CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations
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Internal Regulations Part 3 Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of CEN and CENELEC documents (ISO/IEC Directives — Part 2:2018, modified) June 2019 European Committee for Standardization Tel: +32 2 550 08 11 Fax: +32 2 550 08 19 European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Tel: +32 2 519 68 71 Fax: +32 2 550 08 19 Rue de la Science 23, 1040 Brussels – Belgium www.cen.eu www.cenelec.eu www.cencenelec.eu CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3:2019 (E) CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES TO THE ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES, PART 2 ................................... 5 European foreword ............................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 8 1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 9 2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 9 3 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL PRINCIPLES ....................................................................................................... 16 4 Objective of standardization .......................................................................................... 17 5 Principles ...................................................................................................................... 17 6 Organization and subdivision of the subject matter ........................................................ 20 7 Verbal forms for expressions of provisions .................................................................... 23 8 Language, spelling, abbreviated terms, style and basic reference works........................ 26 9 Numbers, quantities, units and values ........................................................................... 27 10 Referencing ................................................................................................................... 30 SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DOCUMENT .................................................................................. 36 11 Title ............................................................................................................................... 37 12 Foreword ....................................................................................................................... 39 13 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 40 14 Scope ............................................................................................................................ 41 15 Normative references .................................................................................................... 42 16 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................... 44 17 Symbols and abbreviated terms ..................................................................................... 50 18 Measurement and test methods ..................................................................................... 51 19 Marking, labelling and packaging ................................................................................... 55 20 Annexes ........................................................................................................................ 56 21 Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 58 COMPONENTS OF THE TEXT ............................................................................................. 59 22 Clauses and subclauses ................................................................................................ 60 23 Lists .............................................................................................................................. 62 24 Notes ............................................................................................................................. 63 25 Examples ...................................................................................................................... 66 26 Footnotes ...................................................................................................................... 67 27 Mathematical formulae .................................................................................................. 68 28 Figures .......................................................................................................................... 70 29 Tables ........................................................................................................................... 79 POLICY ................................................................................................................................ 82 30 Patent rights .................................................................................................................. 83 31 Use of trade names and trademarks .............................................................................. 83 32 Copyright ....................................................................................................................... 83 33 Aspects of conformity assessment ................................................................................. 84 34 Aspects of quality management systems, reliability and sampling .................................. 85 3 CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3:2019 (E) 35 Management standards (MS) and management systems standards (MSS) .................... 85 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................ 87 Annex A (informative) Checklist for writers and editors of documents................................... 88 Annex B (normative) Quantities and units ............................................................................ 90 Annex C (normative) Designation of internationally standardized items ................................ 93 Annex D (informative) Reference documents and sources for drafting ................................ 100 Annex ZA (normative) Adoption (endorsement) of International Standards and other reference documents as European Standards ................................. 103 ZA.1 General ..................................................................................................................... 103 ZA.2 European Standard identical with an International Standard ...................................... 103 ZA.3 European Standard with common modifications ......................................................... 103 ZA.4 European Standard with numerous deviations............................................................ 104 ZA.5 Other reference documents........................................................................................ 104 ZA.6 European annexes ..................................................................................................... 104 ZA.7 Particular conditions existing in certain countries ....................................................... 104 Annex ZB (normative) European annexes on special national conditions, A-deviations and normative references .......................................................................................... 106 ZB.1 Special national conditions ........................................................................................ 106 ZB.2 A-deviations ............................................................................................................... 106 ZB.3 Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications (For CENELEC only) .............................................................. 107 Annex ZC (normative) Publication of European Standards as national standards ............... 108 ZC.1 General ..................................................................................................................... 108 ZC.2 Reproduction of a European Standard ....................................................................... 109 ZC.3 Endorsement of a European Standard ....................................................................... 109 ZC.4 Translation of an official version of a European Standard .......................................... 109 ZC.5 Publication as a national standard of a European Standard which is an endorsement of an International Standard or other reference document..................... 110 ZC.6 Special national conditions and A-deviations ............................................................. 111 ZC.7 Additional national information ................................................................................... 111 ZC.8 References (quotations) in national standards implementing a European Standard .... 111 ZC.9 Composition of a European Standard and scheme for its national publication ............ 112 4 CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3:2019 (E) INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES TO THE ISO/IEC DIRECTIVES, PART 2 5 CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3:2019 (E) European foreword This Part 3 of the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations sets out the rules for the structure, drafting and presentation of European Standards (EN) and for the implementation