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European Committee for

Standardisation (CEN)

Next steps 2019/20 activities of the CEN Background

Regarding the third workstream on financial security, the European Commission announced that by the end of 2019, it In 2019 the CEN Technical Committee for the insurance sector worked on A standard (French: Norme,
would carry out a study together with a law firm and publish a report to fill the gap in knowledge for the Commission on the following projects: German: Norm) is a technical
voluntary and mandatory financial security for ELD liabilities, and to suggest ways in which such financial security could document designed to be used as
be improved both at EU level and a Member State level. • European Standard “Transfer of Electronic Documents”. This European
Standard aims to define the process and the structure of the transfer a rule, guideline or definition. It is a
BIPAR will be involved in a targeted questionnaire to provide input into the report. of electronic documents between stakeholders in the insurance consensus-built, repeatable way of
industry (insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, clients). The members doing something. Standardization
of the CEN Technical Committee have agreed on the content of this
draft European Standard and decided to release it for a 3-month public aims to benefit the stakeholders
consultation, known as “Enquiry”, where national. As the European concerned through increased product
Standard was approved at the Enquiry stage, then the technical body safety and quality as well as lower
will proceed with the publication of the Standard.
transaction costs and prices.

• Technical Report on the implementation of the European Standard
“Transfer of Electronic Documents”. The CEN Technical Committee is The European Committee for
currently on discussions to finalise this TR. The objective of this project Standardisation (CEN) is one of
is to provide guidance for harmonised implementation of the data
model of the Standard. three European Standardization
Organizations (together with CENELEC
• Technical Specification on “Electronic Premium Invoice”. This work item and ETSI) which brings together
builds on the existing European Standard 16931-1 Electronic Invoicing. national standardisation bodies of 34
Discussions are still at an early stage.
European countries. CEN develops
standards for various industry sectors

through technical committees
composed of national bodies. In 2016,
CEN set up the Technical Committee which works on the creation of standardised (IT) process
models in the insurance sector concerning policy administration and claims handling. The CEN

Technical Committee is defined as “the neutral place for the European insurance industry to
meet” and will “facilitate the coordination and collaboration on standardization of electronic
business between insurance markets in Europe”. BIPAR participates in the meetings of the CEN
Technical Committee for the insurance sector as a liaison organisation – without voting rights.

Besides European Standards, CEN produces other deliverables with specific characteristics
and objectives. These are Technical Specifications, Technical Reports, Guides etc. A Technical
Specification is a normative document, the development of which can be envisaged when

various alternatives that would not gather enough as to allow agreement on a European
Standard, or for providing specifications in experimental circumstances and/or evolving
technologies. Contrary to European Standards, a Technical Specification may co-exist with any
conflicting national standards.

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