Subject: Eesti tarbijate huvide esindamine standardiseerimises | Representation of the Estonian consumer interest in standardisation
From: "Stephen Russell" <[email-masked]>
To: "info - MKM" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:53:07 +0300

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To the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications

Republic of Estonia

Dear Colleagues,

ANEC represents the European collective voice of consumers in
standardisation, above all the three European Standardisation Organisation
(CEN, CENELEC & ETSI). EVS is the Estonian member of CEN & CENELEC, while
EVS and TTJA are the NSOs for Estonia in ETSI. ANEC is part of the
European Standardisation System established under Regulation (EU)
1025/2012.

Membership of ANEC is composed of natural persons, not legal persons. The
countries eligible for membership form a total of 34 countries, reflecting
the eligibility criteria of CEN & CENELEC. For many years, the Estonian
member of ANEC was Linda Läänesaar of the Estonian Consumers Union (Eesti
Tarbijakaitse). However, we understand the Consumers Union has been
liquidated.

It is the mission of ANEC to represent the interests of consumers in the
countries eligible for membership. We would therefore more than welcome a
new member able to represent Estonia in the ANEC governance and
activities.

Please note there is no membership fee to participate in ANEC, and we
reimburse the travel, accommodation and subsistence costs of our members
and experts.

If the Ministry could provide me with the contact details of the
organisation best placed to provide the Estonian member of ANEC, I would
be pleased to contact them. Note that, as in European and international
standardisation, the working language of ANEC is English. Our members and
experts therefore need to be able to converse comfortably in English.

I put in copy the Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU. I
understand it is the PermRep that manages the Estonian contribution to the
Committee on Standards (CoS), also established under Regulation (EU)
1025/2012.

Of course, I would be pleased to provide clarification or further
information.

Kind regards

Stephen Russell

Director-General

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