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This part of IEC 61076 establishes uniform specifications and technical information for circular connectors. This document is to be used in conjunction with the generic specification IEC 61076-1 for product requirements as the basis for preparation of detail product specifications for circular connectors.
NOTE The quality assessment requirements for connectors whose product requirements are given in IEC 61076 series are detailed in IEC 62197-1. This can be used as the basis for preparation of detail quality assessment specifications for circular connectors.
In the event of conflict between this sectional product specification and the detail product specification, it is intended that the requirements of the detail product specification prevail.

This document is applicable to material testing and specifies the requirements for the tensile testing of metallic materials at ambient temperature for aerospace applications.
It is applied when referred to in the EN technical specification or material standard unless otherwise specified on the drawing, order or inspection schedule.

This document specifies a method using a farinograph for the determination of the water absorption of flours and the mixing behaviour of doughs made from them by a constant flour mass procedure or by a constant dough mass procedure.
The method is applicable to experimental and commercial flours from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
NOTE            This document is related to ICC 115/1[5] and AACC Method 54-21.02[6].

This document specifies the control and approval of in vitro diagnostic reagents used in animal health for immunological analyses with a qualitative expression of test results.
This document is applicable to diagnostic reagents, as a priority for infectious (bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic) or prion diseases and associated animal species for which harmonization of practices in this area is needed, i.e. those for which the national, regional or international regulatory framework provides for the control of trade in animals and/or animal products and/or the definition of a health status (absence of infection) of areas, establishments or individuals. While all reagents designated by the competent authorities fall under the scope of this document, the authorities or any other animal health stakeholder can choose to derogate in specific and exceptional situations such as emerging, exotic or rare diseases.
This document is not applicable to all existing diagnostic reagents, in particular those for which certain parameters described in this document cannot be validly evaluated in accordance with international requirements, due, e.g. to the absence of a specific reference method and/or accessible and duly validated reference materials (RMs).
This document does not cover the step in which the user verifies a reagent (analysis method adoption).

IEC 62849:2025 provides performance testing and evaluation methods for the common features of robots for household and similar use, their physical specifications satisfying the following:
– height: maximum 1,75 m,
– dimensions: maximum 700 mm wide (to be able to fit through doorways),
– speed: maximum 1,5 m/s,
– floor supported wheeled or wheel-track robots.
This document is neither concerned with safety nor with performance requirements.
This document is applicable for indoor floor use robots.
This document is not applicable to wet and dry surface-cleaning robots or combination of such functions.
If different testing and evaluating methods are given in other standards for specific robots, these methods can be considered for priority use.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) the title has been changed to "Performance evaluation methods of robots for household and similar use";
b) the scope is more clearly defined and the physical specifications of robots for household and similar use covered by this document are clearly defined;
c) new evaluation methods for 6 performance items have been added, including obstacle avoidance, managing a ramp, lighting effects, transition overcome, threshold overcome, energy consumption of robots;
d) new structure has been introduced, which provides basic common test methods in each category and can be used by other robotics standards, including the following:
1) mobility,
2) navigation,
3) energy use,
4) effects on environment,
5) other/miscellaneous.

IEC 62065:2025 specifies the minimum operational and performance requirements, test methods and required test results conforming to performance standards adopted by the IMO in resolution MSC.74(69) Annex 2 Recommendation on Performance Standards for Track Control Systems. In addition, it takes into account IMO resolution A.694(17) to which IEC 60945 is associated. It also takes into account IMO resolution MSC.302(87) on bridge alert management (BAM), to which IEC 62923-1 and IEC 62923-2 are associated.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2014. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) alert management has been brought in line with MSC.302(87), IEC 62923-1 and IEC 62923‑2, reducing the number of alerts for one situation and improving the information provided by alerts. An overview is provided in Annex F;
b) the previous Annex F has been removed as it was outdated and not instrumental in this document;
c) the requirements in Clause 5 have been further detailed:
d) the structure of Clause 6 has been updated.

IEC 62933-3-1:2025 is applicable to EES systems designed for grid-connected indoor or outdoor installation and operation. This document considers:
necessary functions and capabilities of EES systems; sizing and design of EES system; operation of EES system; test items and performance assessment methods for EES systems; requirements for monitoring and acquisition of EES system operating parameters; exchange of system information and control capabilities required; maintenance of EES system. Stakeholders of this document comprise personnel involved with EES systems, which include:
- planners of electric power systems and EES systems;
- owners of EES systems;
- operators of electric power systems and EES systems;
- constructors;
- suppliers of EES systems and its equipment;
- aggregators.
Use-case-specific technical documentation, including planning and installation specific tasks such as system design, monitoring, measurement, tests, operation and maintenance, are very important and can be found throughout this document.

This document specifies the requirements relating to:
Steel 40CrMoV12 (1.8523)
Consumable electrode remelted
Hardened and tempered
Forgings
De ≤ 50 mm
1 250 MPa ≤ Rm ≤ 1 400 MPa
for aerospace applications.
W.nr: 1.8523.
ASD-STAN designation: FE-PL1507.

IEC 61249-2-53:2025 specifies requirements for properties of PTFE unfilled reinforced laminated sheet of a thickness 0,05 mm up to 10,0 mm of defined flammability (vertical burning test), copper-clad. This part of IEC 61249 is applicable to the design, manufacture, use of PTFE unfilled reinforced laminated sheet of defined flammability (vertical burning test), copper-clad. Its flame resistance is defined in terms of the flammability requirements of 8.4.

IEC 63494-1:2026 specifies the safety requirements for electro-mechanical interfaces connecting lighting system devices to luminaires. These interfaces are used to mechanically connect, electrically power, and enable communication of lighting system devices on luminaires. Electro-mechanical interfaces up to and including 1 000 V AC or 1 500 V DC are included. This document specifies safety related mechanical, electrical, ambient conditions, and construction requirements for the interface components including protective covers. Specific requirements for the devices that can utilize the interface such as sensors, communication modules, cameras, etc., are not within the scope of this document.

IEC 63378-6:2026 specifies a thermal resistance and capacitance model for semiconductor packages. This model is named the digital transformation using thermal resistance and capacitance (DXRC) model. It predicts transient temperature at junction and measurement points.
This document applies to semiconductor packages such as TO-252, TO-263, and HSOP. It supports single chip packages dissipated heat from single package surface.

IEC TS 61851-27:2026, in combination with IEC 61851-1 or IEC 61851-23, gives the requirements for EV supply equipment with automatic docking and undocking functions (aEVSE) of a vehicle coupler according to IEC 62196-2, IEC 62196-3 or IEC TS 62196-3-1 for power transfer with electrically propelled road vehicles according to ISO TS 5474-5.
Use of aEVSE with the megawatt charging system is under consideration.
This document provides requirements for aEVSE with a single vehicle connector.
Requirements for aEVSE with more than one vehicle connector are under consideration.
This document only applies to aEVSE with automatic couplers of category 1: using vehicle couplers defined by IEC 62196-2, IEC 62196-3 or IEC TS 62196-3-1.
This document only specifies automatic conductive energy transfer using a vehicle connector and a vehicle inlet; it does not specify automatic conductive power transfer using a plug and a socket-outlet.
This document does not apply to aEVSE with automatic couplers of category 2: using an electro-mechanical interface defined by EN 50696.
This document does not apply to aEVSE with automatic coupler of category 3 (see IEC TS 61851-26).
EMC requirements for EV supply equipment are defined in IEC 61851-21-2.
Interoperable communication for docking and undocking between an aEVSE and an EV, extending the communication between an EV supply equipment and an EV as specified in IEC 61851-1, IEC 61851-23, IEC 61851-24 and the ISO 15118 series, is under consideration.
This document does not cover all safety aspects related to maintenance

IEC TS 61851-26:2026, in combination with IEC 61851-1 or IEC 61851-23, gives the requirements for EV supply equipment with automatic docking and undocking functions (aEVSE) at the underbody of electrically propelled road vehicles according to ISO TS 5474-5.
Use of aEVSE with the megawatt charging system is under consideration.
This document provides requirements for aEVSE with a single vehicle connector or a single socket-outlet.
Requirements for aEVSE with more than one vehicle connector or more than one socket-outlet are under consideration.
This document only applies to automatic couplers of category 3, located at the underbody of an electric vehicle.
This document does not apply to automatic coupler of category 1: using a vehicle coupler defined by IEC 62196-2, IEC 62196-3 or IEC TS 62196-3-1.
This document does not apply to automatic couplers of category 2: using an electro-mechanical interface defined by EN 50696. EN 50696 also specifies automatic couplers located at the underbody of an electric vehicle. However, these couplers only provide DC power transfer.
Interoperable communication for docking and undocking between an aEVSE and an EV, extending the communication between an EV supply equipment and an EV as specified in IEC 61851-1, IEC 61851-23, IEC 61851-24 and the ISO 15118 series, is under consideration.
This document does not cover all safety aspects related to maintenance.

IEC 61290-1-2:2026 applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) and optically amplified sub-systems. It applies to OAs using optically pumped fibres (OFAs based on either rare-earth doped fibres or on the Raman effect), semiconductors (SOAs), and planar optical waveguides (POWAs). This document does not apply to polarization-maintaining optical amplifiers. This document defines uniform requirements for accurate and reliable measurements, by means of the electrical spectrum analyzer test method, of the following OA parameters, as defined in IEC 61291-1, Clause 3:
a) nominal output signal power;
b) gain;
c) reverse gain;
d) maximum gain;
e) polarization-dependent gain.
In addition, this test method provides a means for measuring the following parameters:
- maximum gain wavelength;
- gain wavelength band.
This document specifically covers single-channel amplifiers. For multichannel amplifiers, the IEC 61290-10 series applies.
NOTE 1 The applicability of the test methods described in this document to distributed Raman amplifiers is for further study.
NOTE 2 A test method for polarization-maintaining optical amplifiers is for further study.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2005. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) addition of information on the applicability of this document to the scope;
b) harmonization of the scope with the IEC 61290-1 series;
c) addition of safety recommendations to Clause 4 and Clause 5;
d) correction of an error in Clause 7, item e);
e) replacement of the term "wavelength measurement accuracy" with "wavelength accuracy".

IEC 60743:2013 applies to the terminology used to describe tools, devices, equipment and methods used in live working. It standardizes the name of tools, devices and equipment and permits their identification by providing definitions and illustrations. It contains some example illustrations. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 2001, and its Amendment 1:2008.This edition constitutes a technical revision which includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: the clause 2 has been simplified and refers directly to IEC 60050-651; some definitions have been moved to specific existing clauses. This new edition is complementary to IEC 60050-651. Different publications under the responsibility of TC 78 include terms and its definitions. IEC 60050-651 (IEV 651) provides precise, brief and correct definitions of internationally accepted concepts in the field of live working, and specifies the terms by which these defined concepts are known. Electropedia gives access to the terms and definitions of IEC 60050-651 (http://www.electropedia.org/). Each product standard gives definitions necessary for the understanding of certain terms used in a specific context. The IEC Glossary (http://std.iec.ch/glossary) gives on-line access to the information.

IEC TS 60825-13:2026 provides manufacturers, test houses, safety personnel, and others with practical guidance on methods to perform radiometric measurements or analyses to establish the emission level of laser energy or power in accordance with IEC 60825-1:2014. The measurement procedures described in this document are guidance for classification of laser products in accordance with IEC 60825‑1:2014. It is possible that other procedures are better or more appropriate.
Information is provided for calculating accessible emission limits (AELs) and maximum permissible exposures (MPEs), since some parameters used in calculating the limits are dependent upon other measured quantities.
This document applies to lasers, including extended sources and laser arrays. The procedures described in this document for extended source viewing conditions can yield more conservative results than when using more rigorous methods.
NOTE Work continues on more complex source evaluations and will be provided as international agreement on the methods is reached.
This first edition cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC TR 60825-13 published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC TR 60825-13:2011:
a) minor changes and additions have been made in the definitions;
b) classification flow has been updated;
c) apparent source sections have been clarified;
d) scanning has been updated;
e) more examples and useful conversions have been added to the annexes.

IEC 63601:2026 covers SiC-based PECS devices having a gate dielectric region biased to turn devices on and off. This typically refers to MOS devices such as MOSFETs and IGBTs. In this document, only NMOS (N-type MOS) devices are discussed as these are dominant for power device applications; however, the procedures apply to PMOS (P-type MOS) devices as well.
This document does not define device failure criteria, acceptable use conditions or acceptable lifetime targets. That is up to the device manufacturers and users. However, it provides stress procedures such that the threshold voltage stability over time as affected by gate bias and temperature can be demonstrated and evaluated.

IEC TS 62885-1:2026 specifies the physical characteristics of test equipment and material used in tests common to several products covered by IEC 62285 series for surface cleaning appliances. In addition, it provides guidance regarding the evaluation of Wilton and other types of carpets to determine their acceptability for testing and regarding the pre-treatment of test dust.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2020.
This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Almost all of the test equipment is adopted from IEC 62885-2:2021.
b) Test equipment and materials for wet cleaning is included.
c) A description of the verification of an in-house reference vacuum cleaner is added.
d) Information about the reference vacuum cleaner system RSB is added.