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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 122, Packaging, Subcommittee SC 3, Performance requirements and tests for means of packaging, packages and unit loads (as required by ISO/TC 122), in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 261, Packaging, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 6590‑1:1983), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— general editorial changes have been made to the document in line with ISO/IEC Directives Part 2;
— updates have been made to the figures accompanying specific terms and definitions;
— considerations have been made to align with existing standards in order to avoid additional interpretations of identical terms, where necessary, and conversely proposing updates to existing definitions where considerations should be made in renewing the definitions in other standards;
— new terms have been added to reflect the development within the field;
— old terms for products and services no longer in use have been deleted.

A list of all parts in the ISO 6590 series can be found on the ISO website.

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BS EN ISO 6590-1:2025

Packaging. Vocabulary - Paper sacks

Current

Published:

31 May 2025