BRITISH STANDARD BS EN —_<_<_;_;;<<<_ = | 60439-1:1999 TEC 60439-1:1999 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies — Part 1: Type-tested and partially type-tested assemblies ‘The European Standard EN 60430-1:1999 has the status of a British Standaxe Oo i) British Standards NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW Copyright by the British Standards Institution Mon Jan 31 20:15:03 2006BS EN 60439-1:1999 “This Btsh Standard having ben prepared under the direction ofthe Blectrtechnical tander the authority of the Standards Commitee and comes ISBN 0 580 351505, National foreword ‘This British Standard is the English language version of EN G0499-1:1999, Itis identical with IBC 60430-1:1999. It supersedes BS EN 60431; 1994 which is swithdrawn. ‘The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PEL/7, Switchgear, controlgear, an! 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Summary of pages ‘This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages Z to 105, the National Annex page, an inside back cover and a back cover. ‘The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd.No. | Date ‘Comments Copyright by the British Standards Isitation Mon Jan 31 20,15:16 2006EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60439-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM October 1999 ics 20:120.60 Supersedes EN 60428-1:1998 and fe amendments English version Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies Part 1: Type-tested and partially type-tested assemblies (IEC 60439-1:1999) Ensembles d'appareillage & basse Niederspannung- tension Schaltgerétekombinationen Partie 1: Ensembles de série et Teil 1: Typgepriifte und partiell ensembles dérivés de série typgepriifte Kombinationen (CEI 60439-1:1999) (IEC 60439-1:1999) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 1999-08-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulete the conditions for giving thie European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration, Up-to-date lists and bibliographical re application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. fences concerning such national standards may be obtained on ‘This European Standard exists in three offical versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the sama status aa the official versions, CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greoee, loeland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlande, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europiisches Komitee far Elektrorechnische Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels © 1999 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by ary means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref, No. EN 60429.1:1999 E Copyright by the British Standards Isitation Mon Jan 31 20,15:16 2006