Facilitated adoption procedure of IEC International Standards
under the IEC Affiliate Country Programme

1. As a benefit of the IEC Affiliate Country Programme, Affiliate participants may choose 200 IEC International
 Standards free of any commercial consideration, for adoption and use as reference in national laws or
 regulations in the adopting country.

 

2. The Affiliate participant shall notify the IEC General Secretary of the adoption by sending the Declaration of
 Adoption form, available in document list below, to the IEC Affiliate Secretariat. The Affiliate participant will receive
 free copies of the adopted standards, prepared by the IEC Central Office in accessible PDF format.

 

3. To receive the above-mentioned free accessible PDF files, the Affiliate participant must provide the IEC Affiliate
 Secretariat with the following elements, along with the Declaration of Adoption:

 

 3.1 List of adopted standards.

 3.2 National reference: XYZ IEC 60000.

   The national reference will be mentioned on ALL pages of the national adoption.

 3.3 Year of adoption if different from the year of declaration.

 3.4 Logo of their national standards body (optional).

 

4. These PDF files allow the Affiliate participant to insert its national cover page (retaining the IEC cover page) and
 national foreword (retaining the IEC foreword) and if necessary add a national introductory text. The Affiliate
 participant is also allowed to delete the French text if appropriate.

 Once these changes are made, the Affiliate participant is required to send one file as an example of the national
 version to the IEC Affiliate Secretariat.

  NOTE For any other national modification, the affiliate must contact the IEC Affiliate Secretariat.

 Deleting or copying the contents of IEC International Standards is not permitted.

5. The Affiliate participant may print out paper copies for internal use, in particular for the work of the National
 Electrotechnical Committee.

 

6. The Affiliate participant is not allowed to sell national adoptions of IEC International Standards. Any customer
 wishing to acquire an adopted standard should purchase the identical IEC Standard from the IEC Central Office
 or an IEC Member.

 

7. Should the adoption process require translation of IEC International Standards into the national language of the
 Affiliate participant, then the Affiliate participant declares, in the Declaration of Adoption to the IEC General
 Secretary, that he will be held responsible for the accuracy of the translation (see supplementary clause of the
 form).

 

8. In case of translation, the following text should be inserted in the national foreword: “The adopted IEC
 International Standard has been translated into the national language and the present translated version is an
 accurate translation of the IEC International Standard.”

 

9. When the Affiliate participant meets the criteria to be granted the IEC the Affiliate Plus status, the number of free
 copies for adoption is increased to 400 (instead of 200).

 Affiliate Plus status criteria:

 

 9.1. Be a participant in the IEC Affiliate Country Programme

 9.2. Have officially declared the adoption of at least 50 IEC International Standards as national standards

 9.3. Have established a NEC (National Electrotechnical Committee) that has representatives from both the
   private and public sectors of the country

 9.4. Have made a commitment to support IEC Affiliate Country Programme activities

 The Affiliate participant is informed of its new status by the IEC General Secretary.

 

10. Regarding the adoption of IEC Databases 60061, 60417 and 60617, Affiliate participants are granted login
  access without any time limit. They are advised to download the snapshots available in PDF format directly
  from these databases.

 

11. Should the Affiliate participant want to adopt additional IEC International Standards, then the normal conditions
  of adoption would apply. ISO/IEC Guide 21-1 details the procedures for adopting IEC International
  Standards as national standards. While IEC Members (i.e. National Committees that are Full or Associate
  Members) are able to adopt IEC International Standards free of charge, non-IEC-members have to purchase
  the IEC International Standards before adoption.

  Affiliates are entitled to purchase additional IEC International Standards for adoption at 50 % of catalogue
  price.

 

12. Affiliate participants wishing to adopt additional IEC International Standards have the following options:

 

  – Endorsement Method (ISO/IEC Guide 21-1, 5.2)

   The IEC International Standard is endorsed as the national standard in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 21-1

 

  – Republication (ISO/IEC Guide 21-1, 5.3)

   The IEC International Standard is printed as the national standard in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 21-1