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author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 09:26:56 am
content: Nah, forget it...

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 10:27:32 am
content: But you should understand what you are going into by doing this. For example the harmonized standard here is for example : NEN-EN-IEC xxxxx. Then there are a bunch of pages at the beginning and end of the IEC standard, that make it the EN-IEC standard. Some of these pagesmodifythe EN standard. Some of these changes are quite significant, that (in my case) would make a product nonconforming with EU law.If you are really desperate of saving money, or you are just curios and want to learn, you can find a lot of Indian standards online, free of charge.Otherwise, if it is for professional reasons, you should buy the local standard. IANAL.

author: fcb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 11:08:57 am
content: We buy standards from the Estonian Standards Office - apparently each EU country can sell EU standards at whatever price they like. We also automatically get emails when standards we've bought are changed or retired (which happens more often than you think).www.evs.ee

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 02:12:06 pm
content: I somehow doubt that russian company is licensed to sell the probably copyrighted documents."The main goal is provision of standards at affordable prices."should ring a huge bell - those standards have never been cheap (heck, during university time, I needed some of those DINs - and they told me, the library had not purchased them, due to the high costs involved).So maybe they just sell those without a license (aka "illegal copy")?That ISO certificate is also just pointless and means nothing. Your local bakery probably has one, too.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 03:25:25 pm
content: Quote from: Haenk on November 19, 2020, 02:12:06 pmRussia is a full member of the IEC and has the right to produce (and sell) those standards in local editions, just like happens in other countries. In the UK the BSI (British Standards Institute) produces BS versions of IEC standards and licences other people to sell them. If it's legitimate here why should it be any less legitimate in Russia? Perhaps Russia just has less of a rent-seeking attitude towards standards?

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2020, 04:13:33 pm
content: There may be countries that have adopted them and provide them for free; India comes to mind. YMMV.Tim

author: elekorsi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 07:56:56 am
content: Quote from: fcb on November 19, 2020, 11:08:57 amI bought some standards yesterday after i saw your post. Everything proper and very cheap. Thanks for the link! My national standarisation office would charge me around 900€ for the same EN standards that i got here for 95€ (without VAT) from the EstoniansOnly the first pages are different, but the main body of the standard is the same all around the EU

author: fcb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 09:40:07 am
content: Quote from: elekorsi on November 20, 2020, 07:56:56 amAwesome. An EMC test-house owner put me onto this a few years ago - we've saved thousands.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 09:50:22 am
content: Quote from: MasterTech on November 19, 2020, 09:26:56 amDeleting the entire text defining what you want from this thread is bad practice - it means readers don't know what the thread is about.It is also rude to the people that have given their time to try to help you.Better practice is to add an "EDIT:.....", optionally using strikethrough on the original text.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 12:01:53 pm
content: Quote from: MasterTech on November 19, 2020, 09:26:56 amI suggest growing a thicker skin. What we were writing about was also legitimate, and I dont think anyone was really disagreeing with you. We just wrote some alternatives and different POV or use cases, and this was all a civic discussion.

author: Northy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 03:24:16 pm
content: Another thumbs up for buying standards from Estonia hereAlways very quick to reply to emails too.G

author: Northy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 08:29:45 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on November 19, 2020, 04:13:33 pmHi Tim,I've been looking on the Bureau of Indian Standards site and they seem to be charging now?The first one I looked for was 62368 and various EMC standards.G