Canada

The Canadian National Committee of the IEC (CNC/IEC) was formed in 1912 and is now part of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), a public corporation created in 1970 and owned by the federal government. SCC appoints 13 members from industry, government, standards development organizations, consumer groups and regulators to the Canadian National Committee. It also provides the administrative framework for those contributing to the various Canadian subcommittees for the IEC, attending meetings on behalf of the CNC/IEC or being experts in working groups or maintenance teams.

China

The Chinese National Committee of the IEC was formed in 1957 and consists of representatives from industry, research institutes, certification bodies, test laboratories and government agencies. It operates under the leadership of the China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision (CSBTS), which administers Chinese standardization work.

The standardization department of CSBTS has five divisions. One of these, New and High-Tech, manages Chinese technical committees and subcommittees developing national standards within the electrical, electronic and information technology sector. Another, the International Standards division, hosts both the IEC and ISO member secretariats. In 2002 the Chinese government said that it had adopted 45% of IEC standards and that by the end of 2005 it planned to adopt the remaining ones.

Japan

The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), which is responsible for all domestic and international standardization, comprises 30 divisional councils. The IEC Divisional Council of JISC looks after all IEC activities in Japan and accredits various organizations that discuss, examine, propose and help draft IEC documents, as well as helping to promote IEC activities in the country. These accredited organizations comprise representatives from industrial associations, academic institutions and goverment.

Mexico

CEM (the Comité Electrotécnico Mexicano) is constituted by the Mexican government through the General Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economy (DGN), which acts as CEM's Presidency and Executive Secretariat, and the Federal Electricity Commission, CEM's Vice-presidency; an independent Technical Secretary sponsored by Mexican industry; the relevant industry chambers (CANAME & CANIETI); the national standardization bodies recognized by the government to issue Mexican standards in IEC's fields of interest (ANCE & NYCE); and a number of participants from different sectors in mirror committees (grouped in CEM's seven subcommittees) co-ordinated by CANAME, CANIETI, ANCE, NYCE and recently, to participate in JTC 1, the Mexican Association of Information Technology (AMITI).

Switzerland

CES (the Comité Electrotechnique Suisse) was founded in 1911 and is now a commission of Electrosuisse, which is a private organization. The CES board of directors consists of the president, vice-president, secretary-general and up to 15 people representing corporate members of Electrosuisse, universities and the government. CES maintains close ties with the Swiss Standards Organization, which is the contact point between the Swiss standards bodies and the government, as well as the point of entry for information on regulations, standards and projects for standards. Because of its conviction that International Standards are an essential part of global free trade, CES signed the WTO's Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade in November 1995.

Turkey

TSE (Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü, or the Turkish Standards Institution) became a member of the IEC in 1956. It is a public organization comprising 18 groups that prepare standards on different subjects, two of them dealing with electricity and electronics. Members of the groups include representatives from both the public and private industrial sectors, universities, government ministries and other interest groups.

United Kingdom

The UK is a founding member of the IEC and the British Electrotechnical Committee was formed in 1908. It is now an integral part of the British Standards Institution.

Membership represents a full cross-section of electrotechnical interests in the UK and comes from trade associations representing both manufacturers and major users; professional institutions; certification, testing and inspection interests; consumer organizations; research organizations, educational bodies and governmental departments (both regulators and public procurement interests).