European Adoption

NationalEVS-EN

Description

A European Norm adopted as an Estonian standard: "EVS EN". The EN itself may adopt an ISO or ISO/IEC document, giving three levels (EVS-EN ISO 9001).

Syntax

EVS identifiers follow: EVS[-EN][-ISO[/IEC]] [Number]:[Year] with supplements after a slash ("/A1:2024"). Types: EVS (national), EVS-EN (European adoption), EVS-EN ISO / EVS-EN ISO/IEC (international adoption via EN), EVS-TS (technical specification), EVS-TR (technical report).

Examples 1

EVS-EN 18216:2026

Components Used

EVS European Adoption identifiers are composed of these elements:

Publisher

Enumeration

EVS, with adoption chain prefixes EN, ISO, ISO/IEC

EVSEVS-ENEVS-EN ISOEVS-EN ISO/IEC

e.g.EVS-EN ISO

Document Type

Enumeration

Standard (default), TS, TR

TSTR

Between publisher and number (EVS-TS 1)

e.g.TS

Number

String

The document number

e.g.9001

:number

Year

Publication year after the colon

e.g.2015

:year

Supplement

Amendment/corrigendum of the adopted document, after a slash

A{n}:{year} (e.g. /A1:2024)

e.g./A1:2024

Algebraic Relations

Relations that can involve European Adoption identifiers:

Relation	Description	Syntax	Example
Adoption	A national adoption of a European or international document	`EVS-EN ISO [Number]:[Year]`	`EVS-EN ISO 9001:2015/A1:2024`
Amendment	Amendment to the adopted document	`EVS [Number]:[Year]/A[n]:[Year]`	`EVS-EN ISO 9001:2015/A1:2024`