EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60196 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM July 2009 ICS 29.020 English version IEC standard frequencies (IEC 60196:2009) IEC-Normfrequenzen Fréquences normales de la CEl (CEI60196:2009) (IEC 60196:2009) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a nationalstandard without anyalteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung Central Secretariat: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels @ 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation inany form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref. No. EN 60196:2009 E Foreword The text of document 8/1262/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60196, prepared by IEC TC 8, Systems by CENELEC as EN 60196 on 2009-07-01. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical (dop) national standardorbyendorsement 2010-04-01 latest date by which the national standards conflicting (dow) 2012-07-01 with the EN have to be withdrawn Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60196:2009 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. 2. 60196@IEC:2009 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION IEC STANDARD FREQUENCIES FOREWORD 1) all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as "IEC Publication(s)") . Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IE National Committee interested in the subject dealt with may participate in this, preparatory work.. International, governmental and non- governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation.IEC collaborates closely with the International Organization for Standardization (Iso) in accordance with conditions determined by agreement betweenthe two organizations. 2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEc on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all interested IEC National Committees. 3) IEc Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEc National Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC misinterpretation by any end user. transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in the latter. 5) IEc provides no marking procedure to indicate its approval and cannot be rendered responsible for any equipment declared to be in conformity with an IEC Publication. 6)All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication. 7)