Surftape is a unique form of carrier tape that is covered by a number of industry standards:

EIA747 - ADHESIVE BACKED PUNCHED PLASTIC CARRIER TAPING OF SINGULATED BARE DIE AND OTHER SURFACE MOUNT
COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATIC HANDLING OF DEVICES
GENERALLY LESS THAN 1.0mm THICK
(A new edition of EIA747 is currently in voting by industry)

IEC60286-3 ed 4 (at final FDIS) - PACKAGING OF COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATIC HANDLING - Part 3: Packaging of surface mount components on continuous tapes
(The generic form of Surftape has been added as Type IV)

IEC62258-3 - Semiconductor die products – Part 3: Recommendations for good practice in handling, packing and storage
(Surftape is included as one of the tape types used for packing Die Products - this standard includes advice on use and storage of Surftape)

Links to Standards organisations
EIA - www.eia.org
Jedec - www.jedec.org
IEC - www.Iec.ch