Texas_Ranger wrote
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BTW, does anyone know when the new european color coding has come into use and replaced the old black/grey/red scheme?

Have you noticed that they have changed the colour coding again earlier this year?

Yellow/green, Blue, Brown, Black, Grey
(G, N, L1, L2, L3)

No major change, but it applies to all cables, both solid and flexible. (And to all European countries including the UK, AFAIK)
You can continue to install the old cables up to 2006, but they will go out of production this year.