
deliverables in support of 
Union legislation and 
policies. 

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

Impact of the action 

Type of action 

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base 

Directive 2008/68/EC makes application of the 
above-mentioned international agreements 
applicable for national transport, and the role 
of standards is essential in reducing the 
likelihood that Member States develop national 
regulations that could create barriers to trade 
for the transport of dangerous goods.  

Standardisation request in the field of 
interoperability of the rail system within the 
European Union. For better safety and removal 
of technical barriers, focus will be on providing 
the right standards in support of the technical 
specifications for interoperability (TSIs) relating 
to all subsystems of the rail system, including 
infrastructure, energy, rolling stock and 
operations, but also digitalisation, automation 
and cybersecurity (thus also linked to 
Commission priority nr 2: A Connected Digital 
Single Market).  
Specific standardisation needs will be 
identified thanks to: 

 

 

the ongoing mapping of new 
standardisation needs by the 
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking; 
the mapping work of existing 
standards initiated in the framework of 
the Railway Standardisation 
Cooperation Platform for Europe 
(RASCOP), which gathers the 

The actions mentioned in the 
previous section will aim at 
ensuring that the rail sector 
(industry, rail operators,...) 
disposes of the right standards to 
provide the best services to rail 
users, taking into account: 

 

 

 

the evolution of rail 
technologies and 
solutions; 
the increasing 
harmonisation of the 
European rail area 
towards a Single 
European rail area and 
the corresponding 
interoperability 
requirements; 
the development of rail as 
the backbone of the future 
multimodal European 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision of 
harmonised European 
standards in support of 
Union legislation. 

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The interoperability of the rail 
system within the European Union 
(Directive (EU) 2016/797) 
(recast). 

 
 
 
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Impact of the action 
transport network. 

Type of action 

Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

 

Commission, the European Union 
Agency for Railways (ERA), the 
European Standardisation 
Organisations (CEN/CENELEC/ETSI) 
and relevant sector representative 
bodies; 
the needs identified by ERA in the 
course of its work of preparation and 
revision of TSIs, including in the 
context of the streamlining of the TSIs 
(possibility to transfer part of the TSI 
specifications into standards), and 
other activities. 

The Commission expects these activities to 
result in a new Standardisation Request for 
railway-related standards in 2019. This is 
expected to cover the continuation of the 
developments ongoing and foreseen in 
previous years as well as the revision of 
existing standards and the development of 
new ones based on the needs identified in the 
course of the above-mentioned activities. 

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Machinery (Directive 
2006/42/EC). 

Standardisation request for development/ 
revision of harmonised standards in support of 
the directive to give presumption of conformity 
to the essential health and safety requirements 
of Annex I of the Directive. 

The essential health and safety 
requirements should be satisfied 
in order to ensure that machinery 
is safe both for professional and 
non-professional operators. 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision of 
harmonised European 
standards in support of 
Union legislation. 

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Ref. 

Legislative/policy reference 

Objective 

Impact of the action 

Type of action 

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base 

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The quality of water intended for 
human consumption (Directive 
98/83/EC) and the Construction 
Product Regulation (EU) 
305/2011. 

Focussing on hygienic, safety requirements, 
and test methods for construction products in 
contact with water intended for human 
consumption. 

The introduction of measures to 
encourage improvements in the 
safety and health of workers at 
work (Directive 89/391/EEC).  

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Personal protective equipment 
Regulation (EU) 2016/425. 

Cosmetic products Regulation 
(EC) No 1223/2009. 

Development of standardisation deliverables, 
which shall improve occupational health and 
safety protection and prevention in the 
hairdressing salons for both the professionals 
and the clients. The standards should address 
amongst others the hairdressing salon service 
management, the ergonomic parameters, and 
in particular issues related with the storage 
and handling of hazardous substances. 

The European Commission is 
gathering data for a replacement 
of mandate to CEN M/136rev2 
concerning the execution of 
standardisation work for 
harmonised standards on 
construction products in contact 
with water intended for human 
consumption which is ongoing. 

Standardisation 
request for 
development/revision of 
harmonised European 
standards in support of 
Union legislation. 

The action aims to improve 
prevention and protection 
measures of occupational health 
and safety in the hairdressing 
salons. Another lasting impact will 
be the general overall in time 
improvement in service provision. 

Development/revision of 
European standards and 
European standardisation 
deliverables in support of 
Union legislation and 
policies. 

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Rolling Plan Chapter 

Requested Action 

Actions of the 2018 Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation addressed to the European standardisation organisations 

Public sector information, 
open data and big data 

Internet of Things 

Internet of Things 

Cybersecurity  

Electronic Identification and 
trust services including e-
signatures 

"Invite CEN to support and assists the DCAT-AP standardization process." 

"develop a European Standard for cybersecurity compliance of products that is aligned with the current compliance framework 
of organisations based on 2700X and the GDPR regulation" 
"promote the development and foster the adoption of the international reference architecture for IoT developed in ISO/IEC JTC 
1 SC41" 
"SDOs to develop standards for critical infrastructures protection, where possible taking existing standards from the ISO/IEC 
2700X family into account" 
"complete and complement the work done under M/460" 
"the EC intends to request the ESOs (for instance via standardization requests) and other relevant bodies, to update existing 
standards and to develop additional ones in order to address the new requirements and the innovations of the eIDAS 
regulation 

"take ongoing EU policy activities into account in standardization, e.g. SC 27 WG5 and other WG of JTC 1 SC 27" 

ePrivacy  

eSkills 

"SDOs to support compliance with GDPR and possible other EU data privacy requirements via standardization" 

"SDOs to further develop the European e-competence framework for and progress towards a comprehensive framework for 
ICT professionals: job profiles, BoK, qualifications and certifications…" 

Emergency communications  SDOs to address data protection and privacy requirements in ongoing standardization activities concerning location accuracy 

eGovernment 

Organise a workshop on ISA topics. In order to promote standardization in this area the organization of a workshop via an ESO 
is considered to be a key starting point 

eInvoicing and eProcurement 

Cards, internet and mobile 
payments 

Smart Cities 

ITS 

Advanced manufacturing 

SDOs to develop standards, including use-cases and a clear definition of mobile payment, on different ways of payment 
covering the whole purchase process 
SDOs to investigate on the possible optimisation of available ICT standards regarding the delivery of parcels and packages on 
the last mile.  
The ESOs should develop specific privacy by design compliant standards 
various actions for open in-vehicle platform architecture, location precision, digital maps, urban ITS, data 
ESOs could check whether the e-skills standards sufficiently account for the manufacturing skills of KETs 
review the recommendations for actions in the German standardization roadmap for Industrie 4.0 

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