Knowing when an EN version modifies the base standard

[rothlis]

Well, not all NBs are the same...

If you never had any issues surrounding that, and don't plan on changing your NB, I would let it go. If you do a risk-benefit analysis, I think that the risk of getting cited for a non-equivalent standard seems low enough to leave it alone.

Yes, that's the route I'm planning. I was just thought maybe there was a middle ground, something other than:
a) waiting for an auditor to tell us that we're missing requirements that are only in an EN version, or
b) buying dozens of $300 coversheets that tell me what I bought is identical to a document I had already purchased before

 

[CharlieUK]

Not all Standards Bodies are expensive.

Most standards can be purchased through Estonian Standards, http://www.evs.ee/shop, where:
- you can buy a standard such as EN ISO 14971:2012 for 22 Euro
- or Read any standard (for 24 hours) for just 2 Euros
- generally obtain copies of AC corrigenda without charge.

 

[rothlis]

Thanks Charlie! That looks like it might be a good middle road option.

 

[Mark Meer]

Most standards can be purchased through Estonian Standards, http://www.evs.ee/shop, where:
- you can buy a standard such as EN ISO 14971:2012 for 22 Euro

Hmmm...
- BSI shop: 295 Euro
- ISO shop (original): 164 Euro
- Estonian Standards: 22 Euro???

Too good to be true? Seems fishy...

 

[CharlieUK]

Hmmm...
- BSI shop: 295 Euro
- ISO shop (original): 164 Euro
- Estonian Standards: 22 Euro???

Too good to be true? Seems fishy...

No, completely legitimate and real.

Estonia is a member of the EU and Estonian Standards is a member of the relevant European standards committees.

As I understand it, the Estonian Government wants to help its companies have access to these standards, and the website makes them available to all.

There was a recent discussion on the IEEE EMC-PSTC forum relating to costs of standards for telecom/IT equipment and the following ranking comparison was obtained, where the % is the relative cost compared to most expensive.

1 Estonia http://www.evs.ee/shop 9%
2 Denmark http://www.ds.dk/en 38%
3 Luxembourg ILNAS https://ilnas.services-publics.lu/ecnor/home.action 43%
4 Global IHS https://global.ihs.com 56%
5 Techstreet http://www.techstreet.com 89%
6 BSI http://shop.bsigroup.com/Navigate-by/Standards/ 93%
7 ANSI Store http://webstore.ansi.org 100%
8 DocumentCenter https://www.document-center.com ---