Standardization meeting

Standardization meeting

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Council for National
Standardization (DSN) will host a conference of the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) next week to discuss
international standardization for electrical equipment.

DSN's secretary Herudi Kartowisastro said yesterday that about
40 member countries, including the United States, Germany,
Britain and Japan, are expected to participate in the IEC
conference in Hotel Indonesia from Sunday to Friday.

The IEC conference will formulate, among other things, the
technical specification and requirement for "switchgear and
controlgear", the electrical equipment which connects and
distributes electricity from a power plant.

The IEC -- established in 1906 in Geneva as an independent
international organization -- has 52 member countries. Its
mission is to increase international cooperation on
standardization, particularly on electricity and electronic
goods.

DSN, set up in 1984, became Indonesia's formal representative
in international standardization organizations, including IEC, in
1986. (bnt)