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title: "European standard (EPBD IV)"
description: "European standard (EPBD IV): a standard adopted by CEN, CENELEC or ETSI and made available for public use. Differs from the CRA definition."
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type: "Glossary term"
published: "2026-10-14T18:27:02.218Z"
modified: "2026-10-14T19:17:16.464Z"
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# European standard (EPBD IV)

A standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardization, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and made available for public use.

**What does "European standard" mean under EPBD IV?**

Defined in: [EPBD IV](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd) (32024L1275)

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> A standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardization, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and made available for public use

## Defined in / by

- [EPBD IV (32024L1275)](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd), Article 2, point (29)

## Also defined different in / by

- [European standard (CRA)](https://gencompl.ai/glossary/european-standard) defined in / by [CRA (32024R2847)](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/cyber-resilience-act)

Last updated: 14 October 2026.

## Named bodies and public availability

The EPBD IV definition names the three bodies whose standards count: the European Committee for Standardization, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. It adds a condition the general definition does not have: the standard must be made available for public use.

That is the difference from the definition other EU product laws use. The Cyber Resilience Act takes its definition from Article 2, point (1)(b), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, under which a European standard is a standard adopted by a European standardisation organisation. The two cover the same bodies in practice, but only the EPBD IV wording includes the public-use condition.

In the operative articles the term appears once, in Article 14(6). Recharging points installed under Article 14 must be capable of smart recharging and, where appropriate, bi-directional recharging, and must be operated on the basis of non-proprietary and non-discriminatory communication protocols and standards, in an interoperable manner and in compliance with any European standards and delegated acts adopted under Regulation (EU) 2023/1804.

A building owner meets the term mostly through suppliers: whether a recharging point complies with the relevant European standards is a question for the installer and the product documentation.

> **What we could not establish**
>
> The Directive does not list which European standards apply to recharging points; that follows from Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 and the acts adopted under it. This entry fixes the term. It does not decide whether the term catches your institution; counsel decides that.

## Questions and answers

### Is a European standard under EPBD IV the same as under the Cyber Resilience Act?

Nearly. Both cover standards of the European standardisation organisations, but the EPBD IV definition names CEN, CENELEC and ETSI and adds that the standard must be made available for public use.

### Where does EPBD IV refer to European standards?

In Article 14(6), which requires recharging points to comply with any European standards and delegated acts adopted under Regulation (EU) 2023/1804.

## Sources

- [Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings (recast)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj/eng) (EUR-Lex · 8 May 2024)
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R1804) (EUR-Lex)

## Related content

### Regulation

- [Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD IV)](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd): EPBD IV is Directive (EU) 2024/1275, the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The Netherlands put its first tranche into force on 29 May 2026 (Stb. 2026, 103), with duties staged to 2033: recharging points in existing car parks from 1 January 2027, solar and lighting control from 1 January 2028. Energy label D by 2030 is still a proposal.