NORMAPME or European Office of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Standardisation was created in 1996 by

UEAPME The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or SMEunited (formerly UEAPME) is an umbrella group for associations of SMEs based in Brussels, Belgium. SMEunited represents the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs ...

with the support of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

. The German name is: ''Europäisches Büro des Handwerks und der Klein- und Mittelbetriebe für Normung''. NORMAPME participated in the standardisation process on behalf of SMEs and is an associate member of CEN, ISO,

CENELEC CENELEC (french: Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique; en, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) is responsible for European standardization in the area of electrical engineering. Together with ETSI (telecom ...

ETSI The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of information and communications. ETSI supports the development and testing of global technical standard ...

. NORMAPME has been suspended earlier to the delegates meeting of EMU ( European Metal Union) 19 September 2013 in Austria.Europäische Metallunion-EMU Delegiertenversammlung 2013
EMU, 19–21 September 2013, retrieved 21 March 2017. – German.

Activities

*Technical Committees: NORMAPME recruits experts from SME organisations to follow and report the work in European and International TCs in their fields of expertise. *Political Interventions: Political influence is possible for NORMAPME through its membership in ISO, CEN, CENELEC & ETSI and through our recognition by the European Commission. *Projects: NORMAPME aims at providing tools for SMEs and creating European networks

Information policy

Any SMEs can regularly receive from NORMAPME updates on standardisation mandates, ongoing technical committees, issues and stakes for SMEs, and assistance to obtain CE marking, etc... All publications and the website are translated in six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish.

Members

;Founding members * Union Européenne de l'Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Enterprises * European Builders Confederation * European Metal Union * Jeunes Entrepreneurs de l'Union Européene * International Federation for the Roofing Trade ;Full members * Comité International de l'Entretien du Textile * European Consortium of Anchors Produces * Fédération Européenne et Internationale des Patrons Prothésístes Dentaires * EUROWINDOOR * Europäsische Vereinigung des Holzbaus * Génie Climatique International-Union internationale de la plombiere et de la couverture * Bureau International Permanent des Associates de Vendeurs et Rechapeurs de pneumatiques * European Waterpark Association * European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises * European Lift Components Association * European Multifoil Manufacturers ;Associate members * Fundació International de la Dona Emprenedora * Syndicat des Fabricants d’Isolants Réflecteurs Minces Multicouches * Fédération Nationale des Scieries ;Partners * Council of Small Business of Australia

External links

References

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