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Additional informationStandardsStandardsWhat is a standard?A common reference"A standard helps to define a common language between economic stakeholders(producers, users and consumers), to clarify and harmonize practices and to definethe levels of quality, safety, compatibility, and least environmental impact of products,services and practices.Standards facilitate trade, both national and international, and help to betterstructure the economy and facilitate the everyday life of everyone."Afnor definitionIEC international standardsThe IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) is a worldwide organisation forstandardisation comprising all national electrotechnical committees (IEC NationalCommittees).The object of the IEC is to promote international cooperation on all questionsconcerning 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 NationalCommittee interested in the subject dealt with may participate in the preparatorywork.National standardsIn EuropeThe IEC documents are first studied by CENELEC, which establishes:bbeither a European standard (EN), often identical to the IEC standard, which thenbecomes the applicable national standard in all the member countriesbbor, in the event of differences, a harmonisation document (HD).Other IEC member countriesEach country is autonomous and can accept the IEC standard as the nationalstandard, with or without modifications.Even though they are IEC members, countries such as Japan and the United Statescontinue to develop their own standardisation systems.Countries without a standardisation systemIt is possible to refer to an IEC standard in the framework of a project.DD383972WorldwideOther IECmembercountriesCountriesCEI / IECCommission Electrotechnique InternationaleCENELECComité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechniqueUTEUnion Technique de l’ÉlectricitéVDEVerband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnike.v. (German electrotechnical, electronics and computertechnology standardisation organisation)BSIBritish Standards Institution146