IEC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
To prepare safety requirements for electrical appliances primarily for household purposes, but also for other equipment and appliances in similar fields where there is no IEC Technical Committee in existence. NOTE 1: TC 61 does not deal with appliances which are already explicitly covered by the scope of other IEC Technical Committees. NOTE 2: The work of TC 61 in fields other than household may lead to a recommendation that the work on that particular project should be transferred to a new Technical Committee.
Sécurité des appareils électrodomestiques et analogues
Elaborer des règles de sécurité pour les appareils électriques d'utilisation principalement domestique mais aussi pour d'autres matériels et appareils utilisés dans des domaines analogues, où n'existe aucun Comité d'Etudes de l'IEC. NOTE 1: Le CE 61 ne traite pas des appareils ou des matériels qui sont déjà explicitement couverts par le domaine d'activité d'autres Comités d'Etudes de l'IEC. NOTE 2: Les travaux du CE 61 dans les domaines autres que domestiques pourront conduire à une recommandation que les études d'un sujet particulier soient transférées à un nouveau Comité d'Etudes.
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IEC/TC 61 is a Technical Committee within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is named "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances" and is responsible for: To prepare safety requirements for electrical appliances primarily for household purposes, but also for other equipment and appliances in similar fields where there is no IEC Technical Committee in existence. NOTE 1: TC 61 does not deal with appliances which are already explicitly covered by the scope of other IEC Technical Committees. NOTE 2: The work of TC 61 in fields other than household may lead to a recommendation that the work on that particular project should be transferred to a new Technical Committee. This committee has published 682 standards.
IEC/TC 61 develops ISO standards in the area of Information technology. The scope of work includes: To prepare safety requirements for electrical appliances primarily for household purposes, but also for other equipment and appliances in similar fields where there is no IEC Technical Committee in existence. NOTE 1: TC 61 does not deal with appliances which are already explicitly covered by the scope of other IEC Technical Committees. NOTE 2: The work of TC 61 in fields other than household may lead to a recommendation that the work on that particular project should be transferred to a new Technical Committee. Currently, there are 682 published standards from this technical committee.
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