Any country desiring to participate in the work of the IEC shallform a Electrotechnical Committee for its own country, thisCommittee is called National Committee(NC). There shall be only oneNational Committee for each country. There are two forms ofparticipation in the IEC:
- Full membership gives the possibility of fullyparticipating in international standardization activities.
- Associate membership allows for limited participation ofcountries with limited resources.
In addition, a Pre-Associate membership status providescountries with support in forming a national electrotechnicalcommittee, with the aim of becoming Associate members.
The standards work of the IEC is carried out by technicalcommittees (TCs) and subcommittees (SCs). The committees preparetechnical documents which are then submitted to IEC members forvoting with a view to their approval as international standards.Full member has the right to participate in thework of technical committees and subcommittees as
- Participating member (P-member) with an obligation tovote on all questions formally submitted for voting withintechnical committees or subcommittees, and to participate inmeetings, or
- Observer member (O-member) to follow the work as anobserver and therefore to receive committee documents and to haveright to submit comments and to attend meetings. P-member :Participating member of a TC( Tecnical Committe)