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Association Française de Normalisation

AFNOR

AFNOR est l'association française de Normalisation : la normalisation est une activité d’intérêt général, ayant pour objet d’établir des documents de référence de façon consensuelle par les parties intéressées, visant à favoriser le développement durable et l’innovation.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. and UNI Ente Italiano di Normazione

12 Dec 2025 · - Update on Reg. 1025/2012 - ECJ Case C588: citation in the OJEU of hENs from IEC origins

Response to EU quantum Act

25 Nov 2025

Please find attached AFNOR's response to the consultation on the EU Quantum Act.
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Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

AFNOR welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions consultation on the forthcoming Digital Omnibus, part of the Digital Package on Simplification. This initiative comes at a decisive moment: the EU has developed an ambitious digital rulebook, but the cumulative complexity of instruments such as NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, eIDAS, the AI Act, the Data Act, and the Data Governance Act has created overlapping and sometimes contradictory obligations. The Omnibus offers a chance to reduce administrative costs, bring greater coherence, and ensure that Europes regulatory framework fosters innovation, security, and competitiveness. Please find enclosed AFNOR position paper, developed with the support of national stakeholders.
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Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. and UNI Ente Italiano di Normazione

26 Sept 2025 · - Discussion on access to standards following ruling ECJ Case C-588/21P - Exchange of views on the reform of Reg. (EU) 1025/2012 and Omnibus IV - CEN-CENELEC’s BTs decision on standardisation request M/580

Response to Omnibus Directive Aligning product legislation with the digital age

26 Aug 2025

Please find attached AFNOR's response to the European Commission's consultation on the Omnibus Directive aligning product legislation with the digital age. It includes feedback from all categories of stakeholders, as gathered by the French Coordinating and Steering Committee of Standardization, notably consumers, as well as input from stakeholders in specific fields such as electrotechnologies and others.
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Response to Revision of the 'New Legislative Framework'

22 Aug 2025

Please find attached AFNOR's response to the European Commission's consultation on the revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) for product legislation. It includes feedback from all categories of stakeholders, as gathered by the French Coordinating and Steering Committee of Standardization, notably consumers, as well as input from stakeholders in specific fields such as electrotechnologies and others.
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Response to Revision of the Standardisation Regulation

16 Jul 2025

Please find attached AFNOR's response to the European Commission's call for evidence in view of the evolution of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. It includes feedback from all categories of stakeholders, as gathered by the French Coordinating and Steering Committee of Standardization, notably consumers, as well as that expressed by stakeholders in specific fields such as electrotechnologies and others.
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Response to Quantum Strategy of the EU

2 Jun 2025

Quantum technologies are emerging rapidly, with potential applications in computing and simulation, sensors and metrology, secure communications, and cryptography. They are at the heart of industrial, socio-economic, and defense stakes and are the subject of intense international competition. Sound and sustainable quantum innovation requires standards that ensure using a common language, sharing best practices, securing supply chains, interoperability with existing technologies, structuring the market. With these objectives in sight, the European quantum ecosystem has established in 2023 a dedicated joint standardization committee, CEN-CENELEC JTC 22, to develop the necessary standards for its structuring and competitiveness. The creation of the ISO/IEC JTC 3 committee on quantum technologies later in 2024 further enhanced the standardization efforts in support of quantum technologies development, giving it an international scope. This new international joint committee has a scope comparable to that of the European joint committee, addressing quantum computing and simulation, quantum sensors and metrology, quantum communications, as well as other horizontal topics such as terminology and enabling technologies. In the sphere of influence that ISO/IEC JTC 3 constitutes, Europe must position itself as a leader to assert European interests internationally, by consolidating strong common positions at e.g., CEN-CENELEC JTC 22. This European leadership at ISO/IEC JTC3 is key as the stakes of quantum technologies are international. Standards building and adoption are instrumental in contributing to companies and Member States economic and technological competitiveness. Companies involved in quantum technologies, including startups, will be able to leverage these standards to gain technological advantages, guarantee independence from suppliers, and access to the international market. As for users, these normative references will enable them to adopt these technologies with confidence, safely, and at lower cost. For these reasons, the European Commission and Member States shall facilitate, promote and financially support the direct participation of quantum European experts from all Member States in European (JTC 22) and international (JTC 3) standardization committees. A target participation of a minimum of 50, ideally up to 100 active participants in CEN-CENELEC technical committees, could be achieved, with a view to ensuring full representation and pre-alignment among EU Member States positions. Awareness and training actions on standardization could be supported to increase the number of experts weighing in the elaboration of the standards. The implementation of a CSA-type action, like those supported by Horizon Europe projectss, dedicated to standardization of quantum technologies, is certainly appropriate to support and coordinate such activities. As part of the collective effort from the Member States, France has started to take an active role, contributing substantially to both CEN-CLC JTC 22 and ISO/IEC JTC 3 on Quantum technologies, through a national standardization committee dedicated to quantum technologies at AFNOR. This national committee gathers members from academia to industry and startups, as well as governmental agencies. These standardization priorities, which follow a national strategic roadmap (Stratégie nationale quantique), concern quantum computing and simulation, enabling technologies and quantum sensors. They are underpinned by industry engagement on these topics, as well as metrology and pre-normative R&D actions. France has the ambition to reinforce this role in standardization, as part of the French and European quantum strategies, to the benefit of the European industry. AFNOR is also willing to take part to this EU Strategy on Quantum, and is looking forward to contributing to future EU regulations/directives on the matter.
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Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament)

7 May 2025 · Protection des consommateurs

Meeting with Nadine Morano (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Apr 2025 · Activités de normalisation

Response to Rationalisation of reporting requirements

20 Nov 2023

AFNOR has already contributed to the Commission's consultation on ESRS reporting standards, and on the rationalisation of financial reporting standards, dealt with within Task Force 1 "Single Market, Key Performance Indicators and Industrial Ecosystems" of the European Union Industrial Forum. We believe that this would be a good opportunity to highlight certain inconsistencies between the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European standardisation. As the draft standards relating to CSRD are mainly aimed at detailing the methodologies used to prepare the disclosure of information, mandatory measures could be sufficient to provide an understanding of a company's sustainable development performance. The requirements to provide additional information could therefore be dropped, in order to slash administrative workload. Therefore, wherever possible and in order to improve efficiency, the preparation of EFRAG standards (ESRS) could be based on existing technical work developed by European and international standardisation organisations. Insofar as international reporting rules are often based on common standards, the risks of duplication are high. The CSRD could only require companies to indicate whether they are already subject to another related reporting obligation. This would avoid an additional burden with no added value for involved stakeholders. In this case, the CSRD auditor could carry out the transposition work himself. However, this is a matter for the European Commission. Some positions propose the deletion of the draft ESRS S4 "Customers and End Users", one of the CSRD's draft reporting standards. This could lighten disclosure requirements. Nevertheless, a lowering of reporting requirements could also penalise companies that play the game. As part of the CSRD reporting standards projects, the « progressive approach to requirements » (period of time granted to progressively meet disclosure requirements) already planned for value chain information disclosure could be extended to other subjects/requirements. The possibility for parent companies to fulfil reporting obligations on behalf of their subsidiaries should be provided for in a consistent and harmonised manner in the various regulations. It is also necessary for regulatory texts to use the same definitions for entities. It would be unfortunate if companies subject to CSRD/CS3D reporting obligations were to pass on, de jure or de facto, these reporting obligations to their suppliers, whether direct or indirect, through direct requests or mandatory reporting platforms. If this were to happen, a cascade effect could occur, and the whole CSRD exercise would be impaired.
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Response to Evaluation of Standardisation Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012

29 Sept 2023

AFNOR as a national member of CEN and CENELEC, having contributed to the development of the collective opinion of their memberships, would like to express its support for the views expressed in the attached file.
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Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

27 Jun 2022 · EU standardisation strategy

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

12 Apr 2022 · Discuss with AFNOR and DIN - discuss with new VP ISO the standardisation steps ahead

Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.

1 Apr 2022 · Standardization strategy.

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.

24 Mar 2022 · Standardisation Strategy

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.

2 Mar 2022 · Standardisation Strategy

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Valère Moutarlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.

1 Mar 2022 · EU Standardisation Strategy