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This document provides the quality of gases alternative to SF6 (subsequently referred to as gases) for their re-use in electrical power equipment after recovery and if applicable reclaiming (e.g., during maintenance, repair, overhaul or at the end-of-life). The re-use criteria consider technical and environmental concerns.
This document covers the same gases as listed in IEC 63360. For gases not mentioned in this document, the electrical power equipment manufacturer and/or the gas manufacturer provide the information indicated in this document. It is the intention of this document to include such gases in a next edition or in amendments to this edition.
Procedures for recovering and reclaiming of used gases are described in IEC 62271-4:2022.
NOTE 1 Reclaiming procedures of gases can be done by either reclaiming the complete gas or by separating the most valuable components from the gas.
Gas analysis techniques for checking the quality of the gas are described in this document.
It is the responsibility of the gas manufacturer and/or the electrical power equipment manufacturer to provide sufficient information for safe handling of gases and to provide a risk assessment. It is the responsibility of the user of the electrical power equipment to establish appropriate health and safety practices and to determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
NOTE 2 If not otherwise specified in this document, concentration values (e.g. %, ppmv, μl/l) of gas components or contaminants are given in volume fraction at 20 °C and 100 kPa. More information on temperature and pressure dependence of mole fraction and volume fraction is given in IEC 63360:2025, Annex C.
NOTE 3 If gases for electrical power equipment are regulated, their designation and regulation origin can be found in the IEC 62474 database [1]1 (available at https://std.iec.ch/iec62474).
NOTE 4 Information about storage, transportation and disposal of gases, gas properties, safety and first aid, environmental impact, training and certification, handling equipment, by-products, and procedures to evaluate the potential effects on health are covered by IEC 62271-4:2022.

This document provides guidance on how and when to address adaptation to climate change in European standardization deliverables. It helps TCs to recognize when climate change or extreme weather may affect a standardization deliverable over its lifespan, understand when new or updated climate and weather data are needed, and incorporate adaptive and flexible solutions into standardization deliverables. This document is applicable to infrastructure, product and service standards. It provides a structured and practical framework to write, review and update standards in light of changing climate conditions.

This document specifies procedures for quantification of asbestos mass fractions below approximately 5 %, and for quantitative determination of asbestos in vermiculite, other industrial minerals and commercial products that incorporate these minerals.
This document is applicable to the quantitative analysis of:
a) any material for which the estimate of asbestos mass fraction obtained using ISO 22262-1 is deemed to be of insufficient precision to reliably classify the regulatory status of the material (i.e. whether the material is subject to asbestos regulations in the particular jurisdiction) or for which it is considered necessary to obtain further evidence to demonstrate the absence of asbestos;
b) resilient floor tiles, asphaltic materials, roofing felts and any other materials in which asbestos is embedded in an organic matrix;
c) wall and ceiling plasters, with or without aggregate;
d) vermiculite and commercial products containing vermiculite;
e) mineral powders such as talc, wollastonite, sepiolite, attapulgite (palygorskite), calcite or dolomite, and commercial products containing these minerals.
This document primarily applies to samples in which asbestos has been identified at estimated mass fractions lower than approximately 5 % by sample mass. This document is also applicable to samples that can contain asbestos at low mass fractions incorporated into matrix material such that microscopical examination of the untreated sample is either not possible or unreliable.

This document specifies requirements and gives guidelines for designing accessible software for people with the widest range of physical, sensory and cognitive abilities, including those who are temporarily or situationally disabled, and the elderly. It addresses software considerations for accessibility that complement general design for usability as addressed by parts of the ISO 9241 series, especially ISO 9241-11 and ISO 9241-210.
This document is applicable to the accessibility of interactive systems. It addresses a wide range of software (e.g. home, mobile, office, web, learning support and library systems). It promotes the increased usability of systems for a wider range of users in the widest range of contexts of use.
This document does not apply to the behaviour of, or requirements for, assistive technologies (including assistive software), but it does address the use of assistive technologies as an integrated component of interactive systems.
It is intended for use by those responsible for the specification, design, development, evaluation and procurement of software platforms and software applications.

This document gives the sector specific requirements for the provision of private security services in the energy sector that are additional to the requirements of EN 17483-1.
This document specifies service requirements for quality in organization, processes, personnel and management of a security service provider and/or its independent branches and establishments under commercial law and trade as a provider with regard to security services in the energy sector.
This document defines quality criteria for the delivery of security services in the energy sector requested by public and private clients. This document is suitable for the selection, attribution, awarding and reviewing of the most suitable provider of security services in the energy sector.
NOTE 1 This document is the Part 4 of a series of standards on the provision of private security services for critical infrastructure. See Figure 2.
NOTE 2 It is important that the selection of a private security service provider always represents the best balance between quality and price. This document sets out the minimum requirements that providers are expected to comply with in order for this balance to be struck.
This document is not applicable to private security services in nuclear power plants.
A list of activities for Private Security Companies (PSC) in Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) in the energy sector comprises:
1. Perimeter Protection and Surveillance:
-  human - reception services, static guarding, patrols, dog-handler;
- technology – CCTV, unmanned vehicles (air/ground/sea); others;
- operation of a control/monitoring room;
- operation of an alarm monitoring centre;
- access Control and Management (turnstiles, barriers, authorization and badges).
2. Human and technology, e.g. use of screening and detection equipment for:
- vehicles;
- goods;
- visitors;
- staff;
- contractors;
3. Site security and mobile patrolling/ Static guarding activities required to secure a specific facility/area and mobile patrolling on-site and in buildings within the site;
4. Emergency response;
- alarm response;
- first aid response.

IEC 62841-3-16:2025 applies to transportable belt sanders, disc sanders and belt/disc sanders which are equipped with
– a sanding belt; or
– a sanding disc; or
– a sanding belt and a sanding disc
for sanding solid materials.
This document does not apply to hand-held disc-type sanders.
NOTE 101 Hand-held disc-type sanders are covered by IEC 62841-2-3.
This document does not apply to hand-held belt sanders.
NOTE 102 Hand-held belt sanders are covered by IEC 62841-2-4.
This Part 3-16 is to be used in conjunction with the first edition of IEC 62841-1:2014 and IEC 62841-1:2014/AMD1:2025.
This Part 3-16 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in IEC 62841-1:2014, so as to convert it into the IEC Standard: Particular requirements for transportable belt sanders, disc sanders and belt/disc sanders.
Where a particular subclause of IEC 62841-1:2014 is not mentioned in this Part 3-16, that subclause applies as far as relevant. Where this document states "addition", "modification" or "replacement", the relevant text in IEC 62841-1:2014 is to be adapted accordingly.
NOTE The attention of National Committees is drawn to the fact that equipment manufacturers and testing organizations can need a transitional period following publication of a new, amended or revised IEC publication in which to make products in accordance with the new requirements and to equip themselves for conducting new or revised tests.
It is the recommendation of the committee that the content of this publication be adopted for implementation nationally not earlier than 36 months from the date of publication.

This document specifies safety requirements for the following non-fixed load lifting attachments for cranes, hoists and manually controlled load manipulating devices:
a)   plate clamps;
b)   vacuum lifters:
1)   self-priming;
2)   non-self-priming (pump, venturi, turbine);
c)   lifting magnets:
1)   electric lifting magnets (battery fed and mains-fed);
2)   permanent lifting magnets;
3)   electro-permanent lifting magnets;
d)   lifting beams;
e)   C-hooks;
f)   lifting forks;
g)   clamps;
h)   lifting insert systems for use in normal weight concrete,
as defined in Clause 3.
This document does not give requirements for:
—   non-fixed load lifting attachments in direct contact with foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals requiring a high level of cleanliness for hygiene reasons;
—   hazards resulting from handling specific hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, hot molten masses, radiating materials);
—   hazards caused by operation in an explosive atmosphere;
—   hazards caused by noise;
—   hazards relating to the lifting of persons;
—   electrical hazards;
—   hazards due to hydraulic and pneumatic components.
For high risk applications not covered by this standard, EN 13001-2:2021, 4.3.2 gives guidance to deal with them.
This document covers the proof of static strength, the elastic stability and the proof of fatigue strength.
This document does not generally applies to attachments intended to lift above people. Some attachments are suitable for that purpose if equipped with additional safety features. In such cases the additional safety features are specified in the specific requirements.
This document does not cover slings, ladles, expanding mandrels, buckets, grabs, or grab buckets. This document does not cover power operated container handling spreaders, which are in the scope of EN 15056.
This document is not applicable to non-fixed load attachments manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document gives guidance for pro-rata multi-habitat sampling of benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers and streams. The term "pro-rata" reflects the intention to sample all the main riverine habitats present at a monitoring site according to the proportion of the site that it covers. It is an objective way to divide sampling effort among the different habitats.
This document is applicable to all flowing waters, both artificial, modified and natural. It enables comparable samples to be collected from any type of river, regardless of the habitats present.
This document gives guidance on an overall approach rather than a specific method.
This document is applicable to:
- supporting environmental and conservation agencies, water boards, and water agencies to meet the monitoring requirements of the WFD (Article 8, Annex II, and Annex V) [1];
- generating data sets appropriate for monitoring and reporting of sites designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive to ensure that samples for comparing the overall composition of invertebrates from different stream types are comparable;
- ensuring samples for environmental quality assessments across different stream types are comparable even when sampled by different people;
- supporting river management and restoration initiatives;
- sampling sites in a consistent way that is not dependent on the presence of particular types of habitat; a user-friendly strategy for collecting biological data depending on the distribution of habitats;
- understanding the distribution of biological community types across different physical river types; and
- assessing quality based on deviation from reference, as adopted in the European Water Framework Directive [1].

This document specifies the quality characteristics of liquid or gaseous hydrogen fuel dispensed at hydrogen refuelling stations for use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell vehicle systems, and the corresponding quality assurance considerations for ensuring uniformity of the hydrogen fuel.

The present document is a specification of the lower layers and the lower layer signalling system for the two-way satellite network variants defined by ETSI TS 101 545-3 [i.16]. The present document constitutes a complete specification of the lower layers for a transparent star satellite network, a transparent mesh overlay satellite network and a regenerative re-multiplexing satellite network. Also, components required for a satellite network with a TRANSEC system are included. The present document is normative for the consumer terminal profile in a transparent star satellite network as defined by ETSI TS 101 545-3 [i.16], and does also include normative components specific to the other terminal profiles and satellite network variants defined by ETSI TS 101 545-3 [i.16].

This document gives guidelines for the assessment of thermal stress inside vehicles used for land, sea and air operation. It offers information about the assessment of hot, cold as well as moderate thermal environments by referring to different methods and specifying the constraints and necessary adjustments for the special case of vehicle climate assessment.

This document specifies requirements and provides recommendations for repetitive work tasks involving repetitive movements and exertions of the upper extremity. It provides guidance on the identification and assessment of risk factors commonly associated with repetitive movements and exertions of the upper limbs, thereby allowing evaluation of the related health risks to the working population. The recommendations apply to the adult working population and are intended to give reasonable protection for nearly all healthy adults. This document does not address the manual handling of objects while using lift-assistive devices such as exoskeletons and does not address the needs of pregnant women or persons with disabilities.

This document specifies the calibration and adjustment of the metrological characteristics of contact (stylus) instruments for the measurement of surface texture by the profile method as defined in ISO 25178-601. The calibration and adjustment specified within this document is intended to be carried out with the aid of measurement standards. NOTE Annex B specifies the calibration and adjustment of metrological characteristics of simplified operator contact (stylus) instruments which do not conform with ISO 25178-601.

This document is applicable to all electronic equipment for control, regulation, protection, diagnostic, energy supply installed on railway vehicles and any relevant elements of rolling stock subsystems (e.g. external doors, On-Board ETCS functionality, wheel slide protection). For the purpose of this document, electronic equipment is defined as equipment composed of electronic components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, transistors, diodes, integrated circuits, hybrids, application specific integrated circuits, wound components and relays), and recognized associated components (e.g. connectors, mechanical parts). These components are mainly mounted on printed circuit boards. Sensors (e.g. current, voltage, speed) and semiconductor drive units for power electronic devices are covered by this document. Complete semiconductor drive units and power converters are covered by EN 61287 1. This document covers the requirements for operating conditions, design, documentation, testing and integration of electronic equipment, as well as hardware and software requirements considered necessary for compliant and reliable equipment. Specific requirements related to practices necessary to ensure defined safety integrity level or functional safety are not covered by this document. Nevertheless, this document is applicable to the hardware of all rolling stock electronic equipment or systems performing safety-related functions. The software development requirements for on-board railway equipment are specified by EN 50716.

This document specifies a method for the determination of selected polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE) (see Figure 1 and Table 1) in sediment, suspended particulate matter and biota using gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) or with high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) in the electron impact (EI), negative ion chemical ionization (NCI) or atmospheric pressure ionization (APCI) mode. The method is applicable to sediment and suspended particulate matter samples with limits of quantification of 0,2 µg/kg dry mass (dm) for brominated diphenylether (BDE) BDE-28 to BDE-183, of 2 µg/kg dry mass (dm) for BDE‑209. The method is applicable as well with lower limits of quantification (LOQ), if specific clean-up methods, described in Clause 10, Table 3, method 1 and method 2 in combination with measurement methods GC-MS/MS or GC-HRMS after electron impact ionization (El) or negative ion chemical ionization (NCI) for BDE-209 are used. Depending on the analytical capability of the instrument, limits of quantification down to 0,003 µg/kg dm for BDE-28 to BDE-154 and 0,02 µg/kg dm for BDE-183 and 1 µg/kg dm for BDE-209 and lower are possible. The method is applicable to biota samples with limits of quantification down to 0,000 2 µg/kg fresh mass (fm) (BDE-28 to BDE-154) and 0,03 μg/kg fresh mass (fm) (BDE-183), if specific clean-up methods, described in Table 4 in combination with measurement methods GC-MS/MS or GC-HRMS after electron impact ionization (El) are used. Performance data are listed in Annex E.

This document specifies processes for the management and operation of data centres. The primary focus of this document is the processes necessary to deliver the expected level of resilience, availability, risk management, risk mitigation, capacity planning, security and resource and energy efficiency. The secondary focus is on organization and data centre management to align the actual and future demands. Only processes specific for data centres are in the scope of this document. Business processes like people management, financial management, etc. are out of scope.

IEC 62820-1-1:2026 specifies the technical requirements for building intercom systems and equipment used for building entry.

This document specifies a method for the determination of the puncture resistance by measuring the force required to push a flat-ended plunger through geosynthetics. The test is normally carried out on dry specimens conditioned in the specified atmosphere. The test is applicable to most types of geosynthetic products, but does not apply to products with apertures greater than 10 mm.