BSI Standards Publication
Root cause analysis (RCA)
BS EN 62740:2015
National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 62740:2015. It is
identical to IEC 62740:2015.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee DS/1, Dependability.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
request to its secretary.
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© The British Standards Institution 2015.
Published by BSI Standards Limited 2015
ISBN 978 0 580 79741 5
ICS 03.120.01
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from
legal obligations.
This British Standard was published under the authority of the
Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 April 2015.
Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication
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BRITISH STANDARD
BS EN 62740:2015
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 62740
April 2015
ICS
03.120.01
English Version
Root cause analysis (RCA)
(IEC 62740:2015)
Analyse de cause initiale (RCA)
(IEC 62740:2015)
Ursachenanalyse
(IEC 62740:2015)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on
2015-03-20. 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.
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EN 62740:2015 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 56/1590/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62740, prepared by IEC/TC 56
"Dependability" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
EN 62740:2015.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dop)
2015-12-20
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
(dow)
2018-03-20
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62740:2015 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60300-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60300-1.
IEC 61025 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61025.
IEC 61649 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61649.
IEC 61163-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61163-1.
IEC 62508:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62508:2010 (not modified).
ISO/IEC 31010:2009 NOTE Harmonized as EN 31010:2010 (not modified).
BS EN 62740:2015
- 3 - EN 62740:2015
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication
Year
Title
EN/HD
Year
IEC 60050 Series
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International Electrotechnical Vocabulary
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