E2-E S h2O6TOO EO6TSh OSI 3 NTERNATIONAL STANDARD W-10-Or INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION -MEKAYHAPOHA OPIAHH3ALIM HIO CTAHIAPTW3ALIWN .ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Preferred numbers - Series of preferred numbers First edition - 1973-04-01 UDC 389.171 Ref. No. ISO 3-1973 (E) Descriptors:preferrednumbers. Price based on 4 pages CopyRicHT International Organization for Standardization 4851903 0019075 7 EL-E FOREWORD IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards institutes (iso Member Bodies). The work of developing International Standards is carried out through isO Technical Committees. Every Member Body interested ina subject for which aTechnical Committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that Committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the Technical Committees are circulated to the Member Bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the IsO Council. Prior to 1972, the results of the work of the Technical Committees were published as Iso Recommendations; these documents are now in the process of being transformed into International Standards. As part of this process, International Standard ISO 3 replaces ISO Recommendation R 3-1954 drawn up by Technical Committee 1SO/TC 19, Preferred numbers. The Member Bodies of the following countries approved the Recommendation : India Spain Australia Austria Israel Sweden Belgium Italy Switzerland United Kingdom Chile Mexico U.S.A. Denmark Netherlands Finland New Zealand U.S.S.R. Norway France Yugoslavia Germany Portugal Hungary South Africa, Rep. of No Member Body expressed disapproval of the Recommendation. @ International Organization for Standardization, 1973 : Printed in Switzerland ISO 3-1973 (E) 3-73 4851903 0019076 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Preferred numbers -- Series of preferred numbers 1 SCOPE ANDFIELD OF APPLICATION This International Standard specifies series of preferred numbers.