Multi stranded cable (of the correct spec) is mandatory under NMEA, BMEA, RCD and ISOs for low voltage AC and extra low voltage DC, tinned is not mandatory but certainly best practise, the time I spend chasing green copper back to bright on both salt water and inland boats is enough to convince me of that, my stores contain miles of cable and its all tinned, the price premium is not so great when compared to good quality plain stranded copper. The major difficulty is sourcing European insulation colour three core for low voltage AC, but again none of the ISOs or RCD make it mandatory to use those colours, much better if you do though for obvious reasons, US colour is easily available but could confuse. An important point to remember is that these ISO docs are not stand alone, for instance in the extra low voltage ISO there are a further four Normative references to other ISO docs and a further fifteen in the bibliography, costs me a bloody fortune.