CEN/CLC Guide 12:2008

The concept of Affiliation with CEN and CENELEC CEN/CLC Guide 12:2008

Scope

Besides their dedication and commitment to international standardization through their
memberships and the Vienna and Dresden agreements, CEN and CENELEC as European
Regional Standardization bodies have always been open for cooperation/collaboration with other
standardization bodies worldwide, since they clearly acknowledge the importance of the
European Standards they develop for trade and welfare inside as well as outside the European
Economic Area.
CEN and CENELEC recognize that the cooperation/collaboration with third country National
Standardization Bodies (NSBs) or with regional standardization bodies may take several shapes
depending on their links with Europe, their wish to participate in technical activities and their
interest in the results of the European Standardization process. In that respect CEN and
CENELEC are proposing four different models of cooperation:
For NSBs in third countries the concepts of:
- Affiliation,
- Standardization Partnership (PSB),
- Agreement;
for the regional grouping of those NSBs:
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).