To prepare international standards on measurement and calculation methods to assess human exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields. The task includes:

- characterisation of the electromagnetic environments with regard to human exposure;

- measurement methods, instrumentation and procedures;

- calculation methods;

- assessment methods for the exposure produced by specific sources (in so far as this task is not carried out by specific product committees);

- basic standards for other sources;

- assessment of uncertainties.

It covers the whole frequency range from 0 Hz to 300 GHz. It applies to basic restrictions and reference levels.

Excluded are:

- the establishment of exposure limits;

- mitigation methods which have to be dealt with by the relevant product committees.