This Guide presents rules for the drafting and presentation of International Standards dealing with machinery
safety and safety components and their revisions, primarily to achieve consistency and acceptable quality of
the various standards to be prepared.
It also gives requirements on the criteria for the selection of new work items and for procedures to prepare,
produce or revise standards in an efficient and effective way.
This Guide gives requirements that are additional to the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, when this is necessary
owing to the special requirements of machinery safety standards and standards for safety components.
This Guide is primarily intended for the drafting of type-C standards. It is also applicable to the drafting of type-
B standards; however, the foreseeable variation in the format of these standards prevents general application.
When its requirements are specific to type-B standards, this is indicated.
ISO Guide 78:2008 Referenced Document
ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
ISO 12100-2:2003 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 2: Technical principles
ISO 14121-1:2007 Safety of machinery - Risk assessment - Part 1: Principles
ISO Guide 78:2008 history
2012ISO Guide 78:2012 Safety of machinery - Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards
2008ISO Guide 78:2008 Safety of machinery - Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards