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CEN-CENELEC JTC 21

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The joint technical committee of the European standardisation organisations CEN and CENELEC that drafts the AI Act harmonised standards, including EN 18286 on quality management and the drafts on risk management, trustworthiness and cybersecurity 1.

Developed in
ch. 22, The JTC 21 programme
Chapters
ch. 22, Principles & Standards
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

2 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • EN 18286

    The European standard for the AI Act's Article 17 quality management system, published by CEN-CENELEC in July 2026 (the first JTC 21 AI Act standard to reach…

  • Harmonised standard

    A European standard adopted on a Commission standardisation request.

  • Risk management

    The organised practice of steering an organisation's decisions with its risks in view: identify, assess, treat and monitor, in a loop.

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

Sources

  1. [1] Working groups and projects of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 (WG 2 operational aspects, WG 3 engineering aspects, WG 4 foundational and societal aspects, WG 5 cybersecurity). JTC 21 website. 2026. https://jtc21.eu/working-groups/ (verified: secondary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). CEN-CENELEC JTC 21. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cen-cenelec-jtc-21. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026cencenelecjtc21,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{CEN-CENELEC JTC 21}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cen-cenelec-jtc-21}
}