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DKE: Germany's Electrotechnical Standards Commission

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Germany's national commission for electrotechnical standardisation. Its committee DKE/K 135 channels German input into the IEC 62474 material-declaration work.

Issuer: Germany (DIN + VDE)
Updated: 2026-06-12

Overview#

The DKE is how Germany plugs into international electrical standards. Its committee K 135 is the door through which German industry shapes the IEC 62474 material-declaration rules.

What it is#

Run by

DIN and VDE jointly

Role

Germany's member body in IEC and CENELEC

Scope

Electrotechnical, electronic and IT standardisation

DKE/K 135: substances in products#

The committee DKE/K 135 handles "capturing chemical substances in electro products". In practice it does three things:

It maintains German input to IEC 62474 (declaration) and IEC 62321 (substance testing).
It nominates Germany's members of the IEC 62474 validation team.
It routes change requests through the German bodies, including ZVEI, before they go to international vote.

So when the IEC 62474 substance list changes, German manufacturers have a defined route to influence it, and that route runs through K 135.