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I N T ER N AT I O N A L ORGAN I2 AT I ON FOR STAND A RD I2 AT1 ON
IS0 RECOMMENDATION
R 790
MARKING OF SERIES 1 AND SERIES 2
F RElGHT CONTAIN ERS
1st EDITION
July 1968
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BRIEF HISTORY
The IS0 Recommendation R 790, Marking of series I and series 2 freight containers, was drawn
up by Technical Committee ISO/TC 104, Freight containers, the Secretariat of which is held by the
United States of America Standards Institute (USASI).
Work on this question by the Technical Committee began in 1961 and led, in 1965, to the
adoption of a Draft IS0 Recommendation.
In July 1966, this Draft IS0 Recommendation (No. 1054) was circulated to all the IS0
Member Bodies for enquiry. It was approved, subject to a few modifications of an editorial nature,
by the following Member Bodies :
Australia
India Romania
Belgium South Africa,
Israel
Bulgaria Italy Rep. of
Chile Japan Sweden
Czechoslovakia Korea, Rep. of Switzerland
France Netherlands Turkey
Germany United Kingdom
Norway
Greece Portugal U.S.A.
No Member Body opposed the approval of the Draft :
The Draft IS0 Recommendation was then submitted by correspondence to the IS0 Council,
which decided, in July 1968, to accept it as an IS0 RECOMMENDATION.
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ISO/R 790-1968 (E)
IS0 Recommendation R 790 July 1968
MARKING OF SERIES 1 AND SERIES 2
F RElGHT CONTAI NE RS
1. SCOPE
This IS0 Recommendation sets out requirements for the marking for identification purposes of
series 1 and series 2 freight containers respectively designated lA, lB, lC, lD, lE, 1F and 2A, 2B, 2C
in IS0 Recommendation R 668, Dimensions und ratings of freight containers. The specification and
testing requirements for each series are given in IS0 Recommendation R . . ., *Specification und
testing of series 1 freight containers and IS0 Recommendation R . . ., **Specification and testing of
series 2 freight contuiners.
It should be noted that consideration is being given to the preparation of a code for the marking of
freight containers in order to facilitate documentation by data processing methods. Until such time as
acceptable methods of coding have been adopted as IS0 Recommendations, it is recommended that
the fol
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