EN IEC 60794-2-23 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM March 2024 ICS33.180.10 English Version Optical fibre cables - Part 2-23: Indoor cables - Detail specification for multi-fibre cables for use in MPO connector terminated cable assemblies (IEC 60794-2-23:2024) Cables a fibres optiques - Partie 2-23: Cables interieurs - Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Teil 2-23: LWL-Innenkabel - Specification particuliere pour les cables multifibres utilises Bauartspezifikation fur Mehrfaserkabel zur Verwendung in dans les cabies assemblés équipés de connecteurs MPO mit MPO-Steckverbindern konfektionierten Kabeln (IEC 60794-2-23:2024) (IEC 60794-2-23:2024) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2024-03-06. 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 or to 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 languageand notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELECmembers arethenational electrotechnical committees of Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia, Cyprus,theCzechRepublic Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiye and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels Ref.No.EN IEC 60794-2-23:2024 E EN IEC 60794-2-23:2024 (E) European foreword and cables" of IEC/TC 86 "Fibre optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60794-2-23:2024. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2024-12-06 level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2027-03-06 document have to be withdrawn Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60794-2-23:2024 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated: IEC61753-1 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61753-1 2 EN IEC 60794-2-23:2024 (E) Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. the relevant EN/HD applies. NOTE2Up-to-date information onthe latestversions of theEuropeanStandards listed inthisannexis available here: www.cencenelec.eu. Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60793-1-20 Optical fibres Part 1-20: EN 60793-1-20 Measurement Fibre methods and test procedures geometry IEC 60793-1-21 Optical fibres Part 1-21: Measurement EN 60793-1-21 Coating methods and test procedures geometry IEC