IS 8470 : 2018/ISO 3394 : 2012 Packaging - Complete, Filled Transport Packages and Unit Loads - Dimensions of Rigid Rectangular Packages
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Second Revision) which is identical with ISO 3394 : 2012 'Packaging - Complete, filled transport packages and unit loads - Dimensions of rigid rectangular packages' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Transport Packages, Packaging Codes, Freight Containers and Pallets Sectional Committee and approval of the Transport Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1977 and first revised in 1999 based on ISO 3394 : 1984 'Dimensions of rigid rectangular packages - Transport packages'. The committee has now decided to adopt this standard under dual number system in order to make pace with the latest international practices.
The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'.
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.