IEC acronyms

AC

administrative circular

AC

advisory committee

ACA

Affiliate Conformity Assessment

ACAS

Affiliate Conformity Assessment status

ACB

Academy & Capacity Building

ACEA

Advisory Committee on environmental aspects

ACEC

Advisory Committee on electromagnetic compatibility

ACEE

Advisory Committee on energy efficiency

ACOS

Advisory Committee on safety

ACP

Affiliate Country Programme

ACSEC

Advisory Committee on information security and data privacy

ACTAD

Advisory Committee on electricity transmission and distribution

ACTEL

Advisory Committee on telecommunication

AG

advisory group

AGS

Advisory Group on strategy

ahG

BAC

Business Advisory Committee

CA

conformity assessment

CAB

Conformity Assessment Board

CAG

chairman’s advisory group

CASCO

ISO committee on conformity assessment

CB

council board

CB

certification body

CC

compilation of comments

CCAF

CENELEC Conformity Assessment Forum

CD

committee draft

CISPR

international special committee on radio interference

CMC

certification management committee

CMV

commented version

CSV

consolidated version

DA

draft agenda

DAC

Diversity Advisory Committee

DC

document for comments

DL

decision list

DMT

Directives Maintenance Team

DP

draft proposal

DV

document for voting

ECMP

electronic component management plan

ED

evaluation draft

EDR

essential differences in requirements

EMS

IEC expert management system

ER

evaluation report

ExCo

executive committee

EXV

extended version

FDIS

final draft international standard

GA

General Assembly

GM

General Meeting

GRAC

Governance Review and Audit Committee

IB

IEC Board

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC-AFRC

IEC Africa Regional Centre

IEC-APRC

IEC Asia-Pacific Regional Centre

IEC-LARC

IEC Latin America Regional Centre

IEC-ReCNA

IEC Regional Centre for North America

IECEE

IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components

IECEx

IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres

IEC GIF

IEC Global Impact Fund

IECQ

IEC Quality Assessment System

IECRE

IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Renewable Energy Applications

IEV

international electrotechnical vocabulary

IF

IEC Forum

I-NRG

Innovation & New Revenue Generation

IS

international standard

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ITA

industry technical agreement

JDMT

ISO/IEC Joint Directives Maintenance Team

JTAB

ISO/IEC Joint Technical Advisory Board

JTC

joint technical committee

LMS

learning management system

MC

management committee

MC

marketing committee

MRS

IEC meeting registration system

MSB

Market Strategy Board

MT

maintenance team

NC

National Committee

NCP

National Committee proposal

NEC

national electrotechnical committee

NP

new work item proposal

NSB

national standards body

OC

online collection

O-member

observer member

PACT

President’s Advisory Committee on future technology

PC

project committee

P-member

participating member

PresCom

President’s Committee

PRV

pre-release version

PT

project team

PW

programme of work

PWI

preliminary work item

QP

question of principle

RLV

redline version

RM

report of meeting

RQ

report on questionnaire

RR

review report

RV

report of voting

RVVD

result of vote on VD

SAG

Sales Advisory Group (disbanded in January 2022)

SAG-S

Strategic Advisory Group on security

SB

sector board

SBP

strategic business plan

SC

subcommittee

SEC

Secretariat

SEG

standardization evaluation group

SER

series [of publications]

SG

Secretary-General

SMB

Standardization Management Board

SyC

systems committee

TA

technical area

TC

technical committee

TC/SC

technical committee/subcommittee

TEC

technology report

TMB

ISO Technical Management Board

TO

Technical Officer

TR

technical report

TS

technical specification

TTA

technology trend assessment

USNC

IEC National Committee of the United States of America

VD

validation draft

WG

working group

WIC

workshop for industrializing countries

WSC

World Standards Cooperation [IEC/ISO/ITU]

YP

young professional

YPP

Young Professionals Programme