Free ISO/IEC Guides

There are a number of free guidance documents published by the international and European standards bodies to help standards developers take account of particular topics in their work. Many of these can also be helpful to others, such as manufacturers, designers, service providers and educators.

The full range of free Guides available can be downloaded below. 

• ISO Guide 64 2008(E) - Guide for addressing environmental issues in product standards

• ISO Guide 78 2012(E) - Safety of machinery -- Rules for drafting and presentation of safety standards

• ISO Guide 82 2019(E) - Guidelines for addressing sustainability in standards

• ISO IEC Guide 21-1 2005(E) - Regional or national adoption of International Standards and other International Deliverables - Part 1, Adoption of International Standards

• ISO IEC Guide 21-2 2005(E) - Regional or national adoption of International Standards and other International Deliverables -- Part 2, Adoption of International Deliverables other than International Standards

• ISO IEC Guide 2 2004 Multilingual - Standardization and related activities -- General vocabulary

• ISO/IEC Guide 15-1977 (E) - Code of principles on “reference to Standards”

• ISO IEC Guide 50 2014(E) - Safety aspects -- Guidelines for child safety in standards and other specifications

• ISO IEC Guide 51 2014(E) - Safety aspects -- Guidelines for their inclusion in standards

• ISO IEC Guide 63 2012(E) - Guide to the development and inclusion of safety aspects in International Standards for medical devices

• ISO IEC Guide 71 2014(E) Guide for addressing accessibility in standards

• ISO IEC Guide 74 2004(E) - Graphical symbols -- Technical guidelines for the consideration of consumers' needs

• ISO IEC Guide 75 2006(E) - Strategic principles for future IEC and ISO standardization in industrial automation

• ISO IEC Guide 76 2020(E) - Development of service standards. Recommendations for addressing consumer issues

• ISO IEC Guide 98-1 2009(E) - Uncertainty of measurement -- Part 1, Introduction to the expression of uncertainty in measurement

• ISO IEC Guide 98-3 2008(E) - Uncertainty of measurement -- Part 3, Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM,1995)

• ISO/Guide 84_2020(E) - Guidelines for addressing climate change in standards

• ISO IEC Guide 98-3 2008 Suppl 1 2008 Cor 1 2009(E)

• ISO IEC Guide 98-3 2008 Suppl 1 2008(E) - Propagation of distributions using a Monte Carlo method

• ISO IEC Guide 98-3 2008 Suppl 2 2011(E) - Extension to any number of output quantities

• ISO IEC Guide 98-4 2012(E) - Uncertainty of measurement -- Part 4, Role of measurement uncertainty in conformity assessment

For Reference you can also access ISO and IEC websites.