Last edit: 04/12/2025
The standard defines the methods to be used to protect people against electric shock. The Latest edition (5.1) is dated March 2017.
The standard has the status of a Group Safety Publication (IEC Guide 104); that means it is primarily intended to be used by other Technical Committees while writing their specific Product Safety Standards. That also means it is not a product safety Standard and it cannot be applied as it is to a specific electrical installation. That is the main difference with NFPA 70 or the CE Code. Those can be used directly to design a safe electrical distribution in buildings.
The series of standards of IEC 60364 are the base for writing the Electrical codes of several countries around the world. Hereafter a small list of the countries Electrical Code:
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– Australia |
AS 3000 |
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– Austria |
OVE / ONORM E8001 |
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– Czech Republic |
OSN 332000-4-41, OSN 332000-6-61 |
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– Denmark |
Stærkstrømsbekendtgørelsen 6 |
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– Finland |
SFS 6000 series 1-7, SFS 6000-8 |
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– France |
NF C 15 – 100 |
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– Greece |
IEC 60364-6, ELOT-HD 384 |
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– Hungary |
MSZ 172, MSZ 4851 |
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– Germany |
VDE 0100 series |
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– Italy |
CEI 64 – 8 |
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– New Zealand |
NZS 3000 |
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– Norway |
NEK 400 |
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– Poland |
PN – IEC 60364 series |
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– Spain |
UNE 20 – 460 series |
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– Sweden |
SS436 46 61, SS-EN 60364 series |
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– Switzerland |
NIV / SN SEV 1000 |
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– U.K., Malta e Cyprus |
BS 7671, IEE Wiring Regulations |