International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Commission électrotechnique internationale
Международная электротехническая комиссия
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.iec.ch/
Founded
1906-06-26 London UK
History
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Prepare and publish International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies; administer Conformity Assessment Systems covering equipment, services and personnel.
Events
2025-10-26 | Tel Aviv, Israel – General Meeting293 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations. Cooperates with:
- F-XF0184 - Bank for International Settlements (BIS);
- C-XC1440 - Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM);
- D-XD0696 - Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (CEPT);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- D-XD0766 - EFTA;
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC), via D-XD0634 - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC);
- F-XD0820 - European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- E-XD4447 - International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- E-XE5314 - International Energy Agency (IEA);
- B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO);
- F-XC4643 - International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO);
- B-XC2326 - International Organization of Legal Metrology;
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Radiocommunication, Telecommunication Standardization and Development Sectors;
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Links with:
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- C-XD2469 - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC);
- D-XD6326 - EuroAsian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC);
- F-XF2441 - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- F-XF9180 - Southern Common Market;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XK1552 - United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT);
- E-XE1146 - United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (Committee of Experts on TDG and GHS);
- E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV);
- F-XM1776 - Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS);
- B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with: D-XD0634 - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC); B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Member of: E-XE0956 - Fédération des Institutions Internationales établies à Genève (FIIG). Links with:
- B-XB0031 - Airports Council International (ACI);
- H-XD7955 - Association of European Electricity Meter Manufacturers;
- D-XD0770 - Association des fabricants européens d'appareils de contrôle et de régulation (AFECOR);
- C-XC0107 - Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM);
- F-XF4621 - Audio Engineering Society (AES);
- D-XD2287 - Bureau international d'audiophonologie (BIAP);
- G-XN4841 - Canadian Standards Association (CSA International);
- C-XC2172 - CIRP - The International Academy for Production Engineering;
- C-XC2239 - Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM);
- C-XC1561 - Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE);
- H-XD0870 - Committee for European Studies on Norms for Electronics (ESONE);
- E-XE3519 - Consejo de Armonización de Normas Electrotécnicas de las Naciones en las Américas (CANENA);
- B-XB2321 - Consumers International (CI);
- A-XA0431 - Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS);
- D-XD7776 - DIGITALEUROPE;
- D-XD0684 - Ecma International;
- E-XD1095 - Europacable;
- D-XD6958 - European Association for Electromobility (AVERE);
- D-XD0656 - European Association for the Taps and Valves Industry (CEIR);
- D-XD0598 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU);
- D-XD0106 - European Caravan Federation (ECF);
- E-XE0642 - European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR);
- D-XD3511 - European Federation of Catering Equipment Manufacturers (EFCEM);
- D-XD2603 - European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP);
- D-XD2969 - European Garden Machinery Industry Federation (EGMF);
- D-XD7234 - European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E);
- D-XD0819 - EUROCAE;
- D-XE5922 - European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI);
- F-XF1450 - European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems (EWICS);
- D-XD1277 - EuropeOn;
- A-XA1788 - FDI - World Dental Federation;
- C-XJ0886 - Fédération internationale pour la sécurité des usagers de l'électricité (FISUEL);
- U-XF4404 - Home Audio Video Interoperability (HAVI Organization);
- B-XB1138 - International Actuarial Association (IAA);
- B-XB1149 - International Air Transport Association (IATA);
- B-XB1159 - International Amateur Radio Union (IARU);
- D-XD9744 - International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM);
- D-XD6997 - International Association of Classification Societies (IACS);
- B-XB1303 - International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA);
- B-XB2765 - International Association of Public Transport;
- C-XC1492 - International Chamber of Shipping (ICS);
- G-XN8749 - International Color Consortium (ICC);
- C-XE1592 - International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP);
- E-XC1567 - International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU);
- E-XC1568 - International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP);
- F-XD8266 - International Conference on Electricity Distribution;
- D-XD1726 - International Council for Educational Media (ICEM);
- B-XB1723 - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB);
- B-XC1862 - International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC);
- B-XC1828 - International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP);
- C-XC1829 - International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE);
- D-XD6102 - International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN);
- H-XD4005 - International Federation of Stationery, Office Machines and Furniture Associations (IFOSA);
- C-XC2170 - International Institute of Welding (IIW);
- F-XF4579 - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC);
- C-XC9451 - International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA);
- F-XC4420 - International Microwave Power Institute (IMPI);
- F-XF5458 - International Network for Environmental Management (INEM);
- C-XC2390 - International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA);
- B-XB2468 - International Social Security Association (ISSA);
- G-XG1052 - International Society of Automation (ISA);
- D-XD8617 - International Society on Biotelemetry (ISOB);
- B-XB2546 - International Society of Hematology (ISH);
- D-XD2658 - International Union for Electricity Applications;
- C-XC2768 - International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP);
- B-XB2772 - International Union of Railways (UIC);
- G-XJ0887 - IPC International (IPC);
- F-XD9189 - NORDTERM;
- F-XF6391 - Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC);
- D-XD3075 - Pan American Standards Commission;
- G-XN4204 - Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM);
- U-XF1281 - Research and Development Centre for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology;
- G-XG1442 - SAE International;
- G-XN7927 - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE);
- F-XF6413 - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT);
- G-XN7827 - Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA);
- D-XE3484 - Union of the Electricity Industry - Eurelectric;
- C-XC2770 - Union radio-scientifique internationale (URSI);
- A-XD4075 - World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB);
- F-XB2428 - World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI).
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- Research, Standards → Standards
- Technology → Technical
- Technology → Electronics
- Technology → Electricity
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UIA Org ID
XC1800
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