A brief introduction to IEC

Development History

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the world's earliest established non-governmental international electrotechnical standardization body, is a Class A advisory organization to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC.) After the establishment of ISO in 1947, IEC had been incorporated into ISO as an electrotechnical division, but still maintained its independence technically and financially. According to the new agreement between ISO and IEC in 1976, both organizations are legally independent organizations, and IEC is responsible for international standardization work related to electrical and electronic fields, while other fields are handled by ISO. the member countries of IEC include most of the industrially developed countries and some developing countries. The purpose of IEC is to promote the international unification of electrical standards, international cooperation in standardization and related aspects in the field of electrical and electronic engineering, and to improve international mutual understanding, and to achieve this purpose, to publish international standards, including The IEC's field of work includes electrical technology in the fields of electricity, electronics, telecommunications and atomic energy.

Organization

The IEC has 88 member countries (62 full members and 26 associate members) called IEC National Committees, and each country can have only one body as its member. Each member country is a member of the Council, which meets once a year, known as the IEC Annual Meeting, and is held in each member country in turn. The Executive Committee handles matters referred to it by the Council. the technical work of IEC is the responsibility of the Executive Committee (CA). In order to improve efficiency, the Executive Committee is divided into three groups, A, B and C, which deal with the coordination of standard development work in different areas at the same time. IEC has 95 technical committees and 80 sub-technical committees. China became a member of the IEC Executive Committee in 1957, and the IEC has three certification committees, one for electronic components quality assessment (IECQ), one for electronic safety certification (IECEE), and one for explosion-proof electrical certification (IECEX). In order to unify the development of relevant certification guidelines, IEC also established in 1996 the Conformity Assessment Board (CAB), responsible for the development of a series of certification and accreditation guidelines, including system certification work.