From comment to publication
To be continued "Development of a European Standard" (1) and "Procedure" (2)
Afterwards, the mirror body submits the generally agreed national comments. In case of mandated draft standards - i.e. the future standard is intended to support EU Directives - additional recommendations of consultants will be required on European level in order to verify if the basic requirements of the EU Directives and/or the mandate of the European Commission are fulfiled.
On the basis of the comments received, the CEN/TC concerned prepares the final draft. Within two months, the national standards organisations decide, via a weighted final vote, about the adoption of the EN.
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After this procedure, no changes of the content are possible any more. For the adoption of the document, at least 71 percent of the weighted votes have to be positive. National standards organisations which do not reacted on the final draft, are considered to abstain from voting.
The ratification of a European Standard takes place automatically one month after the positive voting result in English, French and German languages.
After ratification, a European Standard has to be implemented within six months as National Standard - in Austria as ÖNORM EN. Deviant/conflicting national standards have to be withdrawn.
For mandated standards, CEN will ask the European Commission to publish the source in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
CEN will verify periodically if a revision of an EN is necessary. In general, this procedure is carried out by a survey among the national mirror bodies.
