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GB/T 4122.1-2008Packaging terms - Part 1: Basic (English PDF)

包装术语第1部分：基础

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

May 27, 2008

Implementation date

January 1, 2009

Scope

GB/T 4122.1-2008 is the English-translated version of 包装术语第1部分：基础.

GB/T 4122.1-2008 is the Chinese standard "Packaging terms - Part 1: Basic".

Its scope clause reads: This part of GB/T 4122 specifies general terms of packaging and basic terms and definitions of machinery, protection, materials and containers, inspection and examination, printing, packaging and environment, etc. This part is applicable to packaging and packaging-related fields. Its clauses include general terms.

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Document preview — GB/T 4122.1-2008

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 55.020
Classification: A 80
Replacing: GB/T 4122.1-1996

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword i
1 Scope
2 General terms
3 Packaging machinery
4 Protective packaging
5 Packaging materials and containers
6 Package inspection and examination
7 Package printing
8 Packaging and environment
9 Packaging auxiliaries
Index in Chinese
Index in English

1 Scope

This part of GB/T 4122 specifies general terms of packaging and basic terms and definitions of machinery, protection, materials and containers, inspection and examination, printing, packaging and environment, etc.

This part is applicable to packaging and packaging-related fields.

2 General terms

2.1 package, packaging

generic term of containers, materials, auxiliaries, etc. adopted according to certain technical methods for protecting products, facilitating storage and transport and promoting sales during the circulation process. It also refers to the operation activities of applying certain methods in the process of using containers, materials and auxiliaries to achieve the above purposes

2.2 package

whole product formed after packaging of products

2.3 transport package

package for transport and storage as the main purpose, which has the functions of ensuring the safety of products, facilitating storage, transport, loading and unloading, and accelerating handover and inspection

2.4 industrial packaging

packaging for raw materials, components and partially manufactured or finished goods, for distribution from manufacturer to manufacturer or other intermediaries

2.5 consumer package

package which is provided mainly for the purpose of marketing and is delivered to the consumers together with the contents, with the functions of protecting, beautifying and publicizing products and promoting sales

2.6 commercial package

packaging which, as far as quantity of content, type, quality or design of the package are concerned, conforms to the requirements of the respective level of trading

2.7 rigid package

package whose shape remains essentially unchanged after the contents are added or removed. The container is generally made of metal, wood materials, glass, ceramics, cardboard, hard plastics and other materials

2.8 flexible package

package whose shape is likely to change after the contents are added or removed. The container is usually made of paper, fiber products, plastic films or consolidated packaging materials

2.9 contents

products or articles contained in the package

2.10 transparent package, see-through package

package in which all or part of the contents can be seen through the transparent packaging material […]

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Editions of GB/T 4122.1

Edition	Title	Revision	Status
GB/T 4122.1-2008	Packaging terms - Part 1: Basic	current edition	Current
GB/T 4122.1-1996	Packaging terms - Part 1: Basic	previous edition	Superseded

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