IEC 61140:2016可作为IEC 61140:2016获得 包含国际标准及其红线的RLV 版本，显示技术内容与 上一版。 IEC 61140:2016适用于保护人员和牲畜免受电击。目的是给出电气装置、系统和设备共有的或其协调所必需的基本原则和要求，对电压或电流的大小或电流的类型没有限制，并且对于高达1 000 Hz的频率没有限制。根据IEC指南104，它具有基本安全出版物的地位。这第四版取消并取代了2001年出版的第三版和修正案1:20 04。本版构成技术修订版。

IEC 61140:2016 is available as IEC 61140:2016 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.

IEC 61140:2016 applies to the protection of persons and livestock against electric shock. The intent is to give fundamental principles and requirements which are common to electrical installations, systems and equipment or necessary for their coordination, without limitations with regard to the magnitude of the voltage or current, or the type of current, and for frequencies up to 1 000 Hz. It has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2001 and Amendment 1:2004. This edition constitutes a technical revision.