General documentation on CENELEC and how it works. All document are .pdf. Click on the link to open the document in a new browser window. To save the file locally, right-click on the link (MAC users should Apple-click), then choose 'Save target as' or 'Save link as'.

Articles of Association

• Articles of Association
• Statuts
• Satzung

Internal Regulations

• Part 1: Organisation and Administration
• Partie 1: Organisation et Administration
• Teil 1: Organisation und Aufbau
  
• Part 2: Common Rules for Standardization Work - 2008
  Annex: Amendment to Internal Regulations Part 2
• Partie 2: Règles Communes pour les Travaux de Normalisation - 2006
• Teil 2: Gemeinsame Regeln für die Normungsarbeit  -2006
• Parte 2: Reglas Comunes para los Trabajos de Normalización - 2006
  
• Part 3: Rules for the Structure and Drafting of European Standards
• Partie 3: Règles de Structure et de Rédaction des Normes Européennes

• Teil 3: Regeln für den Aufbau und die Abfassung von Europäischen Normen

• Part 4: Certification - 2006

CENELEC Memoranda (restricted access)

• Memorandum 18: Operation of the CECC System
  English-Français - Deutsch

• Memorandum 19: Regulations for the Use of the CENELEC Electronic Components Committee Mark for Electronic Components of assessed quality
  English -Français-Deutsch

CEN/CENELEC Guides

(restricted access, except Guide 17)

• Guide 1: Status of the European Standard
• Guide 2: Consumer Interests and the Preparation of Standards
• Guide 3: CEN and CENELEC Cooperation Agreement
• Guide 4: General Guidelines
• Guide 5: Trade Unions and the Preparation of European Standards
• Guide 6: Guidelines for Standards Developers to Address the Needs of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities
• Guide 7: Participation of a National Standards Institution in the Activities Planned by Another Standards Institution
• Guide 8: Standardization and Intellectual Property Rights
• Guide 9: Guidelines for the Inclusion of Safety Aspects in Standards
• Guide 10: Guidelines for the Distribution and Sales of CEN/CENELEC Publications
• Guide 11: Product information relevant to consumers. Guidelines for standard developers
• Guide 12: The concept of Affiliation with CEN and CENELEC. Effective as from 2008 
• Guide 13: The concept of Partner Standardization Body with CEN and CENELEC. Effective as from 2008
• Guide 14: Child safety - Guidance for its inclusion in standards
• Guide 15: Tasks and responsibilities of the New Approach consultants
• Guide 16: Request for EC financial support – Guidance to the secretariat/convenorship of the responsible Technical Body
• Guide 17: Guidance for writing standards taking into account account micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) needs English - French

CENELEC Guides

(restricted access, except Guides 24 and 25)

• Guide 1: Survey of Resolutions of the CENELEC General Assembly
• Guide 2: Preparation of Standards for Safety in the Design and Construction of Electrical Equipment
• Guide 3: Interrelation Between Regulations and Standards
• Guide 4: Policy paper on National Deviations to Harmonization Documents with Particular Reference to the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC)
• Guide 5: Publication of CENELEC Results in the Field of the Low Voltage Directive in the Form of European Standards
• Guide 6: The Recommanded Marking of the Rated Voltages of Electrical Equipment
• Guide 7: Relationship with Third Countries
• Guide 8: Vilamoura Procedure. Notification Forms (Word): New - Revision
• Guide 9: Formal Way of Withdrawal of A-deviations and Special National Conditions in a Country
• Guide 10: Normative References to Documents Other than from CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, ISO or IEC
• Guide 11: Guidelines for Accession of Affiliates to Membership of CENELEC
• Guide 12: Procedure for the Withdrawal of Conflicting National Standards at the Implementation of European Standards Prepared under a Part 1/Part 2x System
• Guide 13: IEC-CENELEC Agreement on Common Planning of New Work and Parallel Voting
• Guide 14: The concept of Cooperation Agreements
• Guide 16: Implementation of New Approach Directives and the Low Voltage Directive with Respect to the EC Declaration of Conformity
• Guide 17: Procedures for the Certification of Products not Fully Covered by Safety Standards Because of Technical Progress for Use within CCA
• Guide 18: Listing of CENELEC Standards under the LVD and/or the MD. Guidance Document to the CENELEC Technical Bodies
• Guide 19: Implementation Dates of Ratified Standards
• Guide 20: CEN & CENELEC Standardization Policy in the Area Covered by Article 118A of the EU Treaty
• Guide 21: Guidelines for the Distribution of European Standards (EN) in Electronic Formats
• Guide 22: The Establishment of Technical Specifications
• Guide 23: CENELEC Framework for the Conformity Assessment in the Electrotechnical Area
• Guide 24: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Standardization for Product Committees concerned with apparatus
• Guide 25: Guide on the use of standards for the implementation of the EMC Directive to apparatus
• Guide 26: Coordinated Approach for the Handling of Proposals for the Interpretation of CENELEC Standards
• Guide 28: Accessibility in Interfaces in Low Voltage Electrical Installations. A guide for Standards Writers
• Guide 29: Temperatures of hot surfaces likely to be touched. Guidance document for Technical Committees and manufacturers
• Guide 30: CENELEC website & collaboration tool – Conditions of use and privacy policy
• Guide 31: The concept of Technical Liaison Partnership with CENELEC