About
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Secretariat: AFNOR (France)
Committee Manager: - 
    Chairperson (until end 2026):M Michel Nickles
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    ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
 - Creation date: 1947
 
Scope
Standardization of any kind of tool or related item to be used on machines, and any kind of hand tool.
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This committee contributes with 57 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goal:
| Reference | Title | Type | 
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| ISO/TC 29/SC 5 | Grinding wheels and abrasives | Subcommittee | 
| ISO/TC 29/SC 8 | Tools for pressing and moulding | Subcommittee | 
| ISO/TC 29/SC 9 | Tools with defined cutting edges, holding tools, cutting items, adaptive items and interfaces | Subcommittee | 
| ISO/TC 29/SC 10 | Assembly tools for screws and nuts, pliers and nippers | Subcommittee | 
| ISO/TC 29/MA | ISO 13399 Maintenance Agency | Working group | 
| ISO/TC 29/WG 34 | Cutting tool data representation and exchange | Working group | 
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 29
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 29:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC | 
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| ISO/TC 10 | Technical product documentation | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 39 | Machine tools | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 184/SC 1 | Industrial cyber and physical device control | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 184/SC 4 | Industrial data | ISO | 
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 29
ISO/TC 29 can access the documents of the committees below:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC | 
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| IEC/TC 87 | Ultrasonics | IEC | 
| ISO/TC 2 | Fasteners | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 10/SC 6 | Mechanical engineering documentation | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 20/SC 4 | Aerospace fastener systems | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 24 | Particle characterization including sieving | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 24/SC 8 | Test sieves, sieving and industrial screens | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 39 | Machine tools | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 60 | Gears | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 60/SC 1 | Nomenclature and wormgearing | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 119 | Powder metallurgy | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 184/SC 1 | Industrial cyber and physical device control | ISO | 
| ISO/TC 184/SC 4 | Industrial data | ISO | 
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
| Acronym | Title | Category | 
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| CIRP | The International Academy for Production Engineering | A | 
| EC - European Commission | European Commission | B | 
| WCO | World Customs Organization | B | 
| Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note | 
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| 21-23 | October 2025 | Paris (France) | ISO/TC 29/SC 10 | ** | 
            * Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
            ** Provisional
          
ISO/TC 29 - Secretariat
AFNOR (France)
Association française de normalisation
          11 rue Francis de Pressensé
F-93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
France
F-93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
France
Tel: +33 1 41 62 80 00
Fax: +33 1 49 17 90 00
Email: Standardization@afnor.org
Web: http://www.afnor.org