FprEN IEC 61995-1:2025/FprAA:2025

Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements

Betriebsmittel für den Anschluss von Leuchten für Haushalt und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Dispositifs de connexion pour luminaires pour usage domestique et analogue - Partie 1: Exigences générales

Elementi za priključitev svetilk za gospodinjstva in podobne namene - 1. del: Splošne zahteve

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 25-Mar-2026
• ICS: 29.120.20 - Connecting devices
• ICS: 29.140.40 - Luminaires
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 23BX - CLC_TC_23BX
• Current Stage: 5060 - Voting results sent to TC, SR - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 26-Dec-2025
• Due Date: 15-Sep-2025
• Completion Date: 26-Dec-2025
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: kSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2025/kFprAA:2025 - Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements

Relations

• Amends: FprEN IEC 61995-1:2025 - Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 08-Aug-2023

Overview

FprEN IEC 61995-1:2025/FprAA:2025 (draft amendment prAA) specifies the general requirements for devices used to connect luminaires for household and similar purposes. Prepared by CLC/TC 23BX and intended as a harmonized low‑voltage safety standard, this document updates prEN IEC 61995-1 with targeted changes (published in English/French/German). Note: the prAA is a draft amendment distributed for enquiry and is not yet a final European Standard.

Keywords: IEC 61995-1, devices for the connection of luminaires, DCL, low voltage, household luminaires, CENELEC.

Key Topics and Requirements

The amendment focuses on a number of technical and safety requirements, including:

• Rated voltage: Clarifies the rated voltage as 250 V at 50 Hz.
• Protection against electric shock: Modification to Clause 10 (10.2.2) - the previous note has been replaced; the amendment states “NOTE Void” for that clause.
• Insulation and electric strength: The specified test voltage is 2000 V (modification to Clause 16).
• Temperature rise: New test provision where contact pressure of earthing socket contacts depends on insulating material - additional tests must pass current through the earthing contact and the nearer phase or neutral contact (Clause 19 modification).
• Normative references: Lists key referenced standards relevant to environmental testing, tracking index, degrees of protection (IP), glow‑wire flammability, probe tests, and related IEC/EN documents.
• National conditions: Annex ZB records special national practices (e.g., Denmark’s DCL system and earthing considerations; Belgium/France/Germany/Italy using EN 61995-2 standardized interfaces).

Applications and Who Uses This Standard

This standard is intended for stakeholders involved with household and similar luminaires:

• Manufacturers of DCL (Device for Connection of Luminaires) components and modular connectors
• Product designers and electrical engineers developing luminaire connection accessories
• Test laboratories and conformity assessment bodies performing insulation, electric strength and temperature‑rise testing
• Installers and specifiers needing compatibility and safety guidance for luminaire connection systems
• Regulators and standards committees implementing harmonized requirements under the Low Voltage Directive

Practical benefits include ensuring safe, interoperable DCL interfaces, consistent test methods for electric strength and temperature rise, and clarity on national exceptions.

Related Standards

Relevant cross‑references and standards include:

• IEC 61995-2 (Standard sheets for DCL)
• IEC 60112, IEC 60529, IEC 60695-2-11, IEC 61032
• ISO/IEC Guide 51 (safety aspects in standards)

This draft amendment supports compliance with the Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) when adopted and cited in the Official Journal.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024
01-januar-2024
Elementi za priključitev svetilk za gospodinjstva in podobne namene - 1. del:
Splošne zahteve
Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1:
General requirements
Betriebsmittel für den Anschluss von Leuchten für Haushalt und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil
1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
Dispositifs de connexion pour luminaires pour usage domestique et analogue - Partie 1:
Exigences générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023
ICS:
29.120.20 Spojni elementi Connecting devices
29.140.40 Svetila Luminaires
oSIST prEN IEC 61995- en,fr,de
1:2023/oprAA:2024
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024

oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 61995-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
October 2023
ICS 29.120.20; 29.140.40 -
English Version
Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and
similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements
Dispositifs de connexion pour luminaires pour usage Betriebsmittel für den Anschluss von Leuchten für Haushalt
domestique et analogue - Partie 1: Exigences générales und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 61995-1; it is submitted to CENELEC members for
enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2024-01-19.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 23BX.

If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2023 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Project: 78487 Ref. No. prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023 E

oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024
prEN 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023 (E)
Contents Page
1 European foreword . 3
2 1 Modification to the Scope . 4
3 2 Modification to Clause 10, “Protection against electric shock” . 4
4 3 Modification to Clause 16, “Insulation resistance and electric strength” . 4
5 4 Modification to Clause 19, “Temperature rise” . 4
6 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their
7 corresponding European publications . 5
8 Annex ZB (normative) Special national conditions. 7
9 Annex ZZ (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives
10 of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered . 8
oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024
prEN 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023 (E)
11 European foreword
12 This document (prEN 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023) has been prepared by CLC/TC 23BX “Switches, boxes and
13 enclosures for household and similar purposes, plugs and socket outlet for D.C."
14 This document is currently submitted to the Formal Vote.
15 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
16 This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the European
17 Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
18 Member States.
19 For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this document.
oSIST prEN IEC 61995-1:2023/oprAA:2024
prEN 61995-1:2023/prAA:2023 (E)
20 1 Modification to the Scope
21 Replace the fourth dash with:
22 “The rated voltage is 250 V at 50 Hz.”
23 2 Modification to Clause 10, “Protection against electric shock”
24 In 10.2.2 replace the Note and its contents with “NOTE  Void”.
25 3 Modification to Clause 16, “Insulation resistance and electric strength”
26 In 16.3 replace the second paragraph with:
27 “The test voltage shall be 2000V.”
28 4 Modification to Clause 19, “Temperature rise
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