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title: "CEN-CENELEC JTC 21"
description: "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…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cen-cenelec-jtc-21
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
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updated: 2026-09-24
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# CEN-CENELEC JTC 21

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/principles-and-standards#the-jtc-21-programme)
- Chapters: [ch. 22, Principles & Standards](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/principles-and-standards)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-cen-cenelec-jtc-21

## Sources

[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)