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MAURITIAN MS 1-1:2019 STANDARD

Second edition 2019- 04-27

The National Flag Part 1: Specifications

ICS 03.160; 59.080.99

Mauritius Standards Bureau Moka

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National Foreword This Mauritian Standard was drawn up by the Textile, Paper and Footwear

Standards Committee through its Subcommittee on National Flag. It was approved

by the Standards Council on 28 March 2019 and was notified in the Government

Gazette on 27 April 2019*.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition MS 1-1:2011 (including

Amendment 1:2013) which has been technically revised.

General Notice no 881 of 2019

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Contents Page 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative References ................................................................................................. 1

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................. 2

4 Description ...................................................................................................................... 3

5 Standard sizes of the Flag ........................................................................................... 3

6 Colours of the Flag ......................................................................................................... 4

7 Workmanship ................................................................................................................. 5

8 Specific requirements of Mast Flag ......................................................................... 5

9 Make ................................................................................................................................... 7

10 Stitches, seam and stitchings ................................................................................... 8

11 Specific requirements for Desk Flag/ Hand held Flag .................................... 9

12 Specific requirements for Car Flag ..................................................................... 10

Annex A (informative) National Flags of Mauritius ....................................... 12

Annex B (informative) Spectral values of the four colours of the

National Flag ................................................................................................... 14

Annex C (informative) Spectral values ................................................................. 15

Annex D (informative) Notes to purchasers and users ................................. 16

Annex E (informative) Quality verification of National flags ..................... 17

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The National Flag – Specifications IMPORTANT — The colours represented in Annex A can be neither viewed on screen nor printed as true representations. It is not intended that these printed copies be used for colour matching. 1 Scope

This Mauritian Standard establishes the materials, design and make of the three types of the National Flag* of the Republic of Mauritius. The three types of the National Flag are as follows:

a) Mast Flag b) Desk Flag/ Hand held Flag c) Car Flag

* ‘National Flag’ is referred to as ‘The Flag’ throughout the document.

2 Normative references The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document.

ISO 105-A02 Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness -- Part A02: Grey scale for assessing change in colour

ISO 105-B02 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test

ISO 105-B04 Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness -- Part B04: Colour fastness to artificial weathering: Xenon arc fading lamp test

ISO 105-C06 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part C06: Colour fastness to washing domestic and commercial laundering

ISO 105-C10 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part C10: Colour fastness to washing with soap or soap and soda

ISO 105-D01 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part D01: Colour fastness to dry cleaning using perchloroethylene solvent

ISO 105-X12 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing

ISO 2060 Textiles – Yarn from packages – Determination of linear density (mass per unit length) by the skein method elements

ISO 2062 Textiles -- Yarns from packages -- Determination of single-end breaking force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) tester

ISO 3572 Textiles – Woven fabrics – Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area

ISO 3801 Textiles – Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing ISO 6330 Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part C06: Colour fastness to washing

domestic and commercial laundering

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ISO 7211-2 Textiles – Woven fabrics – Construction – Method of analysis – Part 2: Determination of number of threads per unit length

ISO 13934-1 Textiles – Tensile properties of fabrics – Part 1: Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method

ISO 4915 Stitches and seams – Classification and terminology of stitch types

ISO 4916 Stitches and seams – Classification and terminology of seams types

SANS 576 Seaming properties of woven knitted textiles

SANS 960/A1 Textiles – Dimensional stability during washing and drying procedures

MS ISO 3758 Textiles – Care labeling code using symbols

3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply: 3.1 acceptable acceptable to the authority administering this standard, or to the parties concluding the purchase contract, as relevant. 3.2 base a pedestal for the pole of a desk flag and, when relevant, for the pole of a hand-held flag. 3.3 desk flag a flag complete with pole, finial and base. 3.4 mast flag a flag intended for flying on a flagpole and that is subject to weathering. 3.5 finial an ornamental termination at the top of a flagpole. 3.6 fly the free end of a flag. 3.7 hand-held flag a flag with a pole having neither a base nor a finial. 3.8 heading/sleeve

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