CEN/TC 261/SC 3/WG 6 - Rigid plastics packaging
WG6 should establish a set of standards concerning reusable rigid plastics transport packaging for the application in distribution systems beginning from the point of retail services. The standards describe packaging for application in the field of handling transport storage and display of food and non-food products.
Rigid plastics packaging
WG6 should establish a set of standards concerning reusable rigid plastics transport packaging for the application in distribution systems beginning from the point of retail services. The standards describe packaging for application in the field of handling transport storage and display of food and non-food products.
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CEN/TC 261/SC 3/WG 6 is a Subcommittee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Rigid plastics packaging" and is responsible for: WG6 should establish a set of standards concerning reusable rigid plastics transport packaging for the application in distribution systems beginning from the point of retail services. The standards describe packaging for application in the field of handling transport storage and display of food and non-food products. This committee has published 2 standards.
CEN/TC 261/SC 3/WG 6 develops CEN standards. The scope of work includes: WG6 should establish a set of standards concerning reusable rigid plastics transport packaging for the application in distribution systems beginning from the point of retail services. The standards describe packaging for application in the field of handling transport storage and display of food and non-food products. Currently, there are 2 published standards from this subcommittee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Subcommittee (SC) in CEN operates under a Technical Committee and focuses on a specific subset of the TC's scope. Subcommittees develop standards and technical specifications in their specialized area, reporting to their parent Technical Committee. They may also have working groups for detailed technical work.
This standard specifies minimum performance requirements and methods of test for reusable rigid plastics transport packaging as specified in prEN 13117-1:1999. Special applications such as heavy loads, low or high operating temperatures will require an agreement to be made between the supplier and the user to supply a box to satisfy his requirements. Example: - Heavy loads, - Metal components, - Low temperatures below - 20°C, - High temperatures above + 30°C
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This standard specifies the four main types of reusable rigid plastics distribution boxes for application in the fields of handling, transport, storage and display of food and non-food products in distribution systems from the point of manufacture to the point of retail services: These are: a) rigid parallelepipedic and rectangular boxes (stackable boxes) b) foldable boxes c) nestable boxes d) nestable and stackable boxes. These boxes are based on the modular area 600 mm x 400 mm and subdivisions or multiples of it.
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