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IEC 62488-1:2025 applies to the planning of analogue (APLC), digital (DPLC) and hybrid analogue-digital (ADPLC) power line carrier communication systems operating over HV electric power networks. The object of this document is to establish the planning of the services and performance parameters for the operational requirements to transmit and receive data efficiently and reliably. Such analogue and digital power line carrier systems are used by the different electricity supply industries and integrated into their communication infrastructure using common communication technologies such as radio links, fibre optic and satellite networks This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) Complete revision of this edition with respect to the previous edition with the main focus on planning of analogue and digital power line carrier systems operating over HV power networks; b) A general structure of a bidirectional point-to-multipoint APLC, DPLC or ADPLC link has been introduced; c) Introduction of a new approach for global frequency planning.

IEC 60721-3-6:2025 classifies the groups of environmental parameters and their severities to which a product is subjected when installed aboard a ship. Ships where electrotechnical products may be permanently or temporarily installed include - ships propelled by mechanical means, including mobile offshore units, and - ships not propelled by mechanical means, including sailing boats and life rafts. The classes defined apply to all sizes of ship from pleasure craft to trawlers, ferry boats, icebreakers, cargo ships including tankers. The areas in which ships normally navigate are - inland waterways (canals, rivers, lakes etc.), - coastal waters, and - oceans. Areas where ships navigate in ice are also included. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition, published in 1987, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant changes with respect to the previous edition: a) most classes have been replaced by completely new classes based on the use of new information obtained from referenced Technical Reports; b) Table 1 through to Table 5 have been updated; c) the content of Annex A and Annex B has either been incorporated into main body text or deleted.

IEC 60300-3-10:2025 gives guidance to managers and technical and financial personnel on the basic principles of maintainability and maintenance activities that are applicable to any organization. This document describes: - the value and nature of maintainability and maintenance characteristics; - the interfaces between maintainability and related dependability attributes of reliability, availability and supportability, as well as potential trade-offs that can be made through the interfaces during the life cycle of an item; - the elements of maintainability and maintenance programmes; - the application of maintainability and maintenance programmes throughout the life cycle; - techniques to ensure maintainability and maintenance requirements are met; - maintainability and maintenance data and information management. This document is applicable to equipment, software, services, or structures, and gives guidance on matters of common interest to any business supplying, purchasing or sustaining products, services, or structures. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2001. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - more guidance is included on establishing a maintenance programme; - some guidance on support and supportability has been removed and has been moved to IEC 60300-3-14.

IEC 63489:2025 specifies the definition of cross-domain product data concepts (classes and properties) in the context of smart manufacturing. This document will be published as a set of concepts within cross-domain data dictionary "General Items (IEC 61360-7)” in the IEC CDD.

IEC 63522-30:2025 defines a standard test method to determine contact sticking of relays as part of the normal service life, i.e., devices under test (DUTs) fail to open within a specified time, due to, for example, effects of remanence, chemical effects, or high temperature. It does not cover contact sticking during or after electrical endurance testing or due to other validation tests for relays.

IEC 63322:2025 establishes security requirements of ME EQUIPMENT using high-activity SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, directly or indirectly, for medical treatment and other clinical procedures. ME EQUIPMENT containing SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES that are defined as Category 1, 2 and 3 RADIOACTIVE SOURCES by IAEA are subject to this document. The object of this document is to specify requirements for the security of ME EQUIPMENT containing high-activity SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES with the aim to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to the contained SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, and to serve as the basis for other standards. This document contains requirements for the MANUFACTURER of the ME EQUIPMENT and, separately, for the RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION regarding security at the location during use and storage. The requirements of this document apply when the SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES are contained in the ME EQUIPMENT, i.e. from the time when the SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES are inserted into the ME EQUIPMENT, during the INTENDED USE and when the ME EQUIPMENT is not being used for its INTENDED USE or taken out of regular use, until the equipment is being decommissioned, i.e. until all SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES are permanently removed from the equipment.

This document reviews the structural changes that have been precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Remote Connected Care and Mobile Health (RCC-MH). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care settings such as home and community care, acute care and outpatient care are reviewed discussing how well these healthcare environments were prepared to address the encountered connectivity challenges from a standards point of view. The current standards landscape is reviewed and gaps are identified leading to recommendations for future standards work.

IEC 60079-19:2025 applies to service facilities and covers only those factors related to overhaul, repair or reclamation of Ex Equipment specifically designed for hazardous areas, where the hazard is caused by explosive atmospheres. Ex Equipment can be overhauled, repaired or reclaimed to mitigate deficiencies identified during operation, inspection and maintenance. It does not include: • advice on cable and wiring systems which can require a renewal when the equipment is re-installed; • Repair or overhaul of Type of Protection “m”; • Repair or overhaul of Ex Components; • Requirements for manufacturers who overhaul and repair equipment which they have manufactured This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2019. This edition constitutes a technical revision. Users of this document are advised that interpretation sheets clarifying the interpretation of this document can be published. Interpretation sheets are available from the IEC webstore and can be found in the “history” tab of the page for each document. The significance of changes between IEC 60079-19, Edition 5 (2025) and IEC 60079-19, Edition 4 (2019) are as listed in the foreword of this standard.

This document specifies a test method for the measurement of residual chemicals used in product manufacture, particularly potentially Type IV allergenic substances employed and remaining in medical gloves. It also provides information on the extraction medium, the method of extraction and quantitative assay of residual chemicals.
This document does not provide information on the allergenic potential, biological evaluation, or safety to the user of any product.

This document specifies requirements and recommendations regarding performance criteria for display systems in vehicles as a guideline for suppliers and manufacturers under normal operating conditions. This document applies to in-vehicle display systems designed to provide vital information to the driver and passenger. This document applies to the system as a whole as well as its relevant components, such as cover lenses, coatings, and properties of the device itself. This document covers display systems in passenger vehicles (including sport utility vehicles and light trucks) and commercial vehicles (including heavy trucks and buses). NOTE Static and dynamic laboratory testing and dynamic field operational assessment to measure display and cover glass attributes are also included, where available, in the scope of this document. This document is not applicable for: — technology and type of display device (e.g. LED, LCD, OLED); — manufacturing and handling of components in production; — electrical setup and integration into the vehicle; — EMC requirements for electrical subassemblies; — head-up display (HUD) and e-mirror displays [e.g. camera monitoring system (CMS)]; — behaviour in accidents besides the regulatory head impact test (HIT).

IEC 62657-4:2025 specifies a concept and methods for central coordination (CC) of automation applications using wireless communications to extend the coexistence management according to IEC 62657-2. It establishes system elements, interfaces and relationships for a central coordination. Functions, data, and data exchange for assessing and maintaining the coexistence state are specified.
This document specifies the central coordination point (CCP) approach as one example of the usage of the formal description given in IEC 62657-3. This document is applicable to develop, implement, or modify procedures or solutions.
This document provides requirements for automated coexistence management systems.
This document provides requirements for:
– determination of the coexistence state,
– automated coexistence management procedures,
– CC amendments for existing wireless communication solutions,
– CC functions that coordinate legacy and new wireless communication systems,
– CC sequences and message formats for data exchange.
This document is not restricted to a specific radio frequency range nor is it restricted to a specific wireless communication technology.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) The data item (parameter) to be exchanged between CCP and CMWCA and CMWD to ensure interoperability between CCP providers and device providers.
b) The sequence of services conducted between CCP and CMWCA and CMWD are now defined. When the CCP providers and the device providers implement similar process, clearly defined sequence and unified execution specifications ensure interoperability as expected.
c) The message formats of sequence diagram to be exchanged between CCP and CMWCA and CMWD are defined. By defining the message formats, the hierarchical structure of each data (parameter), and implementing the same message format by the CCP provider and the device provider, enables to exchange data correctly and ensure interoperability.

This document specifies the performance, maintenance and inspection requirements, and usage recommendations for equipment (eye pads/rings, magnetic or pneumatic systems, etc.) used to secure (bowse) pilot ladders, accommodation ladders and man-ropes to a ship hull when a combination pilot ladder arrangement is used for pilot transfer.

This document specifies measurement methods and conditions to obtain reproducible and comparable exterior noise emission levels and spectra for all kinds of vehicles operating on rails or other types of fixed track, hereinafter conventionally called “unit”. This document is applicable to type testing of units. It provides measurement procedures for vehicle exterior noise (in general, a vehicle type test is carried out using only a selected subset of these tests): — when the vehicle is moving at constant speed; — when the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating; — when the vehicle is stationary in different operating conditions. It does not include all the instructions to characterize the noise emission of the infrastructure related sources (bridges, crossings, switching, impact noise, curving noise, etc.). This document does not apply to — the noise emission of track maintenance units while working, — environmental impact assessment (collection of data to be used in a prediction method for environmental assessment), — noise immission assessment, — guided buses, and — warning signal noise. The results can be used, for example — to characterize the exterior noise emitted by units, — to compare the noise emission of various units on a particular track section, and — to collect basic source data for units. NOTE Additional guidance is provided in Annex E for measurements in the specific case of urban rail vehicles.

This document specifies a diantipyrylmethane spectrophotometric method for the determination of titanium in steel and iron. The method is applicable to titanium contents between 0,002 % (mass fraction) and 0,80 % (mass fraction).

This document provides an overview of the operation of a computed tomography (CT) system. This document specifies steps for interpretation of CT results with the aim of providing the operator with technical information to enable selection of suitable parameters.
This document is applicable to industrial imaging (i.e. non-medical applications) and specifies a consistent set of definitions of CT performance parameters, including how these performance parameters relate to CT system specifications.
This document is applicable to computed axial tomography.
This document does not apply to other types of tomography such as translational tomography and tomosynthesis.

IEC 62198:2025 provides principles and generic guidelines on managing risk in projects. In particular it describes a systematic approach to managing risk in projects based on ISO 31000. Guidance is provided on the principles for managing risk in projects, the framework and organizational requirements for implementing risk management, and the process for conducting effective risk management. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 2013, and constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) now aligned with ISO 31000, Risk management - Guidelines and ISO 21502, Project, programme and portfolio management - Guidance on project management.
b) the principles and generic guidelines on managing risk in projects have been updated to take into account developments in risk management and leadership, with particular reference to implementing risk management within the broad scope of project management envisaged by ISO 21502, including project-related oversight and direction by the sponsoring organization.