CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 21 (JTC21) is tasked with producing harmonised standards to operationalise the 'essential requirements' set out in the EU AI Act.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by EU Commission official FAQ, CEN-CENELEC/JTC21 self-description, formal standardisation mandate documents (M/593, M/613), Council document, and independent legal/academic analyses. Strong convergence across primary and secondary sources.
Sources
- Now that the AI Act has been politically agreed, what’s next? …. Harmonised European Standards. | OHRH (ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk)
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/understanding-standardisation-ai-act (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2025.2570966 (tandfonline.com)
- https://www.cencenelec.eu/areas-of-work/cen-cenelec-topics/artificial-intelligence/ (cencenelec.eu)
- https://jtc21.eu/about/ (jtc21.eu)
- https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/mandate/cen/4b4ad294-43f8-46d3-ac88-fdd09ccccbf6/m-593 (standards.iteh.ai)
- https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/WK-12134-2025-INIT/en/pdf (data.consilium.europa.eu)
- https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2024/10/eu-standardization-supporting-the-artificial-intelligence-act (skadden.com)