IEC GUIDE 123:2025 ED1

Assignment and management of horizontal functions within the aspect environment

Scope

IEC GUIDE 123:2025 defines provisions for the implementation of IEC Guide 108 by ACEA and IEC committees within the area of environment.
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 and IEC Guide 107, respectively.