IEC and Information /communication technologies Raymond CORDELIER

3 IEC’s mission 1  Founded in 1906 to promote international co-operation on all questions of standardization and related matters in the field of electrotechnology

4 IEC’s mission 2  To achieve this mission, the IEC  Through its National Committee members,  Through cooperative agreements, and  Directly  Encourages national use of IEC International Standards and IEC Conformity Assessment Schemes

5 AM = Associate member ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELARUS BELGIUM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (AM) BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHINA COLOMBIA (AM) CROATIA CYPRUS (AM) CZECH REP. DENMARK EGYPT ESTONIA (AM) FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND (AM) INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN (AM) KENYA (AM) KOREA, DPR (AM) KOREA, REP. OF LATVIA (AM) LITHUANIA (AM) LUXEMBURG MACEDONIA (AM) MALAYSIA MALTA (AM) MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA (AM) NORWAY PAKISTAN POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAUDI ARABIA SERBIA & MONTENEGRO SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA (AM) SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TUNISIA (AM) TURKEY UKRAINE UK USA VIETNAM (AM) Members ( )

6 IEC family: 143 countries

7 IEC in numbers  IEC family (members + affiliates)  Number of technical committees  Number of working groups  Number of experts  Number of pubs. in catalogue  Number of pubs. issued in 2006  Conformity assessment systems  Valid certificates  Regional offices (HQ in Geneva) = approx approx Updated on

8  IEC is a voluntary association of National Committees that fully represent electrotechnical interests in their countries:  Government, industry, testing laboratories, academia, consumer groups, etc.  Membership: one member per country  Total members: 67, of which 16 are Associate members  Affiliate Country programme  76 countries have joined (as of ) Types of participation

9 IEC functioning Requirements Work items Standards output Expert resources National level Industry Government Academia Users Etc. Technical committees National Committees

10 Organization chart IEC COUNCIL National Committees COUNCIL BOARD CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BOARD Management of Certification EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (IEC Officers) Central Office (The Executive) STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD Management of International Consensus Standards Work

11  International consensus products  International Standards (full consensus)  Technical Specifications (full consensus not (yet) reached)  Technical Reports (information different from an IS or TS)  Publicly Available Specifications (IEC-PAS)  Guides (non-normative publications)  Limited consensus products  Industry Technical Agreement (ITA)  Technology Trend Assessment (TTA) Products

12 International agreements  ISO natural partner ( Same Directives )  CENELEC ( Dresden agreement )  ITU ( case by case )  IEEE ( double logo stds )  Consortia and Manufacturer associations to develop IEC/PAS

13 IEC producer of ICT standards  Information technology  Automation  Multimedia  Components  Conformity Assessment

14 Information technology  Safety of IT equipment ( Publications of TC 108 )  IEC Best seller on IT safety requirements  EMC requirements (Publications of CISPR and TC 77)  IEC series  CISPR 22 and 24  Protocols, OSI, languages, networking, communications, coding, cryptography ( Publications of JTC1 )

15 Automation  Industrial automation ( Publications of TC 65 )  IEC ( Industrial control systems )  IEC ( industrial communications )  Design automation ( Publications of TC 93 )  Electronics assembly ( Publications of TC 91 )

16 Multimedia and components  Integrated circuits ( Publications of TC 47 )  Fiber optics ( publications of TC 86 )  Cables ( publications of TC 46 )  Connectors ( Publications of TC 48 )  Multimedia components and systems ( Publications of TC 100 )  Data storage  Home server systems  Cable networks

17 Conformity Assessment  System conformity assessment considers aspects of manufacture, such as quality systems (ISO 9001, 9002)  Product conformity assessment considers properties of the product itself, such as product safety. It may incorporate system conformity assessment

18 Conformity Assessment Schemes IECEE System for conformity testing and certification of electrical equipment ( IECEx System for conformity testing and certification of equipment used in explosive environments ( IECQ Quality assessment system for electronic components ( CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BOARD CB Scheme Mutual recognition of test certificates CB FCS Mutual recognition of conformity assessment certificates

19 Cooperation with ISO and ITU in the ITC field  JTC1 – Joint Technical committee ISO-IEC on Information Technology  Creation of the WSC – World Standardization Co- operation ( ISO-IEC-ITU )  Participation to WSIS – World summit on the information society  WSC workshop on “ Digital Home “

20  Influence the developments and content of IEC standards  Early warning of developing markets, establish customer contacts  Improve product safety and quality  Rationalization and cost reduction in design and manufacturing Benefits to business 1

21  Acceptance of products on world markets  Meet future environmental demands  Access to the latest technology Adds up to:  Reduced transaction costs  Increased trade Benefits to business 2

22  International standards are best source for governments for  legislation/regulation  issuing tenders  Recognized source for WTO compliance  contributing towards fulfilment of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trades  Standards provide detailed technical interpretation of the law Benefits to governments

23 How to get details  IEC WEB site: Any information on technical developments, marketing issues and organization.  IEC WEB store : webstore.iec.ch to search and buy standards

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