European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment
EUROCAE
EUROCAE is a non-profit organisation, created in 1963 as the “The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment", with the objective to develop standards for European civil aviation.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Revision of the Standardisation Regulation
21 Jul 2025
EUROCAE welcomes the objective of strengthening Europes technological sovereignty through a more efficient, inclusive and internationally competitive European standardisation. EUROCAE is the European leader in the development of worldwide recognised industry standards for aviation. Ensuring a high and consistent level of aviation safety, security, and quality across the EU and globally is essential. EUROCAE standards play a vital role in supporting international, European, and national regulatory frameworks by providing industry-agreed requirements for safety-critical systems. In a globally connected sector like aviation, where aircraft operate across multiple regions, interoperability is not optional; it is essential. This is facilitated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a United Nations specialised agency, providing a global framework. Standardisation enables this interoperability, improves efficiency, and helps maintain the highest levels of safety, security and sustainability. The EUROCAE process is based on the fundamental principles of openness, inclusion of all relevant stakeholders, transparency, and consensus. All standards are submitted to a public Open Consultation and all comments are dispositioned. The process is managed through a robust governance and includes several validation steps. This ensures that the resulting standards are fit for purpose to be adopted internationally, support the operational, development and regulatory processes and address emerging global aviation innovation and challenges. The process follows the principles and good practices for international standardisation laid down by the WTO, which recognised EUROCAE as a regional SDO. Aviation is also unique in its regulatory structure. In Europe, it benefits from a dedicated framework under the EU Aviation Policy led by DG MOVE with a very strong role for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It relies today already strongly on consensus-standards, notably developed by EUROCAE and our international partner organisations. The EUROCAE Technical Work Programme (TWP) is updated every year, and includes new standardisation needs emanating from SESAR, the Common Project 1 (CP1) as a priority (and potential future CP), EASA and industry needs. The TWP is to the EU ATM Master Plan and to the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS). As a result, over 80% of the standards developed and published by EUROCAE are referenced at least once by either EASA/ICAO/FAA. Early identification of standardisation needs is of paramount importance. The standards-development process duration can vary 18-36 months depending on many factors. In case of urgently needed standards, EUROCAE has proven its ability to deliver standards a lot more quickly (under 6 months). EUROCAEs close link to all relevant institutions and organisations, paired with strong commitment of the aviation industry/community, enables the results of innovation to be transposed and further developed in internationally recognised standards, carrying European flagship initiatives and successes to the next level. Standards are important throughout the innovation cycle, from very early stages, by providing a basis for innovation. Later during the innovation cycle, standards are an effective vehicle to bring the results of R&D to the marketplace, bridging the industrialisation gap, enabling efficient and effective deployment of innovative technologies. However, a single planning process is important. EUROCAE, as a key SDO, works to facilitate the acceleration of research towards market uptake through standards development in a single value chain approach. EUROCAE reiterates our offer to support the EC initiative on a potential revision of Reg1025/2012 in view of maintaining European leadership in global standards-setting, to promote the competitiveness of European industry and enhance global interoperability, safety and security, as well as sustainability in aviation.
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