BS EN IEC 61020-1:2019 BSl Standards Publication Electromechanical switches for use in electrical and electronic equipment Part 1: Generic specification bsi. BSENIEC61020-1:2019 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword ThisBritish Standard is theUK implementation of ENIEC 61020-1:2019 It is identicalto IEC61020-1:2019.Itsupersedes BS EN61020-1:2009, whichwillbewithdrawnon20February2022. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PEL/23, Electrical accessories. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforits correctapplication. @TheBritish Standards Institution2019 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2019 ISBN9780580968518 ICS31.220.20 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policyand Strategy Committeeon31March2019. Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Textaffected BSENIEC61020-1:2019 EUROPEANSTANDARD ENIEC 61020-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM March 2019 ICS31.220.20 Supersedes EN 61020-1:2009 English Version Electromechanical switchesfor use inelectrical and electronic equipment - Part 1: Generic specification (IEC61020-1:2019) Interrupteurs electromécaniquespouréquipements Elektromechanische Schalter zur Verwendung in Geraten electriques et electroniques - Partie 1: Specification der Elektrotechnik und Elektronik - Teil 1: generique Fachgrundspezifikation (IEC 61020-1:2019) (IEC 61020-1:2019) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-02-20. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre orto any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels @2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members. Ref. No.EN IEC 61020-1:2019 E