# ISO 11540:1993 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 11540:1993, item title is Caps for writing and marking instruments intended for use by children up to 14 years of age — Safety requirements; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/CD 11540-2 | ISO 11540:2014; withdrawn / published date is 1993-08-26, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 11540:1993 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Caps for writing and marking instruments intended for use by children up to 14 years of age — Safety requirements _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO/CD 11540-2 | ISO 11540:2014
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1993-08-26 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 19494,IS,,ISO 11540:1993,Caps for writing and marking instruments intended for use by children up to 14 years of age — Safety requirements,Capuchons d'instruments pour l'écriture et le marquage destinés à être utilisés par des enfants jusqu'à 14 ans inclus — Exigences de sécurité,1993-08-26,1,"['97.190','97.180']",ISO/TC 10,9599,,"[56729,56728]","['en','fr']",4,"<p>Specifies safety requirements for cap size, ventilated caps (vent area, air flow) and marking. Annex A describes the test for air flow. Caps which do not comply should have the instrument or its packaging labelled with a warning as to the dangers of asphyxiation from pen caps.</p>"

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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