SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 14-Jan-2024
• Publication Date: 01-Nov-2026
• ICS: 29.120.20 - Connecting devices
• ICS: 29.140.40 - Luminaires
• Technical Committee: EPR - Electrical accessories
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 30-Jun-2026
• Due Date: 04-Sep-2026
• Completion Date: 02-Nov-2026
• 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: EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 - Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements

• Referred By: SIST HD 60364-5-537:2017 - Low voltage electrical installations - Part 5-53: Selection and erection of electrical equipment - Switchgear and controlgear - Clause 537: Isolation and switching
• Effective Date: 30-Jun-2026
• Amends: SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026 - Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 61995-1:2025)
• Effective Date: 08-Aug-2023

SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 is a Slovene standard for devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes, Part 1: General requirements. It is an amendment to the European standard and updates the safety and performance requirements for these connection devices. Product designers, test laboratories, manufacturers and conformity assessors use it to check whether a luminaire connection device matches the amended requirements.

What does SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 specify?

SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 specifies targeted changes to the general requirements for devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes. The amendment changes the scope and updates requirements for protection against electric shock, insulation resistance and electric strength, and temperature rise.

The document is organized as a short amendment: a European foreword, four modification items, and three annexes. The annexes deal with normative references, special national conditions, and the relationship with Directive 2014/35/EU.

Annex	What it covers
Annex ZA	Normative references to international publications with corresponding European publications
Annex ZB	Special national conditions
Annex ZZ	Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU

What are the key requirements of SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026?

The amendment focuses on a small number of practical changes that matter in design, testing and national application. In practice, it tells users which electrical ratings, test conditions and country-specific conditions apply to the amended standard.

Scope update

The scope is modified so that the rated voltage is 250 V at 50 Hz. For product design and selection, this fixes the electrical rating that the standard covers.

Protection against electric shock

Clause 10.2.2 replaces the note with “NOTE Void”. That means conformity work should rely on the clause text itself rather than on the removed explanatory note.

Insulation resistance and electric strength

Clause 16.3 changes the test voltage to 2000 V. Testing laboratories and manufacturers need to use that voltage when carrying out the electric strength test covered by this clause.

Temperature rise

Clause 19.2 adds a separate test for accessories designed so that contact pressure in the earthing socket contact assemblies depends on insulating material. In practice, this means the test current must be passed through the earthing contact and the phase or neutral contact, whichever is nearer, so the affected contact path is checked under realistic heating conditions.

Special national conditions

Annex ZB makes some national provisions normative where they apply. For Belgium, France, Germany and Italy, only DCL types with a standardized interface according to EN 61995-2 are used. Denmark has additional conditions for DCL plugs and for compatibility with the existing Danish DCL system.

Low Voltage Directive linkage

Annex ZZ links the standard to Directive 2014/35/EU. When the standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, the clauses listed in Table ZZ.1 provide a route to presumption of conformity with the directive’s safety objectives.

What terms does SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 define?

The amendment uses a small set of technical terms that are central to its application.

• DCL - Devices for the connection of luminaires; the term used for the standardized luminaire connection system addressed by the standard.
• Rated voltage - The electrical voltage level covered by the amended scope, given here as 250 V at 50 Hz.
• Test voltage - The voltage used in the insulation resistance and electric strength test; the amendment sets this at 2000 V.
• Earthing socket contact assemblies - The earthing-contact parts that may need an extra temperature-rise test when their contact pressure depends on insulating material.
• Special national condition - A national characteristic or practice that cannot be changed over a long period and can therefore remain normative for a country.
• Presumption of conformity - The regulatory effect described in Annex ZZ when the standard is cited under Directive 2014/35/EU.

Who uses SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026?

SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 is used by manufacturers of luminaire connection devices, especially where DCL interfaces are involved. It is also relevant to test laboratories, certification bodies, electrical product engineers and compliance teams that need to verify safety tests and national application conditions.

Buyers and specifiers use it when they need to check whether a product is intended for the 250 V, 50 Hz application covered by the amended scope. Regulators and conformity assessors use Annex ZZ when linking product evidence to the safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU.

What changed in SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 from the previous edition?

This amendment modifies prEN IEC 61995-1. The changes stated in the document are:

• the scope is updated to specify 250 V at 50 Hz,
• the note in Clause 10.2.2 is replaced with “NOTE Void”,
• Clause 16.3 sets the test voltage at 2000 V,
• Clause 19.2 adds a separate temperature-rise test arrangement for certain earthing socket contact assemblies.

Which standards are used with SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026?

Annex ZA names the standards used alongside this amendment and shows which published European versions apply.

• IEC 60068-2-31 - rough handling shock testing for equipment-type specimens.
• IEC 60068-2-75 - hammer test methods for environmental testing.
• IEC 60112 - comparative tracking index testing for solid insulating materials.
• IEC 60529 - IP Code testing for enclosure protection.
• IEC 60695-2-11 - glow-wire flammability testing for end-products.
• IEC 61032 - probes for verification of enclosure protection.
• IEC 61995-2 - the companion part giving standard sheets for DCL.
• ISO/IEC Guide 51 - guidance for including safety aspects in standards.

What does the SIST EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026 document contain?

The document contains a short amendment structure rather than a full rewritten standard. It gives the modified scope text, the changed passages in Clauses 10, 16 and 19, and three annexes that support European application and national implementation.

Annex ZA provides the normative-reference mapping. Annex ZB lists the special national conditions by country. Annex ZZ contains the correspondence table between the standard’s clauses and the safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU, which is the part used for regulatory conformity work.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2026
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: EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026
ICS:
29.120.20 Spojni elementi Connecting devices
29.140.40 Svetila Luminaires
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 2026
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 amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 61995-1:2026; it was approved by CENELEC on 2026-02-09. 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.
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 amendment 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.
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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.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modification to the Scope . 4
2 Modification to Clause 10, “Protection against electric shock” . 4
3 Modification to Clause 16, “Insulation resistance and electric strength” . 4
4 Modification to Clause 19, “Temperature rise” . 4
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications . 5
Annex ZB (normative) Special national conditions. 7
Annex ZZ (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives
of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered . 8
European foreword
This document (EN IEC 61995-1:2026/A11:2026) has been prepared by CLC/TC 23BX “Switches, boxes and
enclosures for household and similar purposes, plugs and socket outlet for D.C."
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2027-06-30
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2029-06-30
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
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 standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
1 Modification to the Scope
Replace “The rated voltage is 125 V or 250 V at 50/60 Hz” with the following:
“The rated voltage is 250 V at 50 Hz.”
2 Modification to Clause 10, “Protection against electric shock”
In 10.3.3 replace the note and its contents with “NOTE  Void”.
3 Modification to Clause 16, “Insulation resistance and electric strength”
In 16.3 replace the second paragraph with:
“The test voltage shall be 2000 V.”
4 Modification to Clause 19, “Temperature rise”
In 19.2 replace the second paragr
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