EN 13117-1:2000

Transport packaging - Reusable, rigid plastics distribution boxes - Part 1: General purpose application EN 13117-1:2000

Publication date:   Nov 20, 2003

Scope

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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