ANEC | Raising standards for consumers

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🥳 Another inspiring day at DIN, learning from Germany’s successful approach to stakeholder engagement in #AI #standardisation and beyond!

🙏 A big thank you to DIN for the warm welcome, valuable exchanges and insights. We are grateful on behalf of ANEC and its members!

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📢 The second day of the ANEC Digital Society Working Group meeting has wrapped up!

Engaging discussions covered smart and sustainable cities, access to the information society for vulnerable groups, eRecognition, biometrics and the latest developments in AI standardisation.

👏 A big thank you to DIN for hosting us and presenting its upcoming report on online disinformation!

#ConsumerProtection #DigitalSociety #Standardisation

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🇩🇪ANEC Secretariat is in Berlin today at DIN offices for its Digital Expert meeting.

🗨️We look forward to the exchanges with our members on EU policy developments, electronic communications, privacy and #cybersecurity in #standardisation.

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📺 Standards play an important role in ensuring the energy performance of TVs and monitors is accurately measured.

ANEC supports robust and representative testing that reflects real product performance, including stronger requirements for standby and networked standby, while reducing opportunities for circumvention.

We also call for the swift development of harmonised standards to support the revised Ecodesign and Energy Labelling rules for electronic displays.

🔗 Read our recommendations: https://t.co/xUVfDWdjxL

#WorldStandardsDay #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #Standards #Ecodesign #EnergyLabelling #EnergyEfficiency #Consumers @Standards4EU @isostandards @IECStandards

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🏙️ On #WorldStandardsDay, we highlight how #standards can help put citizens at the heart of smarter and more #sustainable communities.

CEN/TR 18260, developed under ANEC’s leadership, promotes citizen participation, #accessibility, #inclusion, transparency and user-friendly public services.

Importantly, #digitalisation should not leave anyone behind. Alternative ways of accessing services need to remain available when digital channels are not suitable.

📄 Learn more about citizen-centred public services: https://t.co/UwYOPvyzTe

#standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #SmartCities #SustainableCities #Consumers @Standards4EU @isostandards

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On this occasion of #WorldStandardsDay, we would like to thank the DIN-Verbraucherrat for its longstanding partnership and commitment to strengthening the #consumer voice in #standardisation! 🤝

For 30 years, the DIN Consumer Council has been an invaluable partner in helping ANEC build a collective voice for European consumers in standardisation. We greatly value this cooperation and the perspectives of German consumers, which bring real added value to the European and international standardisation work of all ANEC Working Groups.

🎥 As highlighted in this video celebrating our cooperation, we were delighted to be hosted by DIN last September for our Sustainability and Domestic Appliances Working Group meetings.

We look forward to returning this October for our Digital Society Working Group and AI Task Force meetings, alongside the national event “AI Standardisation and Stakeholder Participation: A German Case Study”.

🙏 A warm thank you to the DIN Consumer Council and its representatives for their dedication and expertise. Your contributions at national level help make standards work better for consumers across Europe and beyond!

#AI #Sustainability #DomesticAppliances

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📱 Better information can help #consumers make better choices.

#Standards supporting the #DigitalProductPassport can help ensure that product information is accessible, interoperable, trustworthy and user-friendly.

For consumers, this can mean clearer and more relevant information to support energy efficiency, #sustainability, safety, repair and informed purchasing decisions.

📄 Discover ANEC’s factsheet “Digital Product Passport (DPP): What it must deliver for consumers”: https://t.co/womgGOhn9L

#WorldStandardsDay #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #DigitalProductPassport #DPP @Standards4EU @isostandards

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🌍 Happy #WorldStandardsDay 2026!

This year, under the theme “Shared vision for a better world: Spotlight on SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy”, we highlight the crucial role of standards in supporting a #clean #energy transition that works for all #consumers.

#Standards can help turn clean energy ambitions into reality, but affordability, accessibility, safety and inclusion must remain at the heart of this transition.

💬 As @anectweet Director-General @BrusselsRussell highlights, the consumer voice must be at the table to ensure standards deliver real benefits for everyone.

At ANEC, we remain committed to making sure consumer interests are heard in shaping a #sustainable and inclusive future.

#standards4SDGs #SDG7 #CleanEnergy @Standards4EU @isostandards @IECStandards

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🤝 Thanks to @MKStandards and the Consumer Organisation of North Macedonia for joining ANEC today to discuss strengthening consumer participation in standardisation!

🧸Highlights: good practices from the new ISRSM TC 50 and ANEC’s work on the EU Toy Safety Regulation.

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🔐 A clean energy future is also an increasingly connected one.

#Standards can help protect #consumers from the privacy and #cybersecurity risks that come with #connected products.

Security should be built into products by design and default. Manufacturers should take responsibility for addressing vulnerabilities and providing security updates throughout the product lifecycle – rather than placing the burden on consumers.

Check out ANEC’s factsheet on the new European cybersecurity standards for products with digital elements:
🔗 https://t.co/0tHQwsgaZQ

#WorldStandardsDay #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #ConsumerProtection @Standards4EU @isostandards @ETSI_STANDARDS @IECStandards

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🤝 #Standards for the clean energy transition should not be developed without the voices of those they affect.

Through the #SustainableProducts4LIFE project, @anectweet and #ECOS work to strengthen #consumer and #environmental participation in the standards supporting #Ecodesign and #EnergyLabelling legislation.

Bringing #civil #society into #standardisation helps ensure the transition delivers practical benefits for #consumers, including those in #vulnerable situations.

🔗 Our SustainableProducts4LIFE project webpage: https://t.co/vgd3jwYPSr

#WorldStandardsDay #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #Sustainability @Standards4EU @isostandards @IECStandards

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💡How do we know whether an energy-efficient product really performs as promised?

#Standards supporting #Ecodesign and #EnergyLabelling need to be robust, reproducible and reflect real-world #consumer behaviour.

Reliable testing methods help ensure products can be accurately measured and fairly compared, while supporting effective market surveillance and reducing the risk of circumvention.

This means more trustworthy information and more sustainable and cost-effective choices for consumers.

#WorldStandardsDay #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #ConsumerProtection @Standards4EU @isostandards @iecstandards

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🏠 With #WorldStandardsDay approaching, we draw attention to the role #standards can play in making the energy transition work for #consumers.

📄 Read our new paper on the EU affordable housing plan: https://t.co/w45gGDOSP3

#standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 #EnergyPoverty #AffordableHousing
@Standards4EU @isostandards

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📢 As the #JTC21 Plenary concludes today, ANEC calls for #AIstandards that truly protect consumers and ensure compliance with the #AIAct.

👉Key priorities: stronger civil society participation, clear & verifiable requirements, fundamental rights protection and greater consistency across standards.

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🌍 On #WorldStandardsDay, we highlight how #standards can support the transition towards affordable, clean and #sustainable energy while protecting #consumer interests.

Standards help ensure these solutions are reliable, safe and beneficial for all.

For Energy Performance Certificates (#EPCs), standards can help support reliable and consistent methodologies, giving consumers more meaningful information about the energy performance of their homes.

📄 Find out more in our leaflet on EPCs: https://t.co/9f0zFXBfxB

#EPBD #standards4SDGs #SDGs #SDG7 @Standards4EU @isostandards