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Information only, not compliance or legal advice. Each status, date and deadline is as its official source states it on the date read; check the publisher for the authoritative current version. A milestone that is not verified is never used in the deadlines view, the feed, the early warning or the briefings.

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.

Tracked items by body and status
BodyPublishedDraftIn developmentActiveWithdrawnTotal
ETSI ISG QKD10001011
ETSI TC CYBER400004
CEN-CENELEC5051011
ISO/IEC301105
ITU-T600006
IEEE004059
NIST512008
IETF702009
EU100102
ECCG / EUCC010203
ANSSI200103
BSI200103
Netherlands100001
NCSC-UK100001
Canada (CCCS, TBS)100102
NSA000101

Verification of the items on the date read: Verified: 57; Partly verified: 20; Not verified: 2.

2 items

EU PQC Coordinated Implementation Roadmap (Part 1): A Coordinated Implementation Roadmap for the Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Body
European Union (Commission and NIS Cooperation Group)
Kind
Roadmap
Status
Published (2025-06). First version released June 2025 by the NIS Cooperation Group PQC workstream; a supplementary second deliverable not confirmed
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Sets shared EU target dates: national PQC roadmaps by end-2026, high-risk use cases migrated by end-2030 and all migrations by end-2035.
Next milestone
: EU roadmap milestone 1: first steps and national roadmaps · Target date · NIS Cooperation Group: A Coordinated Implementation Roadmap for the Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography, Part 1, version 1.1 (read 2026-10-21; Section 4.1, timeline for the transition to PQC, point 1 (by 31.12.2026); section 4.2, box Milestone 1)
Milestones, links, verification and sources
In the portal
Reference record · Migration timeline entry · Migration timeline entry · Migration timeline entry · Migration timeline entry
Verification
Partly verified. The Commission library page and the PQC policy page returned HTTP 403 to both WebFetch and curl today, so the exact 23 June 2025 date and any Part 2 publication could not be read there. Milestones and 'released (June 2025)' were read in a Commission presentation hosted on enisa.europa.eu (April 2026); its slide 6 prints the 2030 milestone as '21/12/2030', while slide 7 says 'End of 2030', so 2030-12-31 is used. A search snippet of the policy page mentions a second supplementary deliverable in preparation, but this could not be read on the page and no publication date is confirmed.
Sources

Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101 of 11 April 2024 on a Coordinated Implementation Roadmap for the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Body
European Union (Commission and NIS Cooperation Group)
Kind
Recommendation
Status
Active (2024-04-12). Adopted 2024-04-11, published OJ L 2024/1101 on 2024-04-12; effects to be assessed at most three years after publication
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
European Union
What it means for organisations
Created the NIS Cooperation Group PQC sub-group and the mandate for the coordinated roadmap, with an assessment of its effects due by 12 April 2027.
Next milestone
: Assessment of the PQC Recommendation due · Target date · EUR-Lex: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101, document information and text (read 2026-10-21; Document information, dates: deadline 12/04/2027, review at the latest, see point 11; point (11) of the text)
Milestones, links, verification and sources
In the portal
Reference record · Migration timeline entry · Migration timeline entry
Verification
Verified. Title, adoption date, OJ date and review clause (point 11, section 4) read in the official OJ text served by the EU Publications Office (EUR-Lex itself returned an empty 202 challenge). The review date 2027-04-12 is computed from the stated 'three years after publication' and the 12.4.2024 publication date.
Sources

Sources compiled 2026-10-27; assembled 2026-11-02. Reviewed every 90 days. Past milestones of the PQC transition are on the migration timeline.