1 Scope
This Guide defines provisions for the implementation of IEC Guide 108 by ACEA and IEC committees within the area of environment.
NOTE 1 Environment here refers to the surroundings in which a product or system exists, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation.
It defines procedures for
IEC committees to request the assignment of horizontal functions within the area of environment, giving the committee authority to develop one or more environment horizontal publications within the assigned horizontal function, as well as to manage the environment horizontal publications developed under the assigned horizontal function, and
ACEA on how to assess and recommend (to the SMB) the assignment of horizontal functions within the area of environment to a committee, and to manage and supervise assigned environment horizontal functions and the respective environment horizontal publications and their correct application by product committees.
This Guide also describes the respective responsibilities of the developers and users of environment horizontal publications in order to ensure that the area of environment is dealt with in a comprehensive and coherent manner by the IEC technical community.
This Guide does not cover horizontal functions within the areas of energy efficiency and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), which are covered by IEC Guide 118 [1]1 and IEC Guide 107 [2], respectively.
NOTE 2 The IEC Standardization Management Board (SMB) has decided that Guides such as this can have mandatory requirements which shall be followed by all IEC committees developing technical work that falls within the scope of the Guide, as well as guidance which may or may not be followed. The mandatory requirements in this Guide are identified by the use of "shall". Statements that are only for guidance are identified by using the verb "should". (See IEC Directives Supplement Part 1, A.1.1.)