Standards Buying Guides

Explore 103 EN, ISO and IEC standards buying guides, including clearly labelled draft documents. Compare scope, published editions and amendments, then follow a document-specific Genorma link to check prices and purchase options.

103 guides · 12 subjects

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Management and governance6 guides

• EN ISO 9001

  Quality management system requirements, with a practical scope brief and a distinction between document purchase, implementation and certification.

• EN ISO 14001

  Environmental management system requirements, with an operational scope brief and distinctions from energy and carbon-footprint purchases.

• EN ISO 45001

  Occupational health and safety management-system requirements; the EN 2023 adoption corresponds to ISO 2018 and has the published 2024 amendment.

• EN ISO 50001

  Energy management-system requirements, distinguished from a one-off audit or equipment survey, with practical data and project-scope questions.

• ISO 37001

  Anti-bribery management-system requirements and guidance, with transaction-based service selection and the verified international designation.

• ISO 55001

  Asset management-system requirements, distinguished from asset registers, maintenance software and equipment-specific technical assessments.

Security, privacy, AI and continuity10 guides

• EN 40000-1-1

  Draft document. A practical buyer guide to the EN 40000-1-1 cybersecurity vocabulary: common terminology, document selection and the current Genorma draft offer.

• EN 40000-1-2

  Draft document. Choose EN 40000-1-2 for studying product cybersecurity principles, risk management and lifecycle work, with a clear explanation of current draft status.

• prEN 40000-1-3

  Draft document. A focused buying guide for teams reviewing how product vulnerability reports become engineering fixes, secure updates and useful customer communication.

• EN IEC 62443-3-2

  Industrial automation and control-system security risk assessment for system design, with system boundaries, zones/conduits and requirements handover.

• EN IEC 62443-4-1

  Secure development lifecycle requirements for developers and maintainers of industrial automation products, distinguished from integration and system-design assessments.

• EN ISO 22301

  Business continuity management-system requirements, focused on service delivery and distinguished from an IT recovery plan or backup-tool purchase.

• EN ISO/IEC 27001

  Information security management-system requirements; distinguishes ISMS work from technical tests, security products and privacy or continuity objectives.

• EN ISO/IEC 27701

  Independent privacy information management-system requirements and guidance; distinguishes the 2025 publication from the withdrawn extension edition.

• EN ISO/IEC 42001

  AI management-system requirements for organisations developing, providing or using AI, distinguished from tool supply and individual application evaluation.

• ISO/IEC 27017

  Cloud-security controls and guidance for customers and providers, with explicit service responsibilities and the published 2026 replacement of 2015.

Laboratories and conformity assessment7 guides

• EN ISO 15189

  Medical-laboratory quality and competence, including point-of-care testing, with explicit service boundaries and the European amendment check.

• EN ISO/IEC 17020

  Inspection-body competence, impartiality and consistent operation; current 2026 edition and revised independence terminology.

• EN ISO/IEC 17021-1

  General requirements for bodies auditing and certifying management systems, with buyer-role and service-scope distinctions.

• EN ISO/IEC 17025

  Testing and calibration laboratory competence requirements, with method, material, location and relevant-scope questions for service buyers.

• EN ISO/IEC 17043

  Competence and impartiality of proficiency testing providers, with provider-versus-participant purchasing decisions and the European amendment.

• EN ISO/IEC 17065

  Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services, with scheme and scope questions and explicit draft-versus-published distinction.

• ISO 17034

  Competence and consistent operation of reference material producers; material-specific purchasing questions and explicit ISO versus EN adoption distinction.

Machinery safety9 guides

• EN 60204-1

  Separate machine electrical equipment, site supply and line integration responsibilities while ordering the European standard and its amendment.

• EN IEC 62061

  Choose the European machinery control-safety base and published amendments, and clarify design, integration and validation responsibilities.

• EN ISO 10218-1

  Compare industrial robot offers by product identity, software options and information for the cell integrator.

• EN ISO 10218-2

  Define a robot-cell purchase through the application boundary, supplier interfaces, commissioning and handover records.

• EN ISO 12100

  Choose the machinery risk-assessment starting document and prepare a clear scope for suppliers, reviewers and integrated machine projects.

• EN ISO 13849-1

  Select the European control-design publication and request evidence that connects supplier data to the intended machinery safety function.

• EN ISO 13849-2

  Commission a validation assignment that matches the design specification and delivered machine configuration.

• EN ISO 14119

  Build an interlock purchasing brief around access tasks, device installation and the machine response, with exact European editions.

• EN ISO 14120

  Prepare a guard purchasing brief that connects drawings, access tasks and supplier evidence, while keeping interlocking and control work distinct.

Electrical, EMC and functional safety14 guides

• EN 55032

  Compare emissions assessment offers using exact product variants, accessories, operating modes and published European references.

• EN 55035

  Make immunity testing quotations comparable by agreeing product functions, configurations, monitoring support and report scope.

• EN 61010-1

  Choose the correct European instrument safety reference and connect the purchased equipment, accessories and assessment basis.

• EN 62133-2

  Match portable lithium battery evidence to the quoted cell and pack construction, with the correct published EN edition.

• EN IEC 60335-1

  Select the published appliance general-requirements document and ask the right questions about Part 2, amendments and product variants.

• EN IEC 61000-6-2

  Prepare a generic industrial immunity assessment brief with a documented scope selection and identifiable product configuration.

• EN IEC 61000-6-4

  Compare industrial emissions service offers using the environment, exact models, connections and evidence boundary.

• EN IEC 63000

  Connect supplier declarations and reports to the actual product and parts list before buying a documentation review service.

• IEC 60598-1

  A practical buying guide to IEC 60598-1:2024, the European adoption and A11 amendment, with Part 2 selection and document-order checks for luminaire projects.

• IEC 61439-1

  Choose the correct IEC or European publication, check corrections and assembly-specific parts, and prepare a clear document order for low-voltage assemblies.

• IEC 61508-1

  A functional safety purchasing guide covering IEC 61508-1:2010, the seven-part series, EN references, sector-specific standards and the developing third edition.

• IEC 61508-2

  Compare functional safety hardware and system offers by their exact evidence boundary, assumptions and integration responsibilities.

• IEC 61508-3

  Build a safety-related software contract with traceable versions, defined evidence and usable support after handover.

• IEC 62368-1

  Choose the right IEC 62368-1 publication for AV and ICT assessment, with correction checks, European amendments, supporting parts and a procurement example.

Medical devices15 guides

• EN 455-1

  A focused medical glove guide covering the hole-integrity document, related assessment areas and matching supplier evidence to the specified product.

• EN 455-2

  Choose the published physical-properties document and make glove-model, construction and size-range evidence explicit in the order.

• EN 455-3

  Choose the published biological-evaluation document and connect the exact glove identity, supporting evidence and packaging claims.

• EN 455-4

  Choose the published shelf-life document and distinguish the manufacturer’s technical evidence from the contract’s delivery conditions.

• EN 60601-1

  Prepare a complete medical electrical assessment offer with exact device identities, amendment references and stated report coverage.

• EN 60601-1-2

  Choose the medical electromagnetic-disturbance collateral document and define the exact system, environment and evidence required.

• EN 62304

  Commission medical software development with a traceable release baseline and clear evidence responsibilities beyond coding completion.

• EN 62366-1

  Define a medical-device usability engineering order with a shared user and task brief, identified design baseline and usable evidence handover.

• EN ISO 10993-1

  Compare biological evaluation and test offers using the actual device, body-contact context and available evidence.

• EN ISO 10993-5

  Choose the cytotoxicity document set and define the samples, evidence purpose and interpretation responsibility before commissioning work.

• EN ISO 10993-18

  Choose the chemical-characterisation document set and define analytical work, reporting and interpretation within the biological evaluation.

• EN ISO 11607-1

  Connect a sterile packaging supplier order to the actual device and process while distinguishing materials and systems from process validation.

• EN ISO 11607-2

  A purchasing guide to medical packaging process validation, document packaging and evidence needed when forming, sealing or assembly processes change.

• EN ISO 14971

  Make a medical-device risk management service match the actual device, available evidence and manufacturer’s decision responsibilities.

• ISO 13485

  Define a medical-device quality-system purchase around actual sites, activities, outsourced processes and practical handover.

Construction and materials13 guides

• EN 197-1

  Match the common cement document to the specified product and review designation, product evidence and proposed substitutions before ordering.

• EN 206-1

  A concrete purchasing guide to the published 2026 Part 1, specification responsibilities and connecting production and delivery evidence to the order.

• EN 1090-1

  A buyer’s guide to structural-component conformity assessment, product boundaries and connecting supplier documents to the actual order.

• EN 1090-2

  A practical guide to the amended steel execution standard, related EN 1090 parts and the project information buyers should clarify before ordering.

• EN 1090-3

  An aluminium procurement guide covering the published 2019 edition, planned revision, Part 5 boundary and useful supplier evidence questions.

• EN 1990-1

  A document-selection guide to the structural design basis, the published new-structures part and aligning Eurocode generations with national and project requirements.

• EN 1992-1-1

  Choose the concrete-design general-rules Eurocode and distinguish its project reference set from concrete supply and execution requirements.

• EN 1993-1-1

  Choose the steel-design general-rules Eurocode and keep the selected design library, material order and execution brief distinct and connected.

• EN 10025-2

  Turn a structural-steel enquiry into a precise material order, distinguishing product form, grade, delivery condition and inspection evidence.

• EN 13501-1

  A construction-product guide to reaction-to-fire classification and matching the classification evidence to the proposed product and installation.

• EN 14351-1

  Match the window or external doorset publication to the product configuration and prepare supplier questions about performance evidence and proposed changes.

• EN 15804

  Choose the construction EPD core rules and establish product coverage, complementary rules and comparability before interpreting results.

• EN 50575

  Choose the construction cable reaction-to-fire document and distinguish its scope from electrical ratings and circuit continuity.

Ladders and toys9 guides

• EN 71-1

  A practical toy-standard buying guide that distinguishes the published 2026 edition from EU citation and maps product changes to supplier evidence.

• EN 71-2

  Select the toy flammability document and prepare a product-specific evidence enquiry for costumes, play enclosures, soft toys and changed materials.

• EN 71-3

  Prepare a traceable toy-material evidence request, distinguish migration from other chemical assessments and order the complete amended EN 71-3 publication.

• EN 131-1

  Identify the ladder type and dimensions before comparing quotations, selecting related EN 131 parts or ordering the amended publication.

• EN 131-2

  A buyer-focused guide to the current amended portable ladder standard, design-specific companion parts and matching test evidence to the supplied model.

• EN 131-3

  A practical guide to ordering the ladder marking and instructions document and controlling product-specific artwork, translations and revisions.

• EN 131-6

  A telescopic-ladder purchasing guide covering the amended edition, configuration boundaries and matching supplier evidence to the proposed model.

• EN 131-7

  Choose the mobile platform ladder document from the equipment configuration, scope boundaries and supplier evidence rather than a generic access-equipment name.

• EN IEC 62115

  Choose the published electric-toy document set and match the evidence to the complete power arrangement being sold.

Protective equipment and playgrounds5 guides

• EN 149

  Choose the published particle-filtering half-mask document and separate product assessment from workplace suitability and individual fit.

• EN 388

  Choose the amended mechanical protective-glove document and compare model-specific claims with the properties selected for the work.

• EN 1176-1

  Choose the general public-playground document and define the equipment, surfacing and installation responsibilities in the purchase.

• EN ISO 13688

  Choose the general protective-clothing document set and distinguish it from the standards supporting specific hazard protection.

• EN ISO 20345

  Choose the general-purpose safety-footwear document set and ask which exact model and options meet the selected work requirements.

Railway applications6 guides

• EN 15085-2

  Make a railway welding supplier order match its actual manufacturing site, activities, evidence and responsibility boundaries.

• EN 45545-2

  Compare railway material offers by exact product identity, tested construction, application evidence and change responsibilities.

• EN 50126-1

  A practical guide to the railway RAMS process, the 2017 base document and its A1:2024 amendment, with project-boundary questions and verified purchase links.

• EN 50126-2

  Select the right systems-safety document set and ask useful questions about hazards, interfaces, responsibilities and supporting railway project evidence.

• EN 50129

  A buyer’s guide to the published 2026 signalling standard, with edition checks and questions that distinguish generic product evidence from a particular installation.

• EN 50716

  Select the published railway software standard and clarify code, tools, reused software and application data before comparing supplier quotations.

Transport and automotive3 guides

• EN 12195-1

  Separate the securing calculation or plan from the restraint order and connect both to the actual load and transport arrangement.

• ISO 26262-3

  Compare concept-phase service offers using a shared automotive item definition, review responsibilities and agreed deliverables.

• ISO/SAE 21434

  Compare automotive cybersecurity services by the engineering evidence and lifecycle responsibilities actually included in the contract.

Food, packaging, energy and sustainability6 guides

• EN 13432

  Packaging recovery through composting and biodegradation, with complete-construction and controlled-treatment evidence questions.

• EN 16247-1

  General energy-audit requirements, methodology and deliverables, with scope and companion-part questions for buildings, processes and transport.

• EN ISO 14064-1

  Organisation-level GHG emissions and removals inventories, including reporting purposes, maintainable evidence and programme-specific requirements.

• EN ISO 14067

  Product and partial product carbon-footprint quantification, with transparent study boundaries and explicit exclusions for offsetting and communication.

• EN ISO 22000

  Food safety management-system requirements across food-chain roles; distinguishes implementation, traceability, testing and scheme-specific certification.

• ISO 22005

  Feed and food traceability-system design and implementation, with defined objectives, record-linkage decisions and explicit ISO versus EN adoption distinction.

Choose the document that fits the job

Begin with the decision you need to make: a management-system project, an engineering purchase, a test programme or a product specification. A standard number alone does not establish the correct part or edition. Each guide explains its purchasing boundary and gives practical questions to help you compare offers.

Use the full reference, including its part, year and amendments, when placing an order. Confirm the language, format, licence and permitted users with the supplier. Keep contractual requirements, national choices and any legal applicability checks separate from catalogue publication status.

Before you buy

1. Read the scope and exclusions, and match them to the actual project.
2. Confirm whether the link supplies a base standard, amendment or consolidated document.
3. Check related parts and the complete document set with the responsible technical lead.
4. Review current availability, language, access format and licence on the named Genorma product page.

These independent guides explain document choices. The licensed standards contain the full requirements, and purchasing a document does not provide a certificate or establish product approval.

For a broader starting point, use industry standards guidance or the top European standards directory.