Press releases

Here you can find the press releases and ad-hoc announcements of SBS.

SMEs sign up to the Commission’s Joint Initiative on Standardisation - Better SME representation, internationalisation, prioritisation

14-06-2016
Press release : Brussels, 14th June 2016 – Yesterday, Small Business Standards (SBS) endorsed the Joint
Initiative on Standardisation(1) in the presence of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska. This

SMEs to be better included in the standardisation process

01-06-2016

Brussels, 1st June 2016 – SBS (the European association representing SMEs in the standard making process at European and international levels) welcomes a series of documents relating to standardisation published today by the European Commission.

Standardisation: European Economic and Social Committee votes for inclusiveness

25-05-2016
Brussels, 25th May 2016 – Today, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) plenary almost unanimously approved rapporteur Patrick Liébus’ Opinion on the 2016 Annual Union Work Programme for European standardisation.

SME friendly dispute resolution in standardisation at risk

18-05-2016

Brussels, 04 May 2016 – At the General Assembly of ETSI, the European Telecommunication Standards Institute, SMEs stood firm against the proposal to delete an article of ETSI Rules of Procedure that concerns dispute resolution between its members,

Annex III organisations’ contribution to European Standardisation 2015

12-09-2014

Brussels, 12th September 2014 – SBS – the European association representing SMEs in the standard making process at European and international level – obtained the integration of SME priorities in the adopted Guidance Note on European Standardisati

1st SME awareness raising seminar on standardisation, a success

27-06-2014
SBS - the European association representing SMEs in the standard making process at European and international levels – jointly organised the French Seminar on awareness raising on standardisation with APCMA 1and in collaboration with AFNOR2.

First European standardisation seminar for SMEs

06-06-2014
Brussels, 6th June 2014 – SBS - the European association representing SMEs in the standard making process at European and international levels – is organising its first European seminar on standardisation for SMEs in Brussels on 1st July. The event will bring together major stakeholders from the standardisation world as well as associations representing SMEs in the process.

SBS enters the European standardisation scene

13-03-2014
Brussels, 13rd March 2014 – In the first weeks of March, Small Business Standards - the association representing European SMEs in the standard making process at European and international levels - set out to increase its visibility towards important actors in the European standardisation environment. Putting forward its priorities in the interest of SMEs, SBS positioned itself as the SME representative. The more SMEs are involved in standards, better is Europe’s chance of having competitive and innovative enterprises.

New CEN-CENELEC Toolbox for a more inclusive European standardisation system

24-01-2014
Brussels, 24th January 2014 – In reaction to yesterday’s presentation of the CEN- CENELEC Toolbox for Societal Stakeholders, Small Business Standards (SBS) – the newly-established association representing SMEs in the European standardisation system – welcomes this strategy of openness and involvement and pledges its contribution to it.

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