European Technical Committees (Transport & Packaging)

At the moment there are 13 European Technical Committees (CEN TCs) that are working on the development of standards on Transport & Packaging. The committees, which are described below, have published in the past few years many harmonised standards which support 7 European Directives of the New Approach.

  • CEN/TC 015 - Inland navigation vessels
  • CEN/TC 119 - Swap bodies for combined goods transport
  • CEN/TC 146 - Packaging machines – Safety
  • CEN/TC 245 - Leisure accommodation vehicles
  • CEN/TC 253 - Self adhesive tapes
  • CEN/TC 256 - Railway applications
  • CEN/TC 261 - Packaging
  • CEN/TC 274 - Aircraft ground support equipment
  • CEN/TC 278 - Road transport and traffic telematics
  • CEN/TC 280 - Offshore containers
  • CEN/TC 296 - Tanks for transport of dangerous goods
  • CEN/TC 301 - Electrically propelled road vehicles
  • CEN/TC 320 - Transport - Logistics and services

Further information about CEN and the European Technical Committees can be found in the following web page:
http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/businessdomains/technicalcommitteesworkshops/centechnicalcommittees/index.asp