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IS0
I N TERN AT1 ON A L O RG A N IZATl O N FOR STA N DARD IZATl ON
IS0 RECOMMENDATION
R 217
METHOD OF EXPRESSION
OF DIMENSIONS AND DIRECTION OF MANUFACTURE
OF UNPROCESSED WRITING AND PRINTING PAPER
1st EDITION
November 1961
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documents, in any country, may be authorized therefore only
by the national standards organization of that country, being
a member of ISO.
For each individual country the only valid standard is the national standard of that country.
Printed in Switzerland
Also issued in French and Russian. Copies to be obtained through the national standards organizations.
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BRIEF HISTORY
The IS0 Recommendation R 217, Method of Expression of Dimensions and Direction
of Manufacture of Unprocessed Writing and Printing Paper, was drawn up by Technical
Committee ISO/TC 6, Paper, the Secretariat of which is held by the Association Française
de Normalisation (AFNOR).
Work on ihis question by the Technical Committee began in 1958 and led, in 1959, to
the adoption of a Draft IS0 Recommendation.
In November 1959, this Draft IS0 Recommendation (No. 331) was circulated to all the
IS0 Member Bodies for enquiry. It was approved, subject to some editorial amendments,
by the following Member Bodies:
Portugal
Australia Greece
Austria India Romania
Belgium Ireland Sweden
Chile Israel Switzerland
Czechoslovakia Japa
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