EN 61508-4:2001

Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations

Contains the definitions and explanation of terms that are used in parts 1 to 7 of this standard. Intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles contained in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. EN 61508 is also intended as a stand-alone standard. Has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.

Funktionale Sicherheit sicherheitsbezogener elektrischer/elektronischer/programmierbarer elektronischer Systeme - Teil 4: Begriffe und Abkürzungen

Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes électriques/électroniques/électroniques programmables relatifs à la sécurité - Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations

Contient les définitions et explications des termes utilisés dans les parties 1 à 7 de cette norme. Destinées à être utilisées par tous les comités d'études pour la mise au point de leurs normes, conformément aux principes décrits dans le Guide CEI 104 et dans le Guide ISO/CEI 51. La EN 61508 est également prévue pour une utilisation en tant que norme autonome. A le statut, d'une publication fondamentale de sécurité conformément au Guide 104.

Funkcijska varnost električnih/elektronskih/programirljivih elektronskih varnostnih sistemov - 4. del: Definicije in kratice (IEC 61508-4:1998 + popravek 1999)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 20-Dec-2001
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Jul-2004
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 65A - System aspects
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 65A - IEC_SC_65A
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 65A - IEC_SC_65A
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 01-May-2013
• Completion Date: 01-May-2013
• Ref Project: SIST EN 61508-4:2007 - Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems -- Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations

Relations

• Replaced By: EN 61508-4:2010 - Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61508-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM December 2001
ICS 25.040.40;29.020
English version
Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic
safety-related systems
Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
(IEC 61508-4:1998 + corrigendum 1999)
Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes Funktionale Sicherheit
électriques/électroniques/électroniques sicherheitsbezogener elektrischer/
programmables relatifs à la sécurité elektronischer/programmierbarer
Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations elektronischer Systeme
(CEI 61508-4:1998 + corrigendum 1999) Teil 4: Begriffe und Abkürzungen
(IEC 61508-4:1998 + Corrigendum 1999)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2001-07-03. CENELEC members are bound to
comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and
notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels
© 2001 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61508-4:2001 E

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EN 61508-4:2001 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of the International Standard IEC 61508-4:1998 including its corrigendum April 1999,
prepared by SC 65A, System aspects, of IEC TC 65, Industrial-process measurement and control,
was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61508-4
on 2001-07-03 without any modification.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2002-08-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2004-08-01
Annexes designated "normative" are part of the body of the standard.
Annexes designated "informative" are given for information only.
In this standard, annex ZA is normative and annex A is informative.
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
IEC 61508 is a basic safety publication covering the functional safety of electrical, electronic and
programmable electronic safety-related systems. The scope states:
"This International Standard covers those aspects to be considered when electrical/electronic/
programmable electronic systems (E/E/PESs) are used to carry out safety functions. A major objective
of this standard is to facilitate the development of application sector international standards by the
technical committees responsible for the application sector. This will allow all the relevant factors
associated with the application, to be fully taken into account and thereby meet the specific needs of
the application sector. A dual objective of this standard is to enable the development of
electrical/electronic/ programmable electronic (E/E/PE) safety-related systems where application
sector international standards may not exist".
The CENELEC Report R0BT-004, ratified by 103 BT (March 2000) accepts that some IEC standards,
which today are either published or under development, are sector implementations of IEC 61508. For
example:
� IEC 61511, Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector;
� IEC 62061, Safety of machinery – Functional safety of electrical, electronic and programmable
electronic control systems;
� IEC 61513, Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control for systems important to safety –
General requirements for systems.
The railways sector has also dev
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