
There are regional international standards harmonization efforts in Europe, the Pacific rim,
Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. One exists in North America between the United
States, Canada, and Mexico. It is called CANENA. CANENA was founded in 1992 as the
Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations of the Americas. Its
scope of work was three-fold. First, it was assigned the task to harmonize the electrotechnical
products standards. Next, it was given the assignment for the development of conformity
assessment test requirements. Third, it was to harmonize the electrical codes between all
democracies in the Western ...