scope:

Specifies the general requirements for the design of bar coded transport labels for use by a wide range of industries. - provides for traceability of transported units by automatic access via a 'licence plate' printed in bar code and supplemented where necessary by other identified data presented both in bar code and human readable form. - provides a choice of bar code symbologies; - specifies quality requirements, classes of bar code density; - gives recommendations as to label material, size and the inclusion of free text and any appropriate graphics.