ISO/IEC GUIDE 46 Second edition 2017-02 Comparative testing of consumer products and related services General principles Essais comparatifs des produits de consommation et de leurs servicesPrincipesgeneraux Reference number IEC IS0/IECGUIDE46:2017(E) International Organization for Standardization STANDARDIZATION C1 5956617 @IS0/IEC2017 Norkingemiewithutlicenefrm ISO/IECGUIDE46:2017(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0/IEC 2017, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form orby any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet, withoutprior writtenpermission.Permission canbe requested from either Iso at the address below or Iso's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 0111 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org zao Noreproductionor networking permited without icense fromHS ISO/IECGUIDE46:2017(E) Contents Page Foreword iv Introductiol Scope 2 Normative referenc 3 Terms and definitions. 4.1 Choice of products or services. 1 4.2 Sampling 1 4.3 Choice of characteristics .2 5.1 Test methods 2 5.2 Evaluation of test results 2 5.3 Presentation oftest results 2 Annex A (informative) Focus and range of comparative testing activitic Bibliography Intematinal Organization fr stand@zIS /IEC 2017 - All rights reserved iii No reproduct ted withoutlicense from IHS