a) a two-thirds majority of the votes cast by the P-members of the technical committee or subcommittee are in favour, and.ApprovalĪn international standard is approved if: Thus, through the democratic tools of consensus, public enquiry, and public commenting, any interested party is able to speak up and have their say in the development and publication of an international standard. Additionally, public commenting allows experts who don't participate in the IEC to comment any IEC Standard at the CDV stage. a 2/3 majority of participating IEC Members (National Committees) have approved the standard, and less than 25% of all IEC Members have voted negativelyĪnother vital feature of a truly international standard is the fact that it can be submitted to public enquiry in any of the IEC Member countries.a 2/3 majority of all participating experts have agreed with the solution put forward in the standard.The IEC is one of the bodies recognized by the World Trade Organization ( WTO) and entrusted by it for monitoring the national and regional organizations agreeing to use IEC International Standards as the basis for national or regional standards as part of the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement. The definition given in all IEC standards reads: "A normative document, developed according to consensus procedures, which has been approved by the IEC National Committee members of the responsible committee in accordance with Part 1 of the ISO/IEC Directives."
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