1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 14182:2002 Packaging Terminology Basic terms and definitions The European Standard EN 14182:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 01.040.55; 55.020 BS EN 14182:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Consumer Products and Services Se
2、ctor Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12 December 2002 BSI 12 December 2002 ISBN 0 580 40978 3 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 14182:2002. The UK participation in
3、its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PKW/1, Packaging generalities, to Subcommittee PKW/1/1, Terminology, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards whic
4、h implement international or European 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 publicat
5、ion 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 of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/
6、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. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page
7、, pages 2 to 11 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN14182 December2002 ICS01.040.55;55.020 Englishversion PackagingT
8、erminologyBasictermsanddefinitions EmballageTerminologieTermesdebaseetdfinitions VerpackungTerminologieGrundbegriffeund Definitionen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon8November2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an S
9、tandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadeby
10、tra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,N
11、orway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN1
12、4182:2002EEN14182:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 AnnexA (informative) Termsdefinedinthe“PackagingandPackagingWaste“Directive7 A.1 Rationale.7 A.2 Thetwelve (Directivedefined) terms .7 A.3 TerminCommissionDecisionof28Janua
13、ry1997 9 AnnexB (informative) ListofequivalenttermsinEnglish,FrenchandGerman .10 Rationale 10 Listofequivalentterms. .10 Bibliography 11EN14182:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN14182:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC261,“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStand
14、ardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2003. ThisdocumentcontainsannexesAandB,whichareinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenational
15、standardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN14182:2002(E) 4 Introduction Th
16、epreparationofadefinitiveterminologyisdifficultinanyfieldofactivitybutforpackagingthetaskhasbeen mademorecomplexbydevelopments,inEurope,inthefieldofpackagingandtheenvironment.Thesehaveledto aEuropeanCommunityDirectiveonPackagingandPackagingWaste(94/62/EC)whichitselfhasintroducedterms anddefinitionst
17、hatarenotalwaysinlinewiththoseincommonuse.Thatdirectivecoversallpackagingplacedon theMarketoftheEuropeanUnion,whereveritisproducedorusedandallpackagingwastearising.InannexIIit listsessentialrequirementsrelatingtothemanufactureandcompositionofpackagingaswellasthosespecificto itsreuseandrecovery(wheth
18、erasmaterials,intheformofenergyorthroughbiodegradationincluding composting).ItdefinestwelvebasictermsthatareemployedintheDirective. Therefore,inadditiontoestablishingalistofbasictermsanddefinitionsthatassistsinapplyingawholerangeof packagingstandards,thisEuropeanStandardseekstoidentifyanyvariationan
19、dclarifythetwelvebasictermsof theDirective. InanypanEuropeandocumentlanguagedifferencecan,inextremecases,impedeconceptualunderstanding. ThisEuropeanStandardendeavourstotakeaccountofsituationswheredirect,wordforword,translationofaterm originatedinoneofthethreeofficialCENlanguagesmaynotresultintheconv
20、eyingofasimilarconceptinoneor bothoftheothers.TheworkinglanguageusedinthedevelopmentofthisstandardwasEnglishandtheterms includedwereidentifiedanddefinedinthatlanguagebeforebeingtranslatedintoFrenchandGerman.Toassist understanding,asectioncontainingotherlanguageequivalents,fortermswheresuchconceptual
21、blurringis believedtobeasignificantpossibility,isincludedasannexB. Itisenvisagedthat,whereverpracticableandappropriate,thetermsincorporatedinthisEuropeanStandardwillbe employedintheapplicationoftheCENPackagingStandards.Intheeventthatthepreciseusageinaparticular standarddiffersfromthatenvisagedanddef
22、inedinthisstandard,itisincumbentuponthosedraftingthatother standardtoidentifyanddefinetheirrequiredusage.Indefault,thetermsanddefinitionsincorporatedinthis EuropeanStandardoughttoapply.EN14182:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardprovidesaglossaryofpreferredtermsapplicabletoPackaginggenerally,each a
23、ccompaniedbyitsdefinition.AnnexA(informative)identifiesandexplainstwelvefundamentalpackagingterms employedintheframingoftheEuropeanCommunityDirectiverelatingtopackagingandpackagingwasteand whichwerealsodefinedwithinthatdirective.ItalsoincludesatermfromtheCommissionDecisiononthe IdentificationSystemf
24、orPackagingMaterials.Alistofequivalentterms,inthethreeofficialCENLanguages,is providedinAnnexB(informative). 2 Normativereferences Notapplicable. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 3.1 packaging seeA.2.1 3.2 packagingchain sectoroftheover
25、alleconomyinvolvingalleconomicoperatorsconcernedwiththepackagingand/ordistributionof goods 3.3 unitload singleitemorassemblyofitemsdesignedtoenablethesetobehandledasasingleentity 3.4 module referencemeasurementtowhichthedimensionsofthecomponentsofthepackaginganddistributionsystemcan berelatedarithme
26、tically 3.5 modularcoordination dimensionalcoordination,employingmodulesandapplicationrules,oftechnicalcomponents,thearrangementand functionofwhicharedimensionallymatchedtoeachotherinasystem 3.6 areamodule definedrectangleusedasanincrementinastandardizedmodularsystem 3.7 barrier layerorplyofmaterial
27、introducedtopackagingsoastoprovideaphysicalobstacletothepassageofparticular media(e.g.liquids,light,gas,microorganisms) 3.8 brimful(orwater)capacity maximumvolumeofacontainerwhenfilledtothebrimEN14182:2002(E) 6 3.9 nominalcapacity quantity(volume)ofproductforwhichacontainerisdesignedorselected 3.10
28、totalcapacity internalvolumeofthecontainerwiththeclosureandotherfitmentsinplace 3.11 closure meansofclosingacontainerinordertoretainthecontentsandcontributetoprotectionandpreservation 3.12 cushioning materialorartifactsincorporatedinapackagingsystemtoreducetheeffectsofshockand/orvibrationduring hand
29、lingandtransport. 3.13 laminate combinationoftwoormorelayersorpliesoffilm,foil,paperorboard NOTE1 Forthepurposeofthisdefinition: “film“meansthinflexiblemembraneofnonfibrous,nonmetallicmaterial “foil“meansthinflexiblemembraneofmetallicmaterial NOTE 2 Forthepurposeofmaterialidentificationcompositeisde
30、finedinCommissionDecisionJanuary28 th 1997 establishingtheidentificationsystemforpackagingmaterial(seeAnnexA).EN14182:2002(E) 7 Annex A (informative) Termsdefinedinthe“PackagingandPackagingWaste“Directive A.1Rationale ThetermsanddefinitionsincorporatedintothisannexarederiveddirectlyfromtheDirectivea
31、ndthereforefor thesedefinitionsCEN“terminology“formandstylehavenotbeenapplied.ThisstandardisinlinewithEN13193. Forthisreasontheyarepresentedasinformativetextandtheyareincludedbecausetheyarerelevanttothebroad conceptofpackagingandalsofortheconvenienceofthereader.Whereappropriateandparticularlywhereth
32、ese definitionsareatvariancewithcommonusage,someexplanationwithregardtothosevariancesisprovided. NOTE InlegislativemattersthedefinitionsprovidedintheDirectivewillinevitablytakeprecedence. A.2 Thetwelve (Directivedefined) terms A.2.1 packagingshallmeanallproductsmadeofanymaterialsofanynaturetobeusedf
33、orthecontainment, protection,handling,deliveryandpresentationofgoods,fromrawmaterialtoprocessedgoods,fromtheproducer totheuserortheconsumer.Nonreturnableitemsusedforthesamepurposeshallalsobeconsideredtoconstitute packaging: packagingconsistsonlyof: 1a) salespackagingorprimarypackaging i.e.packagingc
34、onceivedsoastoconstituteasalesunittothefinal userorconsumeratthepointofpurchase; 1b) groupedpackagingorsecondarypackaging i.e.conceivedsoastoconstitute,atthepointofpurchase,a groupingofacertainnumberofsalesunitswhetherthelatteraresoldassuchtothefinaluserorconsumeror whetheritservesonlyasameanstorepl
35、enishtheshelvesatthepointofsale;Itcanberemovedfromthe productwithoutaffectingitscharacteristics; 1c) transportpackagingortertiarypackagingi.e.packagingconceivedsoastofacilitatehandlingand transportofanumberofsalesunitsorgroupedpackagingsinordertopreventphysicalhandlingandtransport damage.Transportpa
36、ckagingdoesnotincluderoad,rail,shipandaircontainers. NOTE1 Generallytheprimarypackagingistakentobethatindirectcontactwiththegoodsanditshouldbeborninmind thatwhilsta“salespackage“canbea“primarypackage“itisnotnecessarilyso.Alternativetermsfor“salespackage“in commonEnglishusageareretailpackageorconsume
37、rpackage. NOTE2 Theterm“groupedpackaging“wasputforwardbythedraftersoftheDirectiveandadoptedbytheEuropean Commission.ThetermincommonEnglishusageismultipack. NOTE3 IncommonEnglishusage,thetermpackagingisusedtomeanboththematerialsusedandtheprocessofusing them. NOTE4 Insomeareasotherfunctionsoutweighthe
38、packagingfunctions Anitemisnotapackagingiftheitemisbothpartofthemanufacturingprocessandpartoftheproduct. Anitemispackagingprovidedithasaprimaryorasecondarypackagingfunctionandisfilledatapointofsale. A.2.2 packagingwasteshallmeananypackagingorpackagingmaterialcoveredbythedefinitionofwastein Directive
39、75/442/EEC,excludingproductionresidues.EN14182:2002(E) 8 NOTE Packagingorpackagingmaterialswhichfalloutofthecommercialcycleoroutofthechainofutility.Suchitemsof materialmaybesubjecttorecoveryprocessesormaybesentforfinaldisposal. A.2.3 packagingwastemanagement shallmeanthemanagementofwasteasdefinedinD
40、irective75/442/EEC. NOTE Administrationandcontrolofthequantity,processinganddisposalofpackagingwaste. A.2.4 preventionshallmeanthereductionofthequantityandoftheharmfulnessfortheenvironmentof: materialsandsubstancescontainedinpackagingandpackagingwaste; packagingandpackagingwasteatproductionprocessle
41、velandatthemarketing,distribution,utilizationand eliminationstages inparticularbydeveloping“clean“productsandtechnology. NOTE ForthedefinitionofPreventionbysourcereduction,refertoprEN13428. A.2.5 reuseshallmeananyoperationbywhichpackaging,whichhasbeenconceivedanddesignedto accomplishwithinitslifecyc
42、leaminimumnumberoftripsorrotations,isrefilledorusedforthesamepurposefor whichitwasconceived,withorwithoutthesupportofauxiliaryproductspresentonthemarketenablingthe packagingtoberefilled;suchreusedpackagingwillbecomepackagingwastewhennolongersubjecttoreuse. A.2.6 recoveryshallmeananyoftheapplicableop
43、erationsprovidedforinAnnexII.BtoDirective75/442/EEC NOTE Anoperationwhichintentionallydivertswastefromfinaldisposal.Theprincipaloperationsforusedpackagingare recycling(includingcomposting)andenergyrecovery. A.2.7 recyclingshallmeanthereprocessinginaproductionprocessofthewastematerialsfortheoriginal purposeorforotherpurposesincludingorganicrecyclingbutexcludingenergyrecovery. A.2.8 energyrecovery shallmeantheusecombustiblematerialasameanstogenerateenergythroughdirect incinerationwithorwithoutotherwastebutwithrec
