Standardisation Platform Nomination of Member State representatives

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AND SMES

Deputy Director-General - Chief Standardisation Officer

Brussels, GROW.H.3/MP

The Permanent

Representatives of the Member

States to the European Union

Sent by email only

NOTE TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS

Subject: Nomination of Member State representatives to access the information

exchange platform on international standardisation

Dear Sir/Madam,

The European Commission is pleased to invite you to nominate national contacts to

participate in the new European Union information exchange platform on international

standards-development.

Stemming from the EU Standardisation Strategy, this platform for Member States and

National Standardisation Bodies will serve as a mechanism for monitoring, sharing

information, exchanging and coordinating on international standardisation.

Following a series of discussions in different fora during the first half of 2024, such as

the Committee of Standards, High Level Forum on European Standardisation, Technical

Harmonisation Working Party, High Level Group on Competitiveness, Multi-

Stakeholder Platform for ICT Standardisation, the Commission set up the information

exchange platform on international standards-development.

The platform currently covers strategic sectors and a list of selected technical committees

across ISO, IEC and ITU-T. Currently included sectors are: Digital transition (AI,

cybersecurity, data interoperability, DPP, quantum and smart cities), Green transition

(cement, electricity, hydrogen, solar, steel and wind) and Resilience (critical raw

materials).

The users will be able to consult data visualisations on EU/national participation in

technical committees in strategic areas, follow pages of interest and get notifications of

activities therein, join discussions on technical committee/strategic topic level, and post

early warning messages concerning developments in international standardisation TCs.

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I kindly request that you nominate two contacts to have general access to the entire

plaform by sending the names, titles and contact details by 30 September 2024, to

[email protected], with “nomination – information exchange platform” in the

subject.

Furthermore, it is possible to nominate one national expert for each of the 13 sectors

currently covered under the platform who will have restricted access to only one sector’s

space and discussion in the platform, using the table in Annex II. The nomination can

happen any time, possibly in several instalments to [email protected], with

“nomination – information exchange platform” in the subject.

I encourage you to nominate contacts active in standardisation in ministries/government

agencies as their involvement will be crucial in ensuring the effectiveness and success of

this initiative. If you require guidance on appropriate candidates, we suggest consulting

your nominees to the Committee on Standards or High-Level Forum on European

Standardisation (sherpa level) or Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation

members or ITU-T delegates.

Please note that the similar letter has been sent to the national standardisation bodies in

your Member State.

For any further information about the platform, please refer to Annex I. In case of

questions you may contact Eszter Batta ([email protected]) or Mattias Bergdahl

([email protected]) from DG GROW, Unit H.3.

Yours sincerely,

Maive RUTE

Cc: Sophie Mueller, Mattias Bergdahl, Eszter Batta (GROW), Olivier Bringer (CNECT)

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Annex I

About the European Union information exchange platform on international

standards-development

The information exchange platform has been set up to facilitate the assessment of

Member States' and national standardisation bodies’ (NSBs) engagement in

standardisation in strategic areas via the monitoring the EU’s presence and activities in

technical committees in international standardisation organisations in these areas. The

platform will also serve as a space where members can discuss developments on strategic

standards individual standards in specific technical committees and share early warning

messages by members. The platform is assisted by data visualisation and data scraping

tools.

A prototype platform was presented in March to representatives of Member States and

National Standardisation Bodies and tested in April/May 2024. The platform currently

covers 13 sectors and 52 technical committees across ISO, IEC and ITU-T. Currently

included areas are: Digital transition (AI, cybersecurity, data interoperability, DPP,

quantum and smart cities), Green transition (cement, electricity, hydrogen, solar, steel

and wind) and Resilience (critical raw materials) which cover the topics of the High-

Level Forum on European Standardisation workstream and some additional sectors

covered by Annual Union Work Programme on standardisation items. The purpose is not

to create an exhaustive repository but to focus on most important technical committees

per strategic topic.

Access to the platform is restricted to nominated Member State and National

Standardisation Body representatives. The platform is designed as a wiki space managed

by the European Commission.

Features of the platform:

- Access data visualisations on EU/national participation in technical committees in

strategic areas.

- Access participation data in technical committees in strategic areas per Member State.

- Follow pages of interest and receive notifications of activities therein or follow the full

platform.

- Participate in discussions on TC/strategic topic level (similar functionality to HLF wiki

space).

- Benefit from summaries shared by European Commission’s representatives who attend

technical committee meetings via the EC’s liaison status.

Nomination Process:

General access: Member States are requested to nominate up to 2 individuals. Every

national standardisation body can nominate 1 individual.

Restricted access: Member States and national standardisation bodies can nominate 1

individual each per strategic area listed in Annex II.

Difference between general and restricted access

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For general access it is recommended to nominate individuals with an overview of

international standardisation policy and strategic priorities for MSs and NSBs.

For restricted access it is recommended to nominate individuals with specific

standardisation and sectoral expertise in the given strategic sector.

This set-up aims to guarantee the confidential nature of discussions. The sectoral wiki

pages will list users who have access to the given page.

Possible revision

A possible revision of the number of individuals which can be nominated may follow in

early 2025, after the first half a year of user experience.

Data protection

The European Commission is committed to protect your personal data and to respect

your privacy. The Commission collects and further processes personal data pursuant to

Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October

2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data

by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such

data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001). Users will receive the Commission’s

privacy statement about the processing and the protection of their personal data.

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Annex II

Nomination – general access

Return by email to by 30 September 2024 to [email protected], with

“nomination – information exchange platform” in the subject.

General Access to the entire plaform

1. NAME:

FUNCTION:

ADMINISTRATION:

EMAIL ADDRES:

2. NAME:

FUNCTION:

ADMINISTRATION:

EMAIL ADDRES:

Nomination - sector restricted access

Return by email to [email protected], with “nomination – information exchange

platform” in the subject.

Nomination of experts with restricted access to one sector’s space and discussion

6

Sector NAME DEPARTMENT E-MAIL

Artificial intelligence

Cybersecurity

Data interoperability

Digital Product

Passport

Quantum

Smart cities

Cement

Green electricity/

electricity grids

Hydrogen

Solar power

Steel

Wind power

Critical raw materials

Electronically signed on 04/09/2024 18:42 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AND SMES

Deputy Director-General - Chief Standardisation Officer

Brussels, GROW.H.3/MP

The Permanent

Representatives of the Member

States to the European Union

Sent by email only

NOTE TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS

Subject: Nomination of Member State representatives to access the information

exchange platform on international standardisation

Dear Sir/Madam,

The European Commission is pleased to invite you to nominate national contacts to

participate in the new European Union information exchange platform on international

standards-development.

Stemming from the EU Standardisation Strategy, this platform for Member States and

National Standardisation Bodies will serve as a mechanism for monitoring, sharing

information, exchanging and coordinating on international standardisation.

Following a series of discussions in different fora during the first half of 2024, such as

the Committee of Standards, High Level Forum on European Standardisation, Technical

Harmonisation Working Party, High Level Group on Competitiveness, Multi-

Stakeholder Platform for ICT Standardisation, the Commission set up the information

exchange platform on international standards-development.

The platform currently covers strategic sectors and a list of selected technical committees

across ISO, IEC and ITU-T. Currently included sectors are: Digital transition (AI,

cybersecurity, data interoperability, DPP, quantum and smart cities), Green transition

(cement, electricity, hydrogen, solar, steel and wind) and Resilience (critical raw

materials).

The users will be able to consult data visualisations on EU/national participation in

technical committees in strategic areas, follow pages of interest and get notifications of

activities therein, join discussions on technical committee/strategic topic level, and post

early warning messages concerning developments in international standardisation TCs.

2

I kindly request that you nominate two contacts to have general access to the entire

plaform by sending the names, titles and contact details by 30 September 2024, to

[email protected], with “nomination – information exchange platform” in the

subject.

Furthermore, it is possible to nominate one national expert for each of the 13 sectors

currently covered under the platform who will have restricted access to only one sector’s

space and discussion in the platform, using the table in Annex II. The nomination can

happen any time, possibly in several instalments to [email protected], with

“nomination – information exchange platform” in the subject.

I encourage you to nominate contacts active in standardisation in ministries/government

agencies as their involvement will be crucial in ensuring the effectiveness and success of

this initiative. If you require guidance on appropriate candidates, we suggest consulting

your nominees to the Committee on Standards or High-Level Forum on European

Standardisation (sherpa level) or Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation

members or ITU-T delegates.

Please note that the similar letter has been sent to the national standardisation bodies in

your Member State.

For any further information about the platform, please refer to Annex I. In case of

questions you may contact Eszter Batta ([email protected]) or Mattias Bergdahl

([email protected]) from DG GROW, Unit H.3.

Yours sincerely,

Maive RUTE

Cc: Sophie Mueller, Mattias Bergdahl, Eszter Batta (GROW), Olivier Bringer (CNECT)

3

Annex I

About the European Union information exchange platform on international

standards-development

The information exchange platform has been set up to facilitate the assessment of

Member States' and national standardisation bodies’ (NSBs) engagement in

standardisation in strategic areas via the monitoring the EU’s presence and activities in

technical committees in international standardisation organisations in these areas. The

platform will also serve as a space where members can discuss developments on strategic

standards individual standards in specific technical committees and share early warning

messages by members. The platform is assisted by data visualisation and data scraping

tools.

A prototype platform was presented in March to representatives of Member States and

National Standardisation Bodies and tested in April/May 2024. The platform currently

covers 13 sectors and 52 technical committees across ISO, IEC and ITU-T. Currently

included areas are: Digital transition (AI, cybersecurity, data interoperability, DPP,

quantum and smart cities), Green transition (cement, electricity, hydrogen, solar, steel

and wind) and Resilience (critical raw materials) which cover the topics of the High-

Level Forum on European Standardisation workstream and some additional sectors

covered by Annual Union Work Programme on standardisation items. The purpose is not

to create an exhaustive repository but to focus on most important technical committees

per strategic topic.

Access to the platform is restricted to nominated Member State and National

Standardisation Body representatives. The platform is designed as a wiki space managed

by the European Commission.

Features of the platform:

- Access data visualisations on EU/national participation in technical committees in

strategic areas.

- Access participation data in technical committees in strategic areas per Member State.

- Follow pages of interest and receive notifications of activities therein or follow the full

platform.

- Participate in discussions on TC/strategic topic level (similar functionality to HLF wiki

space).

- Benefit from summaries shared by European Commission’s representatives who attend

technical committee meetings via the EC’s liaison status.

Nomination Process:

General access: Member States are requested to nominate up to 2 individuals. Every

national standardisation body can nominate 1 individual.

Restricted access: Member States and national standardisation bodies can nominate 1

individual each per strategic area listed in Annex II.

Difference between general and restricted access

4

For general access it is recommended to nominate individuals with an overview of

international standardisation policy and strategic priorities for MSs and NSBs.

For restricted access it is recommended to nominate individuals with specific

standardisation and sectoral expertise in the given strategic sector.

This set-up aims to guarantee the confidential nature of discussions. The sectoral wiki

pages will list users who have access to the given page.

Possible revision

A possible revision of the number of individuals which can be nominated may follow in

early 2025, after the first half a year of user experience.

Data protection

The European Commission is committed to protect your personal data and to respect

your privacy. The Commission collects and further processes personal data pursuant to

Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October

2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data

by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such

data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001). Users will receive the Commission’s

privacy statement about the processing and the protection of their personal data.

5

Annex II

Nomination – general access

Return by email to by 30 September 2024 to [email protected], with

“nomination – information exchange platform” in the subject.

General Access to the entire plaform

1. NAME:

FUNCTION:

ADMINISTRATION:

EMAIL ADDRES:

2. NAME:

FUNCTION:

ADMINISTRATION:

EMAIL ADDRES:

Nomination - sector restricted access

Return by email to [email protected], with “nomination – information exchange

platform” in the subject.

Nomination of experts with restricted access to one sector’s space and discussion

6

Sector NAME DEPARTMENT E-MAIL

Artificial intelligence

Cybersecurity

Data interoperability

Digital Product

Passport

Quantum

Smart cities

Cement

Green electricity/

electricity grids

Hydrogen

Solar power

Steel

Wind power

Critical raw materials

Electronically signed on 04/09/2024 18:42 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121