86A/686/FDIS

FINAL DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

PROJET FINAL DE NORME INTERNATIONALE
Project number IEC 60793-1-21 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/586/CDV- 86A/644/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 60793-1-21, Ed. 1: Optical fibres – Part 1-21: Measurement methods and test
procedures – Coating geometry

Titre
CEI 60793-1-21, Ed. 1: Fibres optiques – Partie 1-21: Méthodes de mesure et
procédures d’essai – Géométrie du révêtement

ATTENTION ATTENTION
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envoyé par le Secrétariat Central du CENELEC. them by the CENELEC Central Secretariat.
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
TELLE.
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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