Hi Martin, To set your mind at rest, they are almost the same. The work on the standard is carried out by IEC which is an international standards body with membership of countries around the world. Once a standard has been published by CENELEC as an EN, each of the National members have to publish it within their country within a defined time I think the delay is normally around four months and it must be completely unchanged with the only exception being the country can have a National Foreword stating details of national relevance e.
Either way, there is nothing to worry about as far as the text is concerned. Paul Skyrme. Once into the body of the standard, it is "pure" IEC. I hope this helps. Paul, Thanks for posting this. Alasdair, Paul, Thank you very much for your responses which are much appreciated. They reduce costs, improve safety, and enhance competition. In addition, standards ensure safe and quality products, services, and systems. The use of safety standards is voluntary unless legislation, contracts or negotiated agreements such as using ISO are applicable.
More than 20 standards are available, covering almost every industry, from technology to food safety to agriculture and healthcare. Moreover, the standards are constantly withdrawn, newly developed or updated. Standardisation is the process of implementing and creating technical standards based on the consensus of different parties, e. Standardisation organisations develop and publish standards on national, international and European level.
National standardisation bodies can submit a request to an international standardisation organisation e. Once approved, the inquiry is allocated to a Technical Committee TC , where the compliance experts agree on the product, process, test method, or service requirements.
Then, the national standard committee works out a draft, which the public can comment on. When all comments have been reviewed, the draft standard is approved and published. EN safety standards, a. European harmonised standards, are an integral part of CE marking. Thus, they help prove compliance with the essential requirements of the European CE directives.
EN standards can be categorised into horizontal and vertical standards. Horizontal safety standards a. Popular standards:. ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services. British Standards Institution , is the national standards body of the United Kingdom.
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