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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.
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 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.
IEEE P3329: Standard for Quantum Computing Energy Efficiency
Body
IEEE Standards Association
Kind
Work item or project
Status
In development (2023-02-15). Active PAR, approved 2023-02-15 (C/SABSC, Quantum Energy Initiative WG)
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Would define metrics relating quantum computing performance to energy consumption across qubit technologies.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Partly verified. Title, status, committee and PAR approval date read on the project page (the IEEE quantum activities page uses a longer title including 'and Simulation'). PAR expiry not shown; PAR detail page returned HTTP 502.
IEEE P7131: Standard for Quantum Computing Performance Metrics & Performance Benchmarking
Body
IEEE Standards Association
Kind
Work item or project
Status
Withdrawn (2024-12-09). Expired PAR administratively withdrawn at NesCom on 2024-12-09 (C/SABSC); project page no longer available
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Leaves no active IEEE standard project on quantum computing performance benchmarking under this number.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Verified. Withdrawal read in the NesCom minutes of 9 December 2024 (2.1.1 Administratively Withdrawn PARs) and the December 2024 list of PARs for administrative withdrawal. The former project page returns an unavailable message.
IEEE P3185: Standard for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing
Body
IEEE Standards Association
Kind
Work item or project
Status
Withdrawn (2025-09-10). PAR withdrawn by the SASB on 2025-09-10 (C/SABSC); project page now unavailable though the IEEE quantum activities page still features it
Scope
Quantum computing
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Leaves no active IEEE standard project on hybrid quantum-classical computing architecture under this number.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Verification
Verified. Withdrawal read on the SASB board actions page of 10 September 2025. The project page returned an unavailable message today; the IEEE quantum standards activities page still lists it as a featured project, which looks out of date.