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Abbreviations, acronyms and codes

This is a list of the current abbreviations and codes used at IEC.

 
Abbreviation
Description
Category

1CD (to 9CD)

1st Committee Draft (to 9th Committee Draft)

Publication Stage Codes

A2CD (to A9CD)

Approved for 2nd Committee Draft (to 9th Committee Draft)

Publication Stage Codes

AC

Administrative Circular

Working document

ACAG

Assessment & Certification Advisory Group

Conformity Assessment

ACDV

Approved for Committee Draft with Vote

Publication Stage Codes

ACEA

Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects

General

ACEC

Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility

General

ACOS

Advisory Committee on Safety

General

ADIS

Approved for FDIS

Publication Stage Codes

ADISSB

FDIS manuscript subcontracted to CO

Publication Stage Codes

AGS

Advisory Group on Strategy (TC 100)

General

AMW

Approved Maintenance Work

Publication Stage Codes

ANW

Approved New Work

Publication Stage Codes

APUB

Approved for publication

Publication Stage Codes

APUBSSB

Publication manuscript subcontracted to CO

Publication Stage Codes

BC

Bureau Central (Central Office)

General

BPUB

Publication being printed

Publication Stage Codes

C

Council

Working document

CA

Conformity Assessment

General

CAB

Conformity Assessment Board

Conformity Assessment

CABPUB

ISO/IEC publication under the responsibility of the CAB

Working document

CAG

Chairman's Advisory Group

Conformity Assessment

CAG

Chairman's Advisory Group (for TC/SCs)

General

CAN

Draft cancelled

Publication Stage Codes

CASCO

ISO Conformity Assessment Committee

Conformity Assessment

CB

Council Board

General

CB-FCS

CB Full Certification Scheme

Conformity Assessment

CB Scheme

IECEE scheme for product test certificates

Conformity Assessment

CC

Compilation of Comments

Working document

CCAF

CENELEC Conformity Assessment Forum

Conformity Assessment

CCDV

Circulated Committee Draft for Vote

Publication Stage Codes

CD

Committee Draft

Working document

CDF

Comité des finances (Finance Committee)

General

CDIS

Circulated FDIS

Publication Stage Codes

CDM

Committee Draft to be discussed at Meeting

Publication Stage Codes

CDPAS

Circulated Draft Publicly Available Specification

Publication Stage Codes

CDTR

Circulated Draft Technical Report

Publication Stage Codes

CDTS

Circulated Draft Technical Specification

Publication Stage Codes

CDV

Committee Draft for Vote

Working document

CDVM

Committee Draft with Vote to be discussed at TC/SC meeting

Publication Stage Codes

CE

Comité d'Etudes (Technical Committee)

General

CEN

Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)

General

CENELEC (CLC)

Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)

General

CL

Circular Letter

Working document

CMC

Certification Management Committee

Conformity Assessment

CN

Comité National (National Committee)

General

CO

Central Office

General

CTL

Committee of Testing Laboratories

Conformity Assessment

DA

Draft Agenda

Working document

DC

Document for Comments

Working document

DEC

Draft at Editing Check

Publication Stage Codes

DEL

Deleted item

Publication Stage Codes

DELPUB

Deleted Publication

Publication Stage Codes

DL

Decision List

Working document

DP

Draft Proposal

Working document

DREJ

Draft rejected

Publication Stage Codes

DTR

Draft Technical Report

Working document

DTS

Draft Technical Specification

Working document

DV

Document for Voting

Working document

ECMP

Electronic Component Management Plan

Conformity Assessment

EDR

Essential Differences in Requirements

Working document

ExCo

Executive Committee

General

FDIS

Final Draft International Standard

Working document

IAF

International Accreditation Forum

Conformity Assessment

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

General

IECQ

IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components

Conformity Assessment

IECEx

IEC Scheme for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres

Conformity Assessment

IECEE

IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components

Conformity Assessment

IECEE-FIC

IECEE Factory Inspection Committee

Conformity Assessment

IEV

International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (Electropedia)

General

ILAC

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

Conformity Assessment

INF

Document for Information

Working document

IS

International Standard

General

ISH

Interpretation Sheet

Working document

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

General

ITA

Industry Technical Agreement

General

JTAB

Joint Technical Advisory Board (IEC/ISO)

General

JTC 1

Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (ISO/IEC)

General

MC

Marketing Committee

General

MC

Management Committee

Conformity Assessment

MCR

Maintenance Cycle Report

Working document

MERGED

Merged project

Publication Stage Codes

MSB

Market Strategy Board

General

MT

Maintenance Team

General

NADIS

CDV not approved

Publication Stage Codes

NC

National Committee

General

NCC

National Committee Comment

Working document

NCD

FDIS not approved (New CD)

Publication Stage Codes

NCP

National Committee Proposal

Working document

NP

New Work Item Proposal

Working document

O-MEMBER

Observer Member (of a TC or SC)

General

PACT

President's Advisory Committee on future Technology

General

PAS

Publicly Available Specification

Working document

P-MEMBER

Participating Member (of a TC or SC)

General

PNW

Proposed New Work

Publication Stage Codes

PPUB

Publication issued

Publication Stage Codes

PT

Project Team

General

PW

Programme of Work

Working document

PWI

Preliminary new work item

Publication Stage Codes

Q

Questionnaire

Working document

QP

Question of Principle

Working document

R

Report (e.g. to C, CB, SMB or CAB)

Working document

RDIS

Text for FDIS received and registered

Publication Stage Codes

RM

Report of Meeting

Working document

RQ

Report on Questionnaire

Working document

RV

Report of Voting

Working document

RVC

Report of Voting on CDV

Working document

RVD

Report of Voting on FDIS

Working document

RVN

Report of Voting on NP

Working document

SAG

Sales Advisory Group

General

SAG-S

Strategic Advisory Group on Security

General

SB1, SB3, SB4

Sector Board 1, 3 or 4

General

SC

Subcommittee / Sous-Comité

General

SMB

Standardization Management Board

General

SPE

Special Handling

Publication Stage Codes

SPS

Strategic Policy Statement

Working document

TA

Technical Area

General

TC

Technical Committee

General

TR

Technical Report

General

TRF

Test Report Form

Conformity Assessment

TS

Technical Specification

General

TTA

Technology Trend Assessment

General

WG

Working Group

General

WPUB

Withdrawn publication

Publication Stage Codes

WSC

World Standards Cooperation (IEC/ISO/ITU)

General



 
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