International
Electrotechnical
Commission
International Standards and Conformity Assessment
for all electrical, electronic and related technologies
Development process
Overview
An International Standard is the result of an agreement between the National Committees of the IEC. It may be used as such, or may be implemented through incorporation in national standards of different countries.
The preparation of a new IEC standard takes place in the following principal stages (for further details, see the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1):
