Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical supply - Safety requirements (IEC 61293:2019)

This International Standard establishes minimum requirements and general rules on marking
electric equipment with ratings and other characteristics to enable the proper and safe
selection and installation of electric equipment related to any supply of electricity.
The object of this document is to:
• provide general requirements for the marking of the characteristics related to any supply
system, such as voltage, current, frequency and power, without any restrictions;
• provide technical committees with uniform methods for the marking of electrical ratings of
products.
This document is primarily intended for application by technical committees when specifying
minimum markings of ratings related to any electrical supply of equipment, sub-assemblies
and components, but it is also for application by product manufacturers for marking their
products.
NOTE For further markings see ISO/IEC Guide 51.
This horizontal standard is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the
preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
horizontal standards in the preparation of its publications. The contents of this horizontal
standard will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications.

Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit Bemessungsdaten für die Stromversorgung - Anforderungen für die Sicherheit (IEC 61293:2019)

Marquage des matériels électriques avec des caractéristiques assignées relatives à l'alimentation électrique - Prescriptions de sécurité (IEC 61293:2019)

L'IEC 61293:2019 établit les exigences minimales et les règles générales pour le marquage des matériels électriques avec des caractéristiques assignées et autres caractéristiques, afin de pouvoir choisir et installer, de manière adéquate et sûre, les matériels électriques associés à toute source d'alimentation électrique.
L'objet de ce document est de:
• fournir les exigences générales concernant le marquage, sans aucune restriction, des caractéristiques relatives à toute alimentation, telle que la tension, le courant, la fréquence et la puissance;
• fournir aux comités d'études des méthodes uniformes concernant le marquage des caractéristiques assignées électriques des produits.
Ce document est destiné principalement à être appliqué par les comités d'études lors de la spécification des marquages minimaux des caractéristiques assignées relatives à toute alimentation électrique de matériels, sous-ensembles et composants. Il est également destiné à être appliqué par les fabricants de produits pour le marquage de leurs produits.
Cette norme horizontale est essentiellement destinée à l'usage des comités d'études dans la préparation des normes, conformément aux principes établis dans le Guide 108 de l'IEC.
Une des responsabilités d'un comité d'études est, partout où cela est possible, de se servir des normes horizontales lors de la préparation de ses publications. Le contenu de cette norme horizontale ne s'appliquera pas, à moins qu'il ne soit spécifiquement désigné ou inclus dans les publications concernées.
L'IEC 61293:2019 annule et remplace la première édition parue en 1994. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) son statut de publication fondamentale de sécurité a été supprimé;
b) le domaine d'application est étendu afin d'inclure également l'applicabilité du présent document aux fabricants de produits;
c) l'ajout d'une provision pour prendre en compte la visibilité du marquage en fonctionnement normal;
d) des exigences plus détaillées ont été ajoutées lorsqu'un matériel comporte un ensemble ou une plage de valeurs assignées pour une caractéristique donnée;
e) des exigences concernant l'intégration des marquages également dans la documentation technique ont été ajoutées;
f) certaines notes ont été transformées en texte normatif;
g) les références normatives et les références à d'autres normes ont été actualisées.

Označevanje električne opreme z naznačeno močjo - Varnostne zahteve (IEC 61293:2019)

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Published
Public Enquiry End Date
08-Jul-2018
Publication Date
02-Jun-2020
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
21-Apr-2020
Due Date
26-Jun-2020
Completion Date
03-Jun-2020

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 61293:2020
01-julij-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 61293:1999
Označevanje električne opreme z naznačeno močjo - Varnostne zahteve (IEC
61293:2019)
Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical supply - Safety
requirements (IEC 61293:2019)
Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit Bemessungsdaten für die
Stromversorgung - Anforderungen für die Sicherheit (IEC 61293:2019)
Marquage des matériels électriques avec des caractéristiques assignées relatives à
l'alimentation électrique - Prescriptions de sécurité (IEC 61293:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61293:2020
ICS:
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
SIST EN IEC 61293:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61293

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2020
ICS 29.020 Supersedes EN 61293:1994 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical
supply - Safety requirements
(IEC 61293:2019)
Marquage des matériels électriques avec des Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit
caractéristiques assignées relatives à l'alimentation Bemessungsdaten für die Stromversorgung -
électrique - Exigences de sécurité Anforderungen für die Sicherheit
(IEC 61293:2019) (IEC 61293:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-10-21. 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre 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 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,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


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
© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
 Ref. No. EN IEC 61293:2020 E

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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 3/1404/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61293, prepared by IEC/TC 3 "Information
structures and elements, identification and marking principles, documentation and graphical symbols"
was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
EN IEC 61293:2020.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-10-10
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2023-04-10
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61293:1994 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61293:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60038 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60038
IEC 60068-2-70 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-70


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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60027 series Letters symbols to be used in electrical EN 60027 series
technology
1
IEC 60417 1973 Graphical symbols for use on equipment. - -
Index, survey and compilation of the single
sheets.
IEC 60445 - Basic and safety principles for man- EN 60445 2017
machine interface, marking and
identification - Identification of equipment
terminals, conductor terminations and
conductors
IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
  /corrigendum 1993
May 1993
- - +A1 2000
- - /AC 2016
- - +A2 2013
- - +A2/AC 2019
1
IEC 60617 2005 Standard data element types with - -
associated classification scheme for
electric components -- Part 4: IEC
reference collection fo standard data
element types and component classes
IEC 61082-1 2014 Preparation of documents used in EN 61082-1 2015
electrotechnology - Part 1: Rules
IEC 61140 - Protection against electric shock - EN 61140 2016
Common aspects for installation and
equipment
IEC 80000 series Quantities and units EN 80000 series

1
Dated as no equivalent European Standard exists.
3

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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
1
ISO 7000 2019 Graphical symbols for use on equipment - - -
Registered symbols
ISO 80000 series Quantities and units EN ISO 80000 series

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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Annex ZZ
(informative)

Relationship between this European Standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request relating to
harmonized standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization 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
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European Standard
and Annex I of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Safety objectives of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s) Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/35/EU of this EN
Annex 1,1(a) Clause 4

WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Marking requirements . 8
4.1 Basic requirements . 8
4.2 Marking of electric equipment with its characteristics . 8
4.2.1 General . 8
4.2.2 Characteristics of the supply system . 9
4.2.3 Rated values of equipment . 9
4.2.4 Other characteristics . 9
4.2.5 Sequence of rated values and other characteristics . 10
4.3 Representation of values . 10
4.3.1 General . 10
4.3.2 Single value . 10
4.3.3 Limit values . 10
4.3.4 Two and more values . 10
4.3.5 Range of values . 11
4.3.6 Tolerances . 11
5 Consistency of marking presentation . 11
6 Application . 12
Annex A (informative) Examples . 13
Annex B (informative) List of notes concerning certain countries . 15
Bibliography . 16

Table A.1 – Examples of markings for electric equipment with ratings related to supply
of electricity . 13
Table A.2 – Examples of letter notations and graphical symbols . 14
Table B.1 – Notes concerning certain countries . 15

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IEC 61293:2019 © IEC 2019 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
____________

MARKING OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WITH RATINGS RELATED
TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY – SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61293 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 3:
Information structures and elements, identification and marking principles, documentation and
graphical symbols.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1994. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) its status as a basic safety publication has been removed, and it has become a horizontal
publication in accordance with IEC Guide 108;
b) the scope is extended to include the applicability of this document to product
manufacturers;
c) the addition of a provision that the visibility of the marking during normal operation should
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d) more detailed requirements where equipment has a set or range of rated values for a
given characteristic;
e) requirements regarding the provision of the markings also in the technical documentation
have been added;
f) some notes have been converted to normative text;
g) normative references and references to other standards have been updated.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
3/1404/FDIS 3/1414/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108.
The reader's attention is drawn to the fact that Table B.1 of Annex B lists all of the "in-some-
country" clauses on differing practices of a less permanent nature relating to the subject of
this standard.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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IEC 61293:2019 © IEC 2019 – 5 –
MARKING OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WITH RATINGS RELATED
TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY – SAFETY REQUIREMENTS


1 Scope
This International Standard establishes minimum requirements and general rules on marking
electric equipment with ratings and other characteristics to enable the proper and safe
selection and installation of electric equipment related to any supply of electricity.
The object of this document is to:
• provide general requirements for the marking of the characteristics related to any supply
system, such as voltage, current, frequency and power, without any restrictions;
• provide technical committees with uniform methods for the marking of electrical ratings of
products.
This document is primarily intended for application by technical committees when specifying
minimum markings of ratings related to any electrical supply of equipment, sub-assemblies
and components, but it is also for application by product manufacturers for marking their
products.
NOTE For further markings see ISO/IEC Guide 51.
This horizontal standard is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the
preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
horizontal standards in the preparation of its publications. The contents of this horizontal
standard will not ap
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61293:2020
01-julij-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 61293:1999
Označevanje električne opreme z naznačeno močjo - Varnostne zahteve (IEC
61293:2019)
Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical supply - Safety
requirements (IEC 61293:2019)
Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit Bemessungsdaten für die
Stromversorgung - Anforderungen für die Sicherheit (IEC 61293:2019)
Marquage des matériels électriques avec des caractéristiques assignées relatives à
l'alimentation électrique - Prescriptions de sécurité (IEC 61293:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 61293:2020
ICS:
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
SIST EN 61293:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 61293:2020


EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61293

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2020
ICS 29.020 Supersedes EN 61293:1994 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical
supply - Safety requirements
(IEC 61293:2019)
Marquage des matériels électriques avec des Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit
caractéristiques assignées relatives à l'alimentation Bemessungsdaten für die Stromversorgung -
électrique - Exigences de sécurité Anforderungen für die Sicherheit
(IEC 61293:2019) (IEC 61293:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-10-21. 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre 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 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,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


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
© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
 Ref. No. EN IEC 61293:2020 E

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SIST EN 61293:2020
EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 3/1404/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61293, prepared by IEC/TC 3 "Information
structures and elements, identification and marking principles, documentation and graphical symbols"
was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
EN IEC 61293:2020.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-10-10
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2023-04-10
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61293:1994 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61293:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60038 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60038
IEC 60068-2-70 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-70


2

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SIST EN 61293:2020
EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60027 series Letters symbols to be used in electrical EN 60027 series
technology
1
IEC 60417 1973 Graphical symbols for use on equipment. - -
Index, survey and compilation of the single
sheets.
IEC 60445 - Basic and safety principles for man- EN 60445 2017
machine interface, marking and
identification - Identification of equipment
terminals, conductor terminations and
conductors
IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
  /corrigendum 1993
May 1993
- - +A1 2000
- - /AC 2016
- - +A2 2013
- - +A2/AC 2019
1
IEC 60617 2005 Standard data element types with - -
associated classification scheme for
electric components -- Part 4: IEC
reference collection fo standard data
element types and component classes
IEC 61082-1 2014 Preparation of documents used in EN 61082-1 2015
electrotechnology - Part 1: Rules
IEC 61140 - Protection against electric shock - EN 61140 2016
Common aspects for installation and
equipment
IEC 80000 series Quantities and units EN 80000 series

1
Dated as no equivalent European Standard exists.
3

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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
1
ISO 7000 2019 Graphical symbols for use on equipment - - -
Registered symbols
ISO 80000 series Quantities and units EN ISO 80000 series

4

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EN IEC 61293:2020 (E)
Annex ZZ
(informative)

Relationship between this European Standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request relating to
harmonized standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization 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
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European Standard
and Annex I of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Safety objectives of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s) Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/35/EU of this EN
Annex 1,1(a) Clause 4

WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Marking requirements . 8
4.1 Basic requirements . 8
4.2 Marking of electric equipment with its characteristics . 8
4.2.1 General . 8
4.2.2 Characteristics of the supply system . 9
4.2.3 Rated values of equipment . 9
4.2.4 Other characteristics . 9
4.2.5 Sequence of rated values and other characteristics . 10
4.3 Representation of values . 10
4.3.1 General . 10
4.3.2 Single value . 10
4.3.3 Limit values . 10
4.3.4 Two and more values . 10
4.3.5 Range of values . 11
4.3.6 Tolerances . 11
5 Consistency of marking presentation . 11
6 Application . 12
Annex A (informative) Examples . 13
Annex B (informative) List of notes concerning certain countries . 15
Bibliography . 16

Table A.1 – Examples of markings for electric equipment with ratings related to supply
of electricity . 13
Table A.2 – Examples of letter notations and graphical symbols . 14
Table B.1 – Notes concerning certain countries . 15

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
____________

MARKING OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WITH RATINGS RELATED
TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY – SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as "IEC
Publication(s)"). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
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governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
agreement between the two organizations.
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consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
interested IEC National Committees.
3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
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Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
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transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence
between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in
the latter.
5) IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity
assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any
services carried out by independent certification bodies.
6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
7) No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and
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Publications.
8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61293 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 3:
Information structures and elements, identification and marking principles, documentation and
graphical symbols.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1994. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) its status as a basic safety publication has been removed, and it has become a horizontal
publication in accordance with IEC Guide 108;
b) the scope is extended to include the applicability of this document to product
manufacturers;
c) the addition of a provision that the visibility of the marking during normal operation should
be considered;

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d) more detailed requirements where equipment has a set or range of rated values for a
given characteristic;
e) requirements regarding the provision of the markings also in the technical documentation
have been added;
f) some notes have been converted to normative text;
g) normative references and references to other standards have been updated.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
3/1404/FDIS 3/1414/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108.
The reader's attention is drawn to the fact that Table B.1 of Annex B lists all of the "in-some-
country" clauses on differing practices of a less permanent nature relating to the subject of
this standard.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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1 Scope
This International Standard establishes minimum requirements and general rules on marking
electric equipment with ratings and other characteristics to enable the proper and safe
selection and installation of electric equipment related to any supply of electricity.
The object of this document is to:
• provide general requirements for the marking of the characteristics related to any supply
system, such as voltage, current, frequency and power, without any restrictions;
• provide technical committees with uniform methods for the marking of electrical ratings of
products.
This document is primarily intended for application by technical committees when specifying
minimum markings of ratings related to any electrical supply of equipment, sub-assemblies
and components, but it is also for application by product manufacturers for marking their
products.
NOTE For further markings see ISO/IEC Guide 51.
This horizontal standard is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the
preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
horizontal standards in the preparation of its publications. The contents of this horizontal
standard will not apply un
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 61293:2018
01-julij-2018
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Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical supply - Safety
requirements
Kennzeichnung elektrischer Betriebsmittel mit Bemessungsdaten für die
Stromversorgung - Anforderungen für die Sicherheit
Marquage des matériels électriques avec des caractéristiques assignées relatives à
l'alimentation électrique - Prescriptions de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 61293:2018
ICS:
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
oSIST prEN 61293:2018 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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3/1357/CDV

COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 61293 ED2
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2018-05-04 2018-07-27
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
3/1333/CD, 3/1352/CC

IEC TC 3 : INFORMATION STRUCTURES AND ELEMENTS, IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING PRINCIPLES, DOCUMENTATION AND GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
Sweden Mrs Mahtab Nasiri
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34D,TC 37,SC 37A,SC 37B,TC 38,TC 44,TC 48,SC
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD . 2
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Marking requirements . 5
4.1 Basic requirements . 5
4.2 Marking of electric equipment with its characteristics . 6
4.2.1 General . 6
4.2.2 Characteristics of supply system. 6
4.2.3 Rated values of equipment . 6
4.2.4 Other characteristics. 6
4.2.5 Sequence of rated values and other characteristics . 6
4.3 Representation of values 
 . 7
4.3.1 General . 7
4.3.2 Single value . 7
4.3.3 Limit values . 7
4.3.4 Two and more values. 7
4.3.5 Range of values. 8
4.3.6 Tolerances . 8
5 Consistency of marking presentation . 8
6 Application . 8
Annex A (informative)  Examples . 9
Bibliography . 11

Table A.1 – Examples of markings for electrical equipment with ratings related to
supply of electricity . 9
Table A.2 – Examples of letter notations and graphical symbols . 10

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1 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
2 ____________
3
4 MARKING OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
5 WITH RATINGS RELATED TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY –
6 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
7
8
9
10 FOREWORD
11 1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
12 all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
13 international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
14 this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
15 Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
16 Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
17 in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
18 governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
19 with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
20 agreement between the two organizations.
21 2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international
22 consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
23 interested IEC National Committees.
24 3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
25 Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC
26 Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
27 misinterpretation by any end user.
28 4) In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications
29 transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence
30 between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in
31 the latter.
32 5) IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity
33 assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any
34 services carried out by independent certification bodies.
35 6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
36 7) No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and
37 members of its technical committees and IEC National Committees for any personal injury, property damage or
38 other damage of any nature whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, or for costs (including legal fees) and
39 expenses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC
40 Publications.
41 8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
42 indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
43 9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
44 patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
45 International Standard IEC 61293 has been prepared by committee 3: Information structures
46 and elements, identification and marking principles, documentation and graphical symbols
nd st
47 This 2 edition cancels and replaces the 1 edition published in 1994. This edition constitutes
48 a technical revision.
49 This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
50 edition:
51 a) The status as a Basic Safety Publication has been removed;
52 b) The scope is extended to also include the applicability of the publication to product
53 manufacturers;
54 c) The visibility of the marking during normal operation should be considered;

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55 d) More detailed requirements where an equipment has a set or range of rated values for a
56 characteristic;
57 e) Requirements for providing the markings also in the technical documentation added;
58 f) Some notes have been converted to normative text;
59 g) Normative references and references to other standards have been updated.
60 The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
XX/XX/FDIS XX/XX/RVD
61
62 Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
63 the report on voting indicated in the above table.
64 This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
65 The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
66 stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
67 the specific document. At this date, the document will be
68 • reconfirmed,
69 • withdrawn,
70 • replaced by a revised edition, or
71 • amended.
72
73 The National Committees are requested to note that for this document the stability date
74 is 2022.
75 this text is included for the information of the national committees and will be deleted at the
76 publication stage.

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78 WITH RATINGS RELATED TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY –
79 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
80
81
82 1 Scope
83 This International Standard establishes minimum requirements and general rules on marking
84 electric equipment with ratings and other characteristics to enable the proper and safe
85 selection and installation of electric equipment related to any supply of electricity.
86 The object of this standard is to:
87 • provide general requirements for marking of the characteristics related to any supply
88 system, such as voltage, current, frequency and power without any restrictions;
89 • provide technical committees with uniform methods for the marking of electrical ratings of
90 products.
91 This publication is primarily intended for application by technical committees when specifying
92 minimum markings of ratings related to any electrical supply of equipment, sub-assemblies
93 and components, but is also applicable for application by product manufacturers for marking
94 their products.
95 NOTE For further markings see ISO/IEC Guide 51.
96 2 Normative references
97 The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
98 content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
99 cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
100 any amendments) applies.
101 IEC 60027 (all parts), Letters symbols to be used in electrical technology
102 IEC 60417 DB, Graphical symbols for use on equipment
103 IEC 60445, Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification -
104 Identification of equipment terminals, conductor terminations and conductors
105 IEC 60569, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
106 IEC 60617 DB, Graphical symbols for diagrams
107 IEC 61082-1:2014, Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products -
108 Struc
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