This document specifies requirements for the transmittance properties of uncut and unmounted finished spectacle lenses, including attenuation of solar radiation.

This document is not applicable to

—   spectacle lenses having specific transmittance or absorption characteristics prescribed for medical reasons,

—   products to which specific personal protective equipment transmittance standards apply, and

—   products intended for direct observation of the sun, such as for solar-eclipse viewing.

NOTE 1   By reference to ISO 21987 and ISO 14889, this document also applies to lenses mounted in spectacles.

NOTE 2   Optical and geometric requirements are given for uncut finished spectacle lenses in ISO 8980-1 and ISO 8980-2, and for mounted lenses, in ISO 21987.