The representative of CENELEC reported that at the beginning of 2002 the number of European standards had surpassed 4,000, and out of these, 85% were identical to or based on IEC standards.
Le représentant du CENELEC a signalé que, au début de 2002, on comptait plus de 4 000 normes européennes, dont 85 % étaient identiques aux normes de la CEI ou fondés sur ces normes.