Yes. A major objective of the standard is to enable the development of E/E/PE safety-related systems where application sector international standards do not exist.
Many requirements of IEC 61508, particularly in IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3, are not repeated in the application sector or product standards but are referenced instead. The result is that most users of application sector or product standards will need IEC 61508 also.
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