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Standards
IEC international standards
The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is a worldwide organisation for
standardisation comprising all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National
Committees).
The object of the IEC is to promote international cooperation on all questions
concerning standardisation in the electrical and electronic fields.
To that end, the IEC publishes International Standards.
Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees and any IEC National
Committee interested in the subject dealt with may participate in the preparatory
work.
IEC member countries
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea (Rep. of)
Luxemburg
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
Standards nationales
In Europe
The IEC documents are first studied by CENELEC, which establishes:
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either a European standard (EN), often identical to the IEC standard, which then
becomes the applicable national standard in all the member countries
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or, in the event of differences, a harmonisation document (HD).
Other IEC member countries
Each country is autonomous and can accept the IEC standard as the national
standard, with or without modifications.
Even though they are IEC members, countries such as Japan and the United States
continue to develop their own standardisation systems.
Countries without a standardisation system
It is possible to refer to an IEC standard in the framework of a project.
Worldwide
Countries
Other IEC
member
countries
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CEI / IEC
Commission Electrotechnique Internationale
CENELEC
Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
UTE
Union Technique de l’Électricité
VDE
Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik
e.v. (German electrotechnical, electronics and computer
technology standardisation organisation)
BSI
British Standards Institution
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