This part of IEC 62676 gives recommendations and requirements for the, planning, design, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintaining of Video Surveillance Systems (VSS) comprising of image capture device(s), interconnection(s) and image handling device(s), for use in security applications within private or public spaces. The objectives of this part of IEC 62676 are to: b)provide a framework to assist all interested parties in establishing their requirements, c)assist specifiers and users in determining the appropriate equipment required for a given application, d)provide means of evaluating objectively the performance of the VSS.