International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC mission Leading platform for Standards and Conformity Assessment Systems Facilitate international trade and enhance user value Encourage national adoption of International Standards Ensure technical and market relevance
St. Louis 1904: palace of electricity
Scope of the IEC Millions of devices and systems that use or produce electricity and contain electronics. Interoperability, safety, performance, EMC, waste management and environment
Global knowledge platform < experts > 170 TC/SCs International Standards > 1 million certificates issued
Fully participate in international standardization activities Can comment and vote on all documents Technical work: P-Members – send experts, participate in all technical meetings O-Members – may participate only in plenary meetings 60 full Members (National Committees)
Limited participation of countries with limited resources Can comment on all technical documents Technical work: May become P-Members and vote in up to 4 TC/SCs on all technical documents - send experts May comment on all technical documents produced by other TC/SCs 23 Associate Members
Select participation (free of charge) via IEC Affiliate Country Programme (not a membership) – may adopt 200 IEC International Standards nationally at no cost and learn about IEC Conformity Assessment Systems (ACAS) Technical work: May nominate 5 experts – who may access working documents of up to 10 TC/SCs electronically, comment and submit questions via 84 Affiliate countries
Structure of the IEC COUNCIL (C) (Full Member National Committees) COUNCIL BOARD (CB) CENTRAL OFFICE (The Executive) SMB (STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD) Management of International Standards work Technical Committees Strategic Groups CAB Working Groups IECEE IECEx Special Working Groups Technical Advisory Committees MSB (MARKET STRATEGY BOARD) Technology watch / market priorities CAB (CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BOARD) Management of conformity assessment policies, activities and systems EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCO) (IEC Officers) Management Advisory Committees IECQ Systems Work IECRE
13 IEC-ReCNA Boston IEC-LARC São Paulo IECQ-IECEx Sydney IEC CO Geneva IEC-APRC Singapore 13 IEC-AFRC Nairobi IEC Offices
Through your National Committee Access to IEC working documents and participation in standardization work is under the responsibility of each National Committee Public commenting: More information: How to participate
International Electrotechnical Commission