The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

CENELEC

    The European Committee for Electrotechnical
   Standardization.  A body developing electrotechnical standards for
   the Single European Market / European Economic Area in order to
   reduce internal frontiers and trade barriers for electrotechnical
   products, systems and services.  CENELEC's 19 member countries and
   11 affiliate countries aim to adopt and implement the required
   standards, which are mostly identical to the International
   Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.  CENELEC works in
   co-operation with Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN) and
   European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

   (1999-09-28)