The current issues of the following documents are the primary basis for the work of the DKE:

• Agreement between the Deutscher Normenausschuss e.V. (DNA) (German Standards Committee), Berlin, and the Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) e.V. (Association of German Electrotechnical Engineers (VDE) e.V.), Frankfurt am Main, of 13th October 1970
• Principles for standardization work of the DKE - collection DKE-GN ("blue folder")
• VDE Statutes
• VDE 0022 "Satzung für das Vorschriftenwerk des VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e. V. " (Rules for the specifications issued by the VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies)
• VDE 0024 "Satzung für das Prüf- und Zertifizierungswesen des Verbandes Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) e.V." (Statutes for the testing and certification of the Association of German Electrotechnical Engineers (VDE) e.V.)
• DIN Statutes
• Standards Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and DIN
• Directive for DIN Standards Committees
• Standards series DIN 820
• DIN-Merkblätter
• Principles for the use of DIN standards
• ISO/IEC Directives - Parts 1 to 3
• ISO/IEC Guides
• CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations Parts 1 to 4
• ISO/IEC Guides
• CENELEC Memoranda