SBS Priority Sector 11 - Business Services (Professional Services)

This page contains an identification of relevant standardization technical bodies considered of highest priority for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and relevant draft standards (working items).

Definition of Business Services

Business services include the following business-related services:

Please click below on each technical body to obtain information about draft standards or published standards

CEN, CENELEC, ISO and IEC technical bodies:

CEN/CLC/JTC 1 - Criteria for conformity assessment bodies
To be followed in connection with ISO/CASCO:
ISO/CASCO - Committee on conformity assessment

Other relevant technical bodies in the Business Services sector include:

CEN/TC 447 - Horizontal standards for the provision of services
CEN/TC 389 - Innovation Management and ISO/TC 279 - Innovation management
CEN/TC 381 - Management consultancy services
CEN/TC 348 - Facility Management
CEN/TC 279 - Value management - Value analysis, function analysis

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Facility management - Influencing organizational behaviours for improved facility outcomes (ISO 41015:2023)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/TC 348

Facility management - Guidance on emergency preparedness and management of an epidemic (ISO 41017:2024)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/TC 348

Facility management - Development of a facility management policy (ISO 41018:2022)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/TC 348

Conformity assessment - General requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers (ISO/IEC 17043:2023)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/CLC/JTC 1

Facility management - Overview of available technologies (ISO/DTR 41016:2023)

60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)

CEN/TC 348

Conformity assessment — General requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers

60.60 Standard published

ISO/CASCO

Conformity assessment — Code of good practice

60.60 Standard published

ISO/CASCO

Information processing systems - Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI) - Part 1: Physical level (Formerly DIS 9318)

10.99 New project approved

CEN/CLC/JTC 1

Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 14: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of management systems for records

60.60 Standard published

ISO/CASCO

Educational organizations — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of educational organizations' management systems

60.60 Standard published

ISO/TC 232

Facility Management - Terms and definitions

40.97 End of interruption of work - split/merged

CEN/TC 348

Facility Management - Part 6: Area and Space Measurement in Facility Management

00.60 Close of review

CEN/TC 348

Facility Management - Agreements - Guidance on how to prepare Facility Management agreements

40.98 Project deleted

CEN/TC 348
CEN/CENELEC

Guidance on specific aspects of testing and certification

50.20 Proof sent to secretariat or FDIS ballot initiated: 8 weeks

CEN/CLC/JTC 1