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Standards, specifications, committees and migration deadlines on post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution and quantum technologies: ETSI, CEN-CENELEC, ISO/IEC, ITU-T, IEEE, NIST and the IETF, the EU roadmap and the national agencies, each with its status and dates, its scope, what it means for organisations and its next milestone.
This page: every standard, committee and deadline with its status and next milestone. The other post-quantum pages: Guide: what post-quantum cryptography is and what to do first; Timeline by authority: the milestones of each EU and national authority, as its source states them; What is due when: everything due in the next 12 to 60 months, in date order, with a calendar feed; Compliance calendar: dated obligations and milestones beyond post-quantum.
Verification of the items on the date read: Verified: 57; Partly verified: 20; Not verified: 2.
11 items
CEN/CLC/JTC 22: Quantum Technologies
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Committee or group
Status
Active (2022). Joint technical committee established 2022, building on the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technologies (2020-2023); four working groups (WG 1 strategic advisory, WG 2 metrology/sensing/imaging and enabling technologies, WG 3 computing and simulation, WG 4 communication and cryptography); DIN secretariat link on the technical body page
Scope
Quantum technologies in general
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Acts as the European venue where quantum technology standards for computing, sensing and communication are drafted and later adopted as European deliverables.
Verified. Establishment year, scope and working-group structure read on the CEN-CENELEC topic page; committee title and secretariat link read on the technical body page. No exact founding day is given and the committee itself has no dated next milestone, so none is recorded.
JTC22 Q06 (Release 1.1): Standardization Roadmap on Quantum Technologies
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Roadmap
Status
Published (2025-06). Release 1.1 dated June 2025 (supersedes FGQT Q04 Release 1); no later release published on the CEN-CENELEC site as of today; a 'Standardization Roadmap 2.0' is being prepared by WG 1 with no stated date
Scope
Quantum technologies in general
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Maps where European quantum standards are planned or missing across enabling technologies, components, communication, computing and sensing.
Verified. Cover page of the PDF read (title, JTC22 Q06, Release 1.1 - June 2025, written by CEN/CENELEC JTC 22). The topic page still lists Release 1 and Release 1.1 only. A July 2025 news item said an updated edition would follow shortly and the CEN-CENELEC Work Programme 2026 mentions a Roadmap 2.0 under WG 1, but neither gives a date and no Release 2 was found.
EAS 18433:2026: Quantum Computing - High-Level Programming Language
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Specification
Status
Published (2026-08-12). Published 2026-08-12 (WI JT022021)
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Provides a European agreed reference for high-level quantum programming languages that software toolchains can align with.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Dated milestones
: Published
Verification
Verified. Reference, title, WI and publication date read in the JTC 22 published-standards list. Content of the document itself was not read (paywalled).
prEN IEC/ISO 63607 (CEN WI JT022017; IEC/ISO AWI 63607): Quantum technologies - Terminology and quantities - General quantities
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Work item or project
Status
In development (2025-10-20). CEN/CLC: Under Drafting since 2025-10-20, parallel development with IEC/ISO JTC 3; ISO side: AWI, stage 10.99 reached 2026-07-08
Scope
Quantum technologies in general
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Would give European and international quantum standards one shared set of defined quantities.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Partly verified. Status, initial date and ISO stage 10.99 (2026-07-08) were read. The CEN work-programme page renders as flattened text, so assigning 2026-04-20 (next stage) and 2027-11-22 (forecast voting date) to their columns is inferred from order, not certain.
prEN 18470 (WI JT022006): Quantum technologies - quantum computing - Hybridization of High-Performance Computing and Quantum Computing
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Work item or project
Status
In development (2026-09-01). Under Drafting since 2026-09-01
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Would set European requirements for integrating quantum computers with high-performance computing centres.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Partly verified. Reference, title, status and initial date read in the work programme. A date 2028-06-20 appears after this row but the flattened page layout does not show reliably which field or row it belongs to, so it is not recorded as a milestone.
prCEN/CLC/TR 18437 (WI JT022005): Performance benchmarks of quantum computing applications
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Work item or project
Status
In development (2025-12-22). Under Drafting since 2025-12-22; a further date 2026-04-20 is shown in the row
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Would describe application-level benchmarks for comparing quantum computing performance.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Partly verified. Reference, title, status and initial date read. The 2026-04-20 date appears to be a next-stage date that has already passed; its column could not be confirmed, so no milestone is recorded.
prCEN/CLC/TR XXX (WI JT022014): Gaps in IT security evaluation of QKD systems and networks
Body
CEN and CENELEC (JTC 22 Quantum Technologies)
Kind
Work item or project
Status
In development (2025-07-24). Under Drafting since 2025-07-24; related WG 4 QKD reports also under drafting: satellite-based QKD needs (JT022011), QKD and PQC comparison (JT022002), quantum and non-quantum SKE methods (JT022024)
Scope
Quantum key distribution
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Would identify what is missing for security evaluation and certification of QKD systems and networks in Europe.
Partly verified. Title, WI and status read. Later dates in the row (2026-02-01) appear to be next-stage dates that have passed and their columns could not be confirmed, so no milestone is recorded. No document number is assigned yet.