CEN/CLC Guide 13:2008

The concept of Partner Standardization Body with CEN and CENELEC CEN/CLC Guide 13:2008

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).