International
Electrotechnical
Commission
International Standards and Conformity Assessment
for all electrical, electronic and related technologies
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Abbreviations, Acronyms and codes
Abbreviation / Acronymn |
Description |
Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1CD (to 9CD) | 1st Committee Draft (to 9th Committee Draft) | Publication Stage Codes |
| A2CD (to A9CD) | Approved for 2nd Committee Draft (to 9th Committee Draft) | Publication Stage Codes |
| AC | Administrative Circular | Working document |
| ACAG | Assessment & Certification Advisory Group | Conformity Assessment |
| ACDV | Approved for Committee Draft with Vote | Publication Stage Codes |
| ACEA | Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects | General |
| ACEC | Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility | General |
| ACOS | Advisory Committee on Safety | General |
| ADIS | Approved for FDIS | Publication Stage Codes |
| ADISSB | FDIS manuscript subcontracted to CO | Publication Stage Codes |
| AGS | Advisory Group on Strategy (TC 100) | General |
| AMW | Approved Maintenance Work | Publication Stage Codes |
| ANW | Approved New Work | Publication Stage Codes |
| APUB | Approved for publication | Publication Stage Codes |
| APUBSSB | Publication manuscript subcontracted to CO | Publication Stage Codes |
| BC | Bureau Central (Central Office) | General |
| BPUB | Publication being printed | Publication Stage Codes |
| C | Council | Working document |
| CA | Conformity Assessment | General |
| CAB | Conformity Assessment Board | Conformity Assessment |
| CABPUB | ISO/IEC publication under the responsibility of the CAB | Working document |
| CAG | Chairman's Advisory Group | Conformity Assessment |
| CAG | Chairman's Advisory Group (for TC/SCs) | General |
| CAN | Draft cancelled | Publication Stage Codes |
| CASCO | ISO Conformity Assessment Committee | Conformity Assessment |
| CB | Council Board | General |
| CB-FCS | CB Full Certification Scheme | Conformity Assessment |
| CB Scheme | IECEE scheme for product test certificates | Conformity Assessment |
| CC | Compilation of Comments | Working document |
| CCAF | CENELEC Conformity Assessment Forum | Conformity Assessment |
| CCDV | Circulated Committee Draft for Vote | Publication Stage Codes |
| CD | Committee Draft | Working document |
| CDF | Comité des finances (Finance Committee) | General |
| CDIS | Circulated FDIS | Publication Stage Codes |
| CDM | Committee Draft to be discussed at Meeting | Publication Stage Codes |
| CDPAS | Circulated Draft Publicly Available Specification | Publication Stage Codes |
| CDTR | Circulated Draft Technical Report | Publication Stage Codes |
| CDTS | Circulated Draft Technical Specification | Publication Stage Codes |
| CDV | Committee Draft for Vote | Working document |
| CDVM | Committee Draft with Vote to be discussed at TC/SC meeting | Publication Stage Codes |
| CE | Comité d'Etudes (Technical Committee) | General |
| CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) | General |
| CENELEC (CLC) | Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) | General |
| CL | Circular Letter | Working document |
| CMC | Certification Management Committee | Conformity Assessment |
| CN | Comité National (National Committee) | General |
| CO | Central Office | General |
| CTL | Committee of Testing Laboratories | Conformity Assessment |
| DA | Draft Agenda | Working document |
| DC | Document for Comments | Working document |
| DEC | Draft at Editing Check | Publication Stage Codes |
| DEL | Deleted item | Publication Stage Codes |
| DELPUB | Deleted Publication | Publication Stage Codes |
| DL | Decision List | Working document |
| DP | Draft Proposal | Working document |
| DREJ | Draft rejected | Publication Stage Codes |
| DTR | Draft Technical Report | Working document |
| DTS | Draft Technical Specification | Working document |
| DV | Document for Voting | Working document |
| ECMP | Electronic Component Management Plan | Conformity Assessment |
| EDR | Essential Differences in Requirements | Working document |
| ExCo | Executive Committee | General |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard | Working document |
| IAF | International Accreditation Forum | Conformity Assessment |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | General |
| IECQ | IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components | Conformity Assessment |
| IECEx | IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres | Conformity Assessment |
| IECEE | IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components | Conformity Assessment |
| IECEE-FIC | IECEE Factory Inspection Committee | Conformity Assessment |
| IEV | International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (Electropedia) | General |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation | Conformity Assessment |
| INF | Document for Information | Working document |
| IS | International Standard | General |
| ISH | Interpretation Sheet | Working document |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization | General |
| ITA | Industry Technical Agreement | General |
| JTAB | Joint Technical Advisory Board (IEC/ISO) | General |
| JTC 1 | Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (ISO/IEC) | General |
| MC | Marketing Committee | General |
| MC | Management Committee | Conformity Assessment |
| MCR | Maintenance Cycle Report | Working document |
| MERGED | Merged project | Publication Stage Codes |
| MSB | Market Strategy Board | General |
| MT | Maintenance Team | General |
| NADIS | CDV not approved | Publication Stage Codes |
| NC | National Committee | General |
| NCC | National Committee Comment | Working document |
| NCD | FDIS not approved (New CD) | Publication Stage Codes |
| NCP | National Committee Proposal | Working document |
| NP | New Work Item Proposal | Working document |
| O-MEMBER | Observer Member (of a TC or SC) | General |
| PACT | President's Advisory Committee on future Technology | General |
| PAS | Publicly Available Specification | Working document |
| P-MEMBER | Participating Member (of a TC or SC) | General |
| PNW | Proposed New Work | Publication Stage Codes |
| PPUB | Publication issued | Publication Stage Codes |
| PT | Project Team | General |
| PW | Programme of Work | Working document |
| PWI | Preliminary new work item | Publication Stage Codes |
| Q | Questionnaire | Working document |
| QP | Question of Principle | Working document |
| R | Report (e.g. to C, CB, SMB or CAB) | Working document |
| RDIS | Text for FDIS received and registered | Publication Stage Codes |
| RM | Report of Meeting | Working document |
| RQ | Report on Questionnaire | Working document |
| RV | Report of Voting | Working document |
| RVC | Report of Voting on CDV | Working document |
| RVD | Report of Voting on FDIS | Working document |
| RVN | Report of Voting on NP | Working document |
| SAG | Sales Advisory Group | General |
| SAG-S | Strategic Advisory Group on Security | General |
| SB1, SB3, SB4 | Sector Board 1, 3 or 4 | General |
| SBP | Strategic Business Plan | Working document |
| SC | Subcommittee / Sous-Comité | General |
| SMB | Standardization Management Board | General |
| SPE | Special Handling | Publication Stage Codes |
| SPS | Strategic Policy Statement | Working document |
| TA | Technical Area | General |
| TC | Technical Committee | General |
| TR | Technical Report | General |
| TRF | Test Report Form | Conformity Assessment |
| TS | Technical Specification | General |
| TTA | Technology Trend Assessment | General |
| WG | Working Group | General |
| WPUB | Withdrawn publication | Publication Stage Codes |
| WSC | World Standards Cooperation (IEC/ISO/ITU) | General |