DIGITALEUROPE and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, renewed their Cooperation Agreement, celebrating years of successful partnership, peppered with “Success Stories” such as the Universal Mobile Phone Charger, at a time when standardization and the pursuit of greater interoperability in the ICT sector is a priority for Europe, where ICT accounts for 5% of European Gross Domestic Product.

DIGITALEUROPE is the advocacy group of the European digital economy acting on behalf of the information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications sectors. As the voice and advocate of the Digital Technology Industry in Europe, DIGITALEUROPE promotes the collective interests of the converging information technology, communications technology and consumer electronics industries. In this capacity, DIGITALEUROPE is an ideal partner for CENELEC, in respect to the broad scope of activities it represents but also in terms of information sharing by expanding the pool of knowledge and relevant expertise in many common areas in the electrotechnical sector. 

Representing DIGITALEUROPE, Markus Fritz, Vice-President of the Executive Board stated that:

“DIGITALEUROPE is pleased to continue the successful cooperation agreement between the European ICT industry and Europe’s standardization organisation, CENELEC. Our agreement signifies the efforts of the ICT industry to be active participants in delivering European Standards in the ICT domain.
One great example of the concrete successes that has resulted from this collaboration is the recently launched common mobile phone charger, which subsequently became a global standard.”  

Cooperation will continue to cover all fields of electrotechnical standardization, directly or indirectly related to the Information and Communications Technology/ Consumer Electronics industry. It will give the opportunity to DIGITALEUROPE to participate and to contribute to the standardization activities of CENELEC in these sectors.

This renewal will also push further the ongoing dialogue between the two partners, something that can only be of mutual benefit. The channel of communication for proposals, contributions or opinions will be no other than the CENELEC Technical Board, to whom DIGITALEUROPE proposals and contributions will be directed.