CENELEC consists National Electrotechnical Committees West
European countries.
European Standards (EN) and Harmonization Documents (HD) are either endorsed or
published national standards.
. The activity the committee continued after World War Two under the new name
and abbreviation: International Commission Rules for the Approval Electrical Equipment -
CEE. case installation rules, that necessary first bring the national rules closer
to one another the basis Harmonization Documents.g.
CENELEC The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (the
abbreviation from the French name Comité Européen Normalisation Électrotechnique) -
was founded 1973. The Czech Republic member CENELEC since 1997 (its membership
followed period its affiliation CENELEC). stronger rule for publishing applies European Standards so
that now pressure made European Community publish almost exclusively European
Standards. Nowadays, this commission merged with IEC under the abbreviation IECEE after
American, Japanese, and other laboratories joined this originally European organization.
The main purpose CENELEC remove any differences technical nature among
national standards CENELEC member committees among national measures applied the
certification conformity which may give rise trade barriers. Nevertheless, there are fields where national traditions European countries are so
strong, e. The IEC standards are prepared more than 200 specialized committees and are
adopted and published the consensus National Committees.
The IEC works close co-operation with many international organizations, including the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which responsible for international
standards non-electrical fields. The
development regional standardization organizations Europe has long history, beginning
with the year 1926, when the IFK (Installation Fragen Kommission Installations Tasks
Committee) was founded.
The Czech Republic member IEC and its membership the continuation the
membership the previous Czechoslovak Republic since 1919.BASIC ELECTROTECHNICAL STANDARDS
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energy. Then, after that first step, unify the
rules European Standards that are published national standards every European
country.
In some geographical regions, regional standardization organizations have developed.
Nevertheless, the rules published CEE are function till now because they lay the basis for
many IEC standards well for European Harmonization Documents serving for the
unification standards European countries within the framework CENELEC. That was the committee European electrical testing laboratories,
who prepared safety rules for electrical household appliances and installation devices well as
testing rules
