ISO/TC 120

About

• Secretariat: BIS

  Secretary:

  Mr U K Das
• Chairperson (until end 2021):

  Mr Shafeeq Ahmed
• ISO Technical Programme Manager :

  Ms Isabelle Vega
  ISO Editorial Programme Manager :

  Mr David Reid
• Creation date: 1966

Scope

Standardization in the field of:

• raw hides and skins including pickled pelts;
• tanned hides and skins and finished leather;
• leather products (including methods of test for leather products).

Excluded:

• methods of test in the field of raw hides and skins, including pickled pelts, tanned hides and skins and finished leather, which is the field of the IULTCS (see Note);
• footwear, which is the field of work of ISO / TC 216;
• protective clothing and equipment, which is the field of work of ISO / TC 94.

Note:

The International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) is the international standardizing body responsible for the development of International Standards defining methods of test for leather other than made-up articles.