TAG: Standards

The revised EU Construction Products Regulation (EU CPR 2024/3110) officially came into force on January 7, 2025, bringing updates to the regulatory framework for construction products. However, despite its adoption...

Euralarm presents a new guideline on contracting cloud services for secure remote access to alarm systems and for secure alarm transmission. The guideline provides a description of important concepts related...

Euralarm, the European trade association representing the electronic fire safety and security industry, released a Position Paper to propose definitions that can be endorsed by the European Commission in the...

Why is it important for Euralarm to provide leadership in standardisation? Advancements in technology and industry practices as well as changes in regulatory agendas and directives make it necessary to...

Recently the European Parliament plenary voted in favour of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). This is a major step towards decarbonisation of the building stock. However, the new...

Euralarm urges the EU Commission to extend the Article 11(3) exemption of the Batteries Regulation to include smoke alarm devices, carbon monoxide alarms, and gas alarms. These products should meet...

Detectortesters became member of the Euralarm Fire Section and Services Section. Detectortesters are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of functional test solutions for fire detection systems. With over 50...

Euralarm welcomes the European Parliament’s plenary vote in favour of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD): a major step towards decarbonisation of the building stock. Better performing buildings also means...

After identifying video as an expanding technology for the fire business, the Euralarm Fire Section started a new Task Force that will focus on video fire detection.  The scope is to...

ONVIF released the final version of the TLS Configuration Add-on to increase the security of communications between devices and software clients within a physical security system. The add-on supports the...

ONVIF today, December 20, announced an agreement with the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) to take over development of data ontology and metadata specifications. The initiative will continue under...

EFSG, an association of European certification bodies operating in the fire and security sectors, and Euralarm’s Task Force EFSG have been working closely together on a common application form for...

ONVIF has introduced the TLS Configuration Add-on (Release Candidate) for secure communications between devices and clients. TLS Configuration is the first in a new category of ONVIF add-ons, which are specifications...

Euralarm Extinguishing Sectionhas released another new guidance document, the ‘Guidance on Approved fill stations’ that outlines the main important subjects detailing how to ensure filling stations can perform as expected...

Euralarm has released a statement on postponement of the applicability date of the RED DA. Why Euralarm wants to postpone it and What is the RED DA? The European Commission...

Euralarm released a Position Paper on the Cyber Resilience Act. “The position paper – they say from Euralarm – provides the Association’s view on the elements of the proposed Cyber...

ONVIF and SIA (Security Industry Association), leading association for global security solution providers, will jointly host “The State of the Standards”, a webinar at 10:00-11:00 am EST (15:00-16:00 UTC) on...

After having received the confirmation of the successful audit from the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and its members, the European National Accreditation Bodies, CertAlarm published, on 26th October 2022...

The CENELEC TC79 committee on alarm systems is now looking at a revision of the EN50131-1, the European system standard for intrusion and holdup systems. Euralarm is seriously involved in...

Euralarm Fire Section members are disappointed that the European Commission’s CPR proposal fails to address the market needs and does not address the main challenge facing standardisation. Nevertheless, Euralarm will...