IEC Bulletin

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IEC Bulletin

http://www.iec.ch/bullet-e.htm

IEC Bulletin is an electronic edition of the bi-monthly print newsletter
of the International Electrotechnical Commission.  This newsletter is
also available in French.

Founded in 1906, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)  is
the world organization that prepares and publishes international standards
for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. The IEC was
founded as a result of a resolution passed at the International Electrical
Congress held in St. Louis (USA) in 1904. The membership consists of more
than 50 participating countries, including all the world's major trading
nations and a growing number of industrializing countries. 

There are two forms of active participation in the IEC’s work. Full
membership gives countries the possibility of fully participating in
international standardization activities. Regular members are National
Committees each having equal voting rights. On becoming a member of the
IEC, each National Committee agrees to open access and balanced
representation from all private and public electrotechnical interests in
its country. The whole organization of the IEC is designed to ensure that
the National Committees play a leading part in all decision-making
instances of the Commission. This enables the widest degree of consensus
on standardization work to be reached at an international level. It is up
to the National Committees to align their policies accordingly at the
national level. 

Contact:

webmast@iec.ch