| Definition: | application of an international standard irrespective of the taking over of that international standard in any other normative document Note 1 to entry: A normative document can be said to be “implemented” in two different ways. It may be applied in production, trade, etc., and it may be taken over, wholly or in part, in another normative document. Through the medium of this second document, it may then be applied, or it may again be taken over in yet another normative document.
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