§113 整合規格の識別

Draft European standards are identified by a reference number preceded by the prefix “prEN”, followed by the date of the draft. Such draft European standards are made publicly available at the Public Enquiry stage.

Once the standard has been adopted by CEN or CENELEC, it is identified by the same number preceded by the prefix “EN”, and followed by the date (year) of adoption. When a standard is amended or revised and the new version bears the same number, the date of adoption makes it possible to distinguish the new version of the standard from the previous version.

When a CEN standard is identical to an international standard adopted by ISO, the European and International standards have the same number and the reference of the harmonised standard has the prefix “EN ISO”. A CENELEC standard identical or based on an IEC standard has also an identical EN number. However, for both European Standardisation Organisations, the reference of the corresponding ISO or IEC standard is indicated in brackets after the title of the European standard.

The national member organisations of CEN and CENELEC must give the harmonised standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. In the reference of the national version of a harmonised standard, the prefix “EN” is preceded by the prefix used to identify national standards in the country concerned. Harmonised standards are published by the national standardisation organisations of the EU Member States with the following prefixes:

“ÖNORM EN” in Austria “NBN EN” in Belgium “БДС EN” in Bulgaria “HRN EN” in Croatia “CYS EN” in Cyprus “ČSN EN” in the Czech Republic “DS EN” in Denmark “EVS EN” in Estonia “SFS EN” in Finland “NF EN” in France “DIN EN” in Germany “EN” in Greece “MSZ EN” in Hungary “IS EN” in Ireland

“UNI EN” in Italy “LVS EN” in Latvia “LST EN” in Lithuania “EN” in Luxembourg “MSA EN” in Malta “NEN EN” in the Netherlands “PN EN” in Poland “NP EN” in Portugal “SR EN” in Romania “STN EN” in Slovakia “SIST EN” in Slovenia “UNE EN” in Spain “SS EN” in Sweden “BS EN” in the United Kingdom

The same standards are published with the following prefixes in EFTA countries:

“IST EN” in Iceland “NS EN” in Norway

“SN EN” in Switzerland

In some cases, the date included in the reference of the national version of the harmonised standard is later than the date included in the reference of the standard published in the OJEU, due to the fact that the publication of the standard at national level may have occurred in the following year.

In the EC Declaration of Conformity of machinery, the European harmonised standards applied by the manufacturer may be identified using either the national reference, with one of the national prefixes listed above, or the reference as listed the in OJEU with the prefix "EN" only – see §383: comments on Annex II 1 A (7).