PD ISO GUIDE 78:2012 PDF

As a response to the increased global trade in machinery, the relevant ISO Technical Committees have undertaken publication of a series of related machinery safety standards. It has thus been necessary to develop rules for the preparation, drafting and presentation of such safety standards, supplementing the ISO/IEC Directives Part 2, which sets out general principles and requirements for all International Standards. ISO Guide 78 presents these rules, primarily to achieve consistency and acceptable quality of the various standards to be prepared. It is intended for use by Technical Committees writing type-B and type-C standards in the field of safety of machinery. However the foreseeable variation in the format of these standards prevents general application. When its requirements are specific to type-B standards, this is indicated. The document allows users to: