When used together with EN 50290 and EN 50289, this European Standard covers cables for instrumentation, inter-connection of equipment and information technology cabling applications. Cables for information technology cabling systems, covered by this standard are suitable for use in digital and analogue data systems meeting the requirements, for example, of EN 50090-2-1, EN 50090-3-1, EN 50098-1, EN 50098-2 and EN 50173. Instrumentation cables covered by this standard are suitable for connecting instruments and control systems for analogue or digital signal transmission. Unless otherwise specified, all cables covered by this standard may be subjected to vol