A: (Brief)The European Ski & Snowboard Standard. Originally created in 1996 as a British snow sport standard, EN-1077 was adopted (in 2007) by the European Committee for Standardization (or “CEN”) for all non-motorized ski and snowboard helmets sold in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey or the United Kingdom.