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BS 5750: 1987 was, therefore, identical to ISO 9000: 1987 and EN29000:
1987, except that BS 5750 had three additional guidance sections. Conse-
quently, BS 5750 was not just the British Standard for quality systems, it
was also the European and the International Standard. But, if all of these
titles referred to the same quality standard, why not call the standard by the
same name? Well, that is exactly what happened. Realizing that the problems
of calling the same document by a variety of different names was confusing
(even ridiculous), the ISO reproduced (in March 1994) the BS EN ISO 9000
series of documents and this is currently the most ...