Standards are appointments and may become enforceable by jurisdictional law and administrative regulations through signed contracts (for instance a sales contract) and can be understood to be ‘‘approved technology rules’’. The general features of standards are, in short: . . . . . . Standards are a service for technology. Standards are an economic and a technical form of cooperation (see also DIN 820 Part 1). | 14 Standards and Regulations for Batteries and Battery Plants H. A. KIEHNE SIGNIFICANCE OF STANDARDS Standards are appointments and may become enforceable by jurisdictional law and administrative regulations through signed contracts for instance a sales contract and can be understood to be approved technology rules . The general features of standards are in short Standards are a service for technology. Standards are an economic and a technical form of cooperation see also DIN 820 Part 1 . Standards are planned unifications of material and immaterial objects to serve everybody. Standards may not lead to exceptional economic advantages for any party. Standards may not affect the progress of technology and innovations. Standards shall help to cut down trade barriers. NATIONAL GERMAN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS The Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission DKE is in charge of designing standards and regulations for the electrotechnical sector for Germany. The three institutes for this job are the DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung German Institute for Standardization the DKE Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik German Electrotechnical Commission and the VDE Verein Deutscher Elektro- Copyright 2003 by Expert Verlag. All Rights Reserved. techniker German member of IEEE . Results of their work are the Deutsche Normen or German standards DIN DIN EN and DIN IEC and the Bestimmungen or regulations VDE and DIN . Federal and state laws are superior to these standards. For example Explosion regulations Ex V . Regulations on working environments Arb. Staett. V . Building regulations Elt Bau V . Regulations for assembly halls V Staett V . Regulations for office buildings Gh V . For the European Community the EU directives and regulations are of the same importance and also gain law status through regulations. Supporters and cosupporters of standards and regulations can also be corporate bodies . producer unions associations and institutes. National carriers are also .
