BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 15988:2003 Plastics Film and sheeting Biaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films ICS 83.140.10 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT L British Standards BS ISO 15988:2003 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 15988:2003 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/75, Plastics films and sheets, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages i and ii, a blank page, pages 1 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Amendments issued since publication StrategyCommitteeon 27May2003 Amd. No. Date Comments C BSI 27 May 2003 ISBN0580419363 BS ISO 15988:2003 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 15988 First edition 2003-05-15 Plastics Film and sheeting Biaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films Plastiques - Film et feuille - Films en poly(éthylene terephtalate) (PET) bi-orientés Reference number ISO 15988:2003(E) [so BS ISO 15988:2003 := BS IS0 15988:2003 Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (iSO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with iSO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 15988 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61, Plastics, Subcommittee SC 11, Products. ii BS ISO 15988:2003 blank BS ISO 15988:2003 Plastics Film and sheeting Biaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films 1 Scope This International Standard specifies biaxially oriented transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films, mainly used for packaging. NOTE Biaxially oriented transparent PET films are used alone and/or as laminated film with other films 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,onlytheeditioncitedapplies.Forundatedreferences,thelatesteditionofthereferenceddocument (including any amendments) applies. IsO 291:1997, Plastics Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing IsO 527-3:1995, Plastics - Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: Test conditions for films and s