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Power cords for French Guiana

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90 power cords for French Guiana: 230 V 50 Hz mains, CE_EU required. Country-plug cords for OEM equipment (the local wall plug to IEC 60320), data center jumpers (IEC 60320) and industrial (IEC 60309) cords from our certification records, with the approvals each one carries.

These country pages are in beta. We are still completing the record of plugs, connectors and cords for each country, so more detail and updates are coming soon.

Power in French Guiana

Mains supply
230 V · 50 Hz
Type C/E (French). Outermost region of the EU (Art. 349 TFEU): EU law incl. the LVD applies; inside the EU customs territory; outside the EU VAT area (octroi de mer instead).
Wall plug
Plug type not on our record yet — the IEC 60320 jumpers below fit any PDU or power-supply inlet.
Cord ratings
Under the IEC scheme, IEC 60320 C13 / C14 cords are rated 10 A 250 V and C19 / C20 cords 16 A 250 V; a wall-plug cord carries its plug's own rating.
Approvals
French Guiana requires CE_EU, overseen by DGCCRF (Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes) with DGE — market surveillance for low-voltage equipment; DGDDI (Customs) at the border under Directive 2014/35/EU (LVD) transposed by Décret n° 2015-1083 du 27 août 2015; Loi n° 94-665 (Toubon) art. 2 — French language on product information.
Regulator: DGCCRF (Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes) with DGE — market surveillance for low-voltage equipment; DGDDI (Customs) at the border
Our cords approved for French Guiana carry: CE Marking, ENEC Mark (European Norms Electrical Certification), KEMA-KEUR, UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed), VDE Mark.

Cord-set standard: EN IEC 60320-1 (appliance couplers) and EN 60799 (cord sets and interconnection cord sets) as LVD harmonised standards; cordage H05VV-F per HD 21 / EN 50525 (HAR). Cordage accepted: H05VV-F (HAR), H05RR-F (HAR). Labels in French.

Data center power cords for French Guiana

IEC 60320 jumpers — a C14 or C20 plug into the PDU, a C13, C15 or C19 connector into the server, switch or storage. For most countries these are our global cords: one part number carries the marks French Guiana requires, so a data center operator deploys the same cord in every region.

Not on the record for French Guiana yet

  • Country plug cords — The wall plug used in French Guiana on one end and the IEC 60320 inlet on your equipment on the other — C13, C15, C5, C7 or C19. The cord an OEM ships in the box with equipment sold into French Guiana, and the one an office, lab or shop floor plugs straight into the wall; every cord here carries the approval French Guiana requires.
  • Industrial cords — IEC 60309 pin-and-sleeve cords, 16–32 A — the international industrial connector, dual-rated for IEC and North American circuits.

We list a cord here only when our certification record shows it is approved for use in French Guiana or needs no national approval there. Need one of these kinds for French Guiana? Ask us — we quote the cord and file the approval.

Questions about power cords for French Guiana

What is the mains voltage in French Guiana?

230 V at 50 Hz. Under the IEC scheme, IEC 60320 C13 / C14 cords are rated 10 A 250 V and C19 / C20 cords 16 A 250 V; a wall-plug cord carries its plug's own rating.

What approval does a power cord need in French Guiana?

French Guiana requires CE_EU, overseen by DGCCRF (Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes) with DGE — market surveillance for low-voltage equipment; DGDDI (Customs) at the border under Directive 2014/35/EU (LVD) transposed by Décret n° 2015-1083 du 27 août 2015; Loi n° 94-665 (Toubon) art. 2 — French language on product information. A cord marked "Approved for use in French Guiana" on this page carries that approval on our record; "No national approval required" means the record names none for that cord type.

Are IEC 60320 C13 / C14 jumper cords approved for French Guiana?

Yes — 87 data center cords (C14 or C20 into the PDU, C13 / C15 / C19 into the equipment) are approved for use in French Guiana or need no national approval there. For most countries these are our global cords: one part number carries the marks several countries require.

Which certification marks do your cords for French Guiana carry?

Our cords approved for use in French Guiana carry CE Marking, ENEC Mark (European Norms Electrical Certification), KEMA-KEUR, UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) and VDE Mark on the record. Every product page lists that cord's own approvals, and we can supply the certificate behind any of them.

Which cordage types are accepted in French Guiana?

H05VV-F (HAR) and H05RR-F (HAR). Our international cords use harmonised H05VV-F / H05RN-F cordage; North American cords use SJT / SJTW.

Also in Americas

"Approved for use in French Guiana" means the cord carries the approval French Guiana requires for its type. "No national approval required in French Guiana" means French Guiana names no national approval for a cord of that type. Need the certificate behind a cord, or a cord for a country not listed? Ask us.