# ISO Guide 78:2008 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO Guide 78:2008, item title is Safety of machinery — Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards; status code is 9599; successor is ISO Guide 78:2012; withdrawn / published date is 2008-03-20, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO Guide 78:2008 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Safety of machinery — Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO Guide 78:2012
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2008-03-20 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 43921,GUIDE,,ISO Guide 78:2008,Safety of machinery — Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards,Sécurité des machines — Règles pour l'élaboration et la présentation des normes de sécurité,2008-03-20,1,"['01.120','13.110']",ISO/TMBG,9599,,[57206],"['en','fr']",21,"<p>ISO Guide 78:2008 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.</p><p>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 effici

## 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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