86A/687/FDIS

FINAL DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

PROJET FINAL DE NORME INTERNATIONALE
Project number IEC 60793-1-22 Ed. 1
Numéro de projet
IEC/TC or SC CEI/CE ou SC Secretariat / Secrétariat
86A France
Submitted for parallel voting in CENELEC Circulated on / Diffusé le Voting terminates on / Vote clos le
Soumis au vote parallèle au CENELEC 2001-05-11 2001-07-13
Also of interest to the following committees Supersedes document
Intéresse également les comités suivants Remplace le document
86A/587/CDV- 86A/645/RVC
Horizontal functions concerned
Fonctions horizontales concernées
Safety EMC Environment Quality assurance
Sécurité CEM Environnement Assurance de la qualité
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION COMMISSION ÉLECTROTECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE

Title
IEC 60793-1-22, Ed. 1: Optical fibres – Part 1-22: Measurement methods and test
procedures – Length measurement

Titre
CEI 60793-1-22, Ed. 1: Fibres optiques – Partie 1-22: Méthodes de mesure et
procédures d’essai – Mesure de la longueur

ATTENTION ATTENTION
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THIS DOCUMENT IS A DRAFT CIRCULATED FOR APPROVAL. IT MAY NOT BE REFERRED TO AS AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNTIL PUBLISHED AS SUCH.
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CE DOCUMENT EST UN PROJET DIFFUSÉ POUR APPROBATION. IL NE PEUT ÊTRE CITÉ COMME NORME INTERNATIONALE AVANT SA PUBLICATION EN TANT QUE
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OUTRE LE FAIT D'ÊTRE EXAMINÉS POUR ÉTABLIR S'ILS SONT ACCEPTABLES À DES FINS INDUSTRIELLES, TECHNOLOGIQUES ET COMMERCIALES, AINSI QUE DU
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DEVENIR DES NORMES POUVANT SERVIR DE RÉFÉRENCE DANS LES RÈGLEMENTATIONS NATIONALES.

© International Electrotechnical Commission

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