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a mandate to the European standardisation organisations <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120209054204/http://www.smartgrids.eu/web/node/68">CEN, CENELEC</a> and ETSI (ESOs) to establish European standards for the interoperability of smart utility meters (electricity, gas, water and heat), involving communication protocols and additional functionalities, such as assuring interoperability between systems to provide secure communication with consumer's interfaces and improve the consumer's awareness to adapt its actual consumption. The ESOSs were to provide European standards for communication in March 2010 and complete harmonised solutions for additional functions by December 2011, but the deliverables are accumulating almost one year of delay. The Commission has since intervened to clarify the scope of the mandate in line with intermediate findings by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120209054204/http://www.smartgrids.eu/web/node/71">Smart Grid Task Force</a> and to avoid further delays. The first deliverables for European standards for smart meters are expected by the end of 2012.</p> <p class="rtejustify"> In June 2010, the Commission issued a mandate to ESOs to review existing standards and develop new standards so that a European harmonised approach could be adopted in 18 months for the interoperability of chargers for electric vehicles with all types of electric vehicles and with electricity supply points. This harmonisation will allow users to use the same charger for a range of electric vehicles and ensure that such chargers can be connected and operated throughout the EU. There is a wide consensus that Europe urgently needs such standards.</p> <p class="rtejustify"> On 1 March 2011, the Commission issued a mandate to ESOs for Smart Grids to develop standards facilitating the implementation of high-level Smart Grid services and functionalities by the end of 2012. As the mandate builds on the consensus achieved among the stakeholders participating in the Task Force and the ESO Joint Working Group on Smart Grids, this should ensure a smooth and fast process.</p> <p class="rtejustify"> Furthermore, the Commission will continue reviewing European standardisation policy by following up its White Paper ‘Modernising ICT standardisation in the EU — The way forward' as well as the global standardisation developments.</p> <p>  </p> <table bgcolor="#e2e3bc" border="0" cellpaddin="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p> Related initiatives: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120209054204/http://www.smartgrids.eu/web/node/68">CEN/CENELEC</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120209054204/http://www.smartgrids.eu/web/node/68">Oper Meter</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>  <div id="footer"> <p> Copyright © 2011 - SmartGrids - European Technology Platform. 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