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National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12708:1999.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee
PKW/2, Primary packaging, to Subcommittee PKW/2/4, Drums, which has the
responsibility to:

Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;

Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the
interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate
them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request

to its secretary.
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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
pages 2 to 14, an inside back cover and a back cover.
The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document
was last issued.

This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication

been prepared under the
direction of the Consumer Amd. No. Date Comments
Products and Sevices Sector
Committee, was published under
the authority of the Standards
Committee and comes into effect
on 15 May 2000

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ISBN 0 580 35910 7

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