Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 14:30-15:45 (CET), online

ANEC invites you to a new public webinar: How can AI standards deal with the risks to Fundamental Rights - Can we even standardise Fundamental Rights?

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act uses Harmonised Standards to provide presumption of conformity with the legal requirements for high-risks AI systems. Following a request from the European Commission, AI standards are currently being drafted on the identification and analysis of the known and the reasonably foreseeable risks that the high-risk AI system can pose to health, safety or fundamental rights (risk management systems).

Views diverge amongst the actors involved in the standardisation process about the impact of standards on Fundamental Rights and how to assess it.

ANEC, thanks to the support of the EAIS Fund and with the special participation of the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) will address and clarify these concepts together with our speakers:

  • David Reichel, Head of Data and Digital Sector - Justice, Digital and Migration Unit (FRA) 
  • Katja Kolman, Project Assistant in the Data and Digital Sector - Justice, Digital and Migration Unit (FRA)
  • Chiara Giovannini, Deputy-Director of ANEC and Senior Manager for Policy & Innovation.

Slides available for download here.

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 10:30-11:45 (CET), online

ANEC are pleased to invite our members to join a webinar on the topic of Consumers navigating sustainable finance. Updates from legislation and standards. It will last for one hour 15 minutes and will be hosted by Michela Vuerich, ANEC Lead Programme Manager Sustainability & Services and Boštjan Okorn, ANEC Sustainability Working Group Chair.

Our expert speakers will share their latest insights on Sustainable Finance Policy and Standardisation, explaining to us both European and global developments. They are:

  • Anna Martin, BEUC Head of Financial Services & Tom Redmond, BEUC Sustainable Finance Policy Officer
  • Kęstutis Kupšys, ANEC Representative on Finance

Here you can find a link to connect & register for this Webinar REGISTER & CONNECT HERE. Please do so by 21 March at the latest.

Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 10:30-11:45 (CET), online

ANEC invites you to a new public webinar on Sustainable lifestyles & Consumer products.

The webinar is inspired by this year’s theme of the World Consumer Rights Day and celebrates the transition to a sustainable consumer lifestyle.

Together we will explore:

  • The Ecodesign standards and their added value for consumers with Boštjan Okorn - Chairperson of both ANEC Sustainability WG and ANEC Traffic & Mobility WG
  • If refurbished products are the new way forward, with Olivia Brown - Policy Officer, Euroconsumers
  • And how all this ties up into a sustainable way of living, with ANEC’s Sustainability senior experts - Michela Vuerich and Isabel Lopez.

Moderation and closing words will be done by Chiara Giovannini, Deputy-Director of ANEC.

Slides available for download here.

Friday, 6 December 2024, 10:30-11:30 (CET), online

The common charger for mobile phones and other devices will be mandatory at the end of December 2024: What can consumers expect? And what is next?

Since 2009, ANEC and the consumer movement have been lobbying for common chargers to become mandatory. Following the revision of the Radio Equipment directive, this will become soon a reality. The 'common charging' requirements will apply to all handheld mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, headsets, portable speakers, handheld videogame consoles, e-readers, earbuds, keyboards, mice, and portable navigation systems as of 28 December 2024. These requirements will also apply to laptops as of 28 April 2026.

USB Type-C port will be the new mandatory standard for portable devices and harmonisation for wireless charging will be ensured in the future.

Join us under the moderation of Chiara Giovannini, ANEC Deputy Director General and learn more about this from Alexis Basiaux, EC Desk Officer for Low Voltage Directive and Common Charger for Mobile Devices from DG GROW H2 Machinery and Equipment.

Alexis will present the new rules on clear information and labelling for consumers which should be present on new devices with charging options. He will also explore with us whether a product must include a charger at sale or not (unbundling).

Slides available for download here.

 

Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 14:30-15:45 (CET), online

The EC requested the drafting of standards to implement the AI act. The standards are being developed by CEN-CENELEC JTC 21. But what is the content of these AI standards and when do we expect the AI standards to be ready? What role can civil society still play in this process?

Please join us under the moderation of Chiara Giovannini, ANEC Deputy Director General, and following an introduction by Alexandra Toth, Programme Manager at the European AI & Society Fund, to answer this in the company of our speakers:

  • Dr. Sebastian Hallensleben, Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 where European AI standards are being developed and
  • Pete Eisenegger, ANEC AI expert in CEN-CLC JTC21 WG4 and WG1 (Strategic Advisory Group & Technical Coherence Forum)

During this informative and interactive session, we will discuss the state of play of the AI standards and the next steps in their approval process. You will also discover how to best influence AI standards to deliver good outcomes for civil society.

This session is organised by ANEC with the kind support of the European AI & Society Fund. 

Please feel free to contact Cezara Popovici, Officer on AI and Communications at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. should you wish to register for this event.

We look forward to seeing you on 19 November!

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