States the characteristics of the equipment, the conditionswith which the equipment shall comply (operation andbehaviour in normal service, operation and behaviour in caseof specified abnormal conditions, dielectric properties) thetest for confirming that these conditions have been met andthe methods to be adopted for these tests; the informationto be marked on the equipment or made available by themanufacturer, e.g. in the catalogue.This publication supersedes IEC 60408 (1985) and should be read in conjunction with IEC 60947-1 (1988).