EN IEC 62788-2-1 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM October 2023 ICS 27.160 English Version Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules - Part 2-1: Polymeric materials - Frontsheet and backsheet - Safety requirements (IEC 62788-2-1:2023) Procedures de mesure des materiaux utilises dans les Messverfahren fur Werkstoffe, die in Photovoltaik-Modulen modules photovoltaiques - Partie 2-1: Materiaux polymeres verwendet werden - Teil 2-1: Polymerwerkstoffe - - Face avant et face arriere - Exigences de securite Frontsheets und Backsheets - Sicherheitsanforderungen (IEC 62788-2-1:2023) (IEC 62788-2-1:2023) 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 language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. 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 62788-2-1:2023 E EN IEC 62788-2-1:2023 (E) European foreword photovoltaic energy systems" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 62788-2-1:2023. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2024-06-29 latest date by which the national with the(dow) standards conflicting 2026-09-29 document have to be withdrawn Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.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. completelistingofthesebodiescanbefoundontheCENELECwebsite Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 62788-2-1:2023 was approved by CENELEC as a EuropeanStandardwithoutanymodification In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated: IEC 62941:2019 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 62941:2020 (not modified) 2 EN IEC 62788-2-1:2023 (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. NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies. NOTE2Up-to-date informationonthelatest versions oftheEuropeanStandards listed inthisannex is available here: www.cencenelec.eu. Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60216-1 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216-1 endurance properties - Part 1: Ageing procedures and evaluation of test results IEC60216-3 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal ENIEC 60216-3 endurance properties - Part 3: Instructions for calculating thermal endurance characteristics IEC60216-5 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal ENIEC60216-5 endurance properties - Part 5: Determination of relative temperature index (RTI) of an insu