BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 61960-1:2001 IEC 61960-1:2000 Incorporating Corrigendum No. 1 Secondary lithium cells and batteries for portable applications Part l: Secondary lithium cells The European Standard EN 61960-1:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 29.220.30 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW BS EN 61960-1:2001 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 61960-1:2001. It is identical with IEC 61960-1:2000, including Corrigendum February 2002. BSI The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PEL/21, to Subcommittee PEL/21/1, Alkaline secondary cells and batteries, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this Subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. From 1 January 1997, all IEC publications have the number 60000 added to the old number. For instance, IEC 27-1 has been renumbered as IEC 60027-1. For a period of time during the change over from one numbering system to the other, publications may contain identifiers from both systems. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard, having been prepared under the Summary of pages sheffieldun s direction of the This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, Electrotechnical Sector Committee, was published pages 2 to 26, an inside back cover and a back cover. under the authority of the The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the Standards Committee and comes into effect on document was lastissued. 15 August 2001 Licensed Copy: s Amendments issued since publication Date Comments Amd. No. 13813 26 June 2002 Change to clause 5.2.2.1.1 C BSI 26 June 2002 Corrigendum No. 1 ISBN 0 580 38165 X EN 61960-1 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM February 2001 BSI ICS 29.220.30;29.220.90 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) English version Secondary lithium cells and batteries for portable applications Part 1: Secondary lithium cells (IEC 61960-1:2000) Eléments et batteries d'accumulateurs Lithium-Sekundarzellen und -batterien au lithium pour applications portables fur tragbare Gerate Partie 1: Eléments d'accumulateurs au Teil 1: Lithium-Sekundarzellen lithium (IEC 61960-1:2000) (CEI 61960-1:2000) Fri Nov 10 14:58:01 This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2000-12-01. 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 maybe obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. na, Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, r This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other notified tothe Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, N