CENELEC

body, standard The European Committee for Electrotechnical

Standardization. A body developing electrotechnical standards

for the Single European Market / European Economic Area in

order to reduce internal frontiers and trade barriers for

electrotechnical products, systems and services. CENELEC's 19

member countries and 11 affiliate countries aim to adopt and

implement the required standards, which are mostly identical

to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

standards. CENELEC works in co-operation with ComiteEuropeen de Normalisation (CEN) and EuropeanTelecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

(1999-09-28)