EN 50290-1-1:2001

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2002
Communication cables - Part 1-1: General
Communication cables -- Part 1-1: General
Kommunikationskabel -- Teil 1-1: Allgemeines
Câbles de communication -- Partie 1-1: Généralités
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50290-1-1:2001
ICS:
33.120.10 Koaksialni kabli. Valovodi Coaxial cables. Waveguides
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50290-1-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM September 2001
ICS 33.120.10
English version
Communication cables
Part 1-1: General
Câbles de communication Kommunikationskabel
Partie 1-1: Généralités Teil 1-1: Allgemeines
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2001-05-01. 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 may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat 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 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, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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© 2001 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 50290-1-1:2001 E
Foreword
This European Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 46X,
Communication cables.
The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 50290-1-1 on 2001-05-01.
The following dates were fixed:
- latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2002-04-01
- latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2004-04-01
This European Standard has been prepared under the European Mandate M/212 given to CENELEC by
the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.

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Table of contents
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references. 4
3 Definitions. 5
4 Common design rules and construction . 5
5 Quality assessment . 5
6 Environmental conditions, installation and safety aspects. 5
7 Tests . 5
7.1 General. 5
7.2 Visual inspection . 6
7.3 Dimensional inspection . 6
7.4 Electrical tests (metallic conductors). 6
7.5 Transmission and optical tests (optical fibres). 6
7.6 Mechanical tests. 6
7.7 Environmental tests . 6
7.8 Tests on materials . 6
7.9 Fire and smoke tests. 6
8 Specifications. 6
8.1 Multi-element metallic cables . 6
8.2 Coaxial cables. 8
8.3 Fibre optic cables . 8

1 Scope
Part 1-1 and Part 1-2 of EN 50290 give directly or by reference all common requirements for
communication cables.
They are completed by generic, sectional, family and detail specifications, as appropriate, to
describe in a detailed manner each type of cables with its specific characteristics.
EN 50290 consists of the following parts:
- Part 1-1 General
- Part 1-2 Definitions
- Part 2-1 Common design rules and construction - General
- Part 2-2X series Common design rules and construction - Materials
- Part 3 Quality assessment
- Part 4-1 General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions
and safety aspects
- Part 4-2 General considerations for the use of cables - Guide for use
The test methods are described in EN 50289, Communication cables - Specifications for test
methods, which consists of the following parts:
- Part 1-X series Electrical test methods
- Part 2-X series Transmission and optical test methods
- Part 3-X series Mechanical test methods
- Part 4-X series Environmental test methods.
This Part 1-1 harmonizes the standardisation of symmetrical, coaxial and optical cables used
for the infrastructure of communication, multimedia and control networks. Most of the cables
covered by this Part 1-1 are primarily intended to be used in IT networks. However they can
also be used for other applications with the exception of those which presume a direct
connection to the mains electricity supply.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and
the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or
revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated
in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication
referred to applies (including amendments).
EN 50289-1-X series Communication cables - Specifications for test methods -
Part 1-X: Electrical test methods

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EN 50289-2-X Communication cables - Specifications for test methods -
Part 2-X: Transmission and optical tes
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