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weak point should be incorporated within the body of the cable reel The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags Tags indicating changes to IEC text carry the number of the IEC amendment For example text altered by IEC amendment is indicated in the text by The CENELEC common modifications have been implemented at the appropriate places in the text and are indicated by a side line in the margin 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 The publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards responsible for its correct application Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Electrotechnical Sector Board, was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 15 April 1998 © The British Standards Institution 2016 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016 ISBN 978 580 85534 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Amd No Date Comments 13485 31 October 2001 Missing clause number 20.2 on page 21 15363 October 2004 Replaced by A1:2008 16403 31 July 2006 Replaced by A1:2008 30 June 2011 Implementation of IEC amendment 1:2008 with its CENELEC endorsement A1:2008 (includes CEN corrigendum October 2010) BSI identifer aligned with CENELEC 31 January 2014 National foreword text updated 31 March 2016 Implementation of IEC amendment 2:2015 with CENELEC endorsement A2:2016 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61242:1997+A2 61242/A1 NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM ICS 29.060; 29.120.99 April 20082016 February Supersedes EN 61242:1997/A11:2004 and EN 61242:1997/A12:2006 Incorporates corrigendum October 2010 English version Electrical accessories Cable reels for household and similar purposes (IEC 61242:1995/A1:2008) Petit appareillage électrique Cordons prolongateurs enroulés sur tambour pour usages domestiques et analogues (CEI 61242:1995/A1:2008) Elektrisches Installationsmaterial Leitungsroller für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke (IEC 61242:1995/A1:2008) This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 61242:1997; it was approved by CENELEC on 2008-03-01 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member This amendment 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 Central Secretariat has the same 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