# ISO 11540:2014 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 11540:2014, item title is Writing and marking instruments — Specification for caps to reduce the risk of asphyxiation; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 11540:2021; withdrawn / published date is 2014-03-04, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 11540:2014 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Writing and marking instruments — Specification for caps to reduce the risk of asphyxiation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 11540:2021 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2014-03-04 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 56728,IS,,ISO 11540:2014,Writing and marking instruments — Specification for caps to reduce the risk of asphyxiation,Instruments pour l'écriture et le marquage — Spécifications pour les capuchons afin de réduire le risque d'asphyxie,2014-03-04,2,"['97.190','97.180']",ISO/TC 10,9599,[19494],[81889],['en'],7,"

ISO 11540:2014 specifies requirements to reduce the risk of asphyxiation from caps for writing and marking instruments. It relates to such instruments which in normal or foreseeable circumstances are likely to be used by children up to the age of 14 years.

ISO 11540:2014 is not applicable to the following: writing and marking instruments which are designed or only intended for us ## 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. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).