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Construction Products and Machinery | Summer Recap 2020

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Europe - Construction Products

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

 (*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 927-7:2020

Paints and varnishes - Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood - Part 7: Assessment of knot staining resistance of wood coatings

2020-10-31

CEN/TS 16359:2012

EN 927-11:2020

Paints and varnishes - Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood - Part 11: Assessment of air inclusions/microfoam in coating films

2020-10-31

CEN/TS 16358:2012

EN 1816:2020

Resilient floor coverings - Specification for homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor coverings with foam backing

2020-10-31


EN 1816:2010

EN 1817:2020

Resilient floor coverings - Specification for homogeneous and heterogeneous smooth rubber floor coverings

2020-10-31

EN 1817:2010

EN ISO 1833-28:2020

Textiles - Quantitative chemical analysis - Part 28: Mixtures of chitosan with certain other fibres (method using diluted acetic acid) (ISO 1833-28:2019)

2020-10-31

 

EN 12199:2020

Resilient floor coverings - Specifications for homogeneous and heterogeneous relief rubber floor coverings

2020-10-31

EN 12199:2010

EN 16475-1:2020

Chimneys - Accessories - Part 1: Chimney silencers - Requirements and test methods

2022-01-31

 

EN 16475-6:2020

Chimneys - Accessories - Part 6: Access components - Requirements and test methods

2022-01-31

 

EN 13830:2015 +A1:2020

Curtain walling - Product standard

2023-02-28

 

EN 16516:2017+A1:2020

Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of emissions into indoor air

2021-01-31

 

 

 

International

 

Regulatory proposals notified to WTO

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent notifications made to the World Trade Organization (non-exhaustive):

 

Notification number / Link

Country

Title

G/TBT/N/EU/717

Europe

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397

The draft Regulation replaces Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 and adapts its content to incorporate changes to relevant international instruments

 

 

Europe - Machinery

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

 (*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

(**) Date of availability: date when the definitive text in the official language versions of an approved CEN/CENELEC publication is distributed by the Central Secretariat.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN ISO 11553-1:2020

Safety of machinery - Laser processing machines - Part 1: Laser safety requirements (ISO 11553-1:2020)

2020-10-31

EN ISO 11553-1:2008

EN ISO 19085-9:2020

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 9: Circular saw benches (with and without sliding table) (ISO 19085-9:2019)

2020-10-31


EN 1870-19:2013

EN ISO 19085-11:2020

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 11: Combined machines (ISO 19085-11:2020)

2020-10-31

EN 940:2009+A1:2012

EN 62841-3-4:2016/A12:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-4: Particular requirements for transportable bench grinders

2023-03-13

 

EN ISO 11203:2009/A1:2020

Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment - Determination of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions from the sound power level - Amendment 1 (ISO 11203:1995/Amd 1:2020)

2020-12-31

 

EN ISO 19085-13:2020

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 13: Multi-blade rip sawing machines with manual loading and/or unloading (ISO 19085-13:2020)

2020-11-30

EN 1870-4:2012

EN 62841-2-11:2016/A1:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-11: Particular requirements for hand-held reciprocating saws

2023-05-29

 

EN IEC 60034-3:2020

Rotating electrical machines - Part 3: Specific requirements for synchronous generators driven by steam turbines or combustion gas turbines and for synchronous compensators

2023-06-30

EN 60034-3:2008

EN 62745:2017/A11:2020

Safety of machinery - Requirements for cableless control systems of machinery

2023-04-22

 

EN IEC 60034-5:2020

Rotating electrical machines - Part 5: Degrees of protection provided by the integral design of rotating electrical machines (IP code) - Classification

2023-06-03


EN 60034-5:2001

EN 60034-5:2001/A1:2007

 

Reference

Title

Date of Availability (**)

Supersedes

EN IEC 60900:2018/AC:2020-05

Live working - Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC

2020-05-29

 

 

 

Europe - Lifts

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive): 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 81-73:2020

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts - Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire

2022-07-31

EN 81-73:2016

EN 81-72:2020

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts - Part 72: Firefighters lifts

2022-07-31

EN 81-72:2015

 

 

France

 

Updated list of standards for abrasive products intended for grinding and cutting operations

 

On 13th May 2020, the French Authorities published the following notification:

 

JORF n ° 0117 of May 13, 2020 text n ° 93 Notice relating to the application of decree n ° 2003-158 of February 25, 2003 relating to the safety of rotary agglomerated abrasive products intended for grinding and cutting operations using of NOR portable electric machines.

 

This notice includes in its annex the list of references noted in the standards mentioned in 1° of article 4 of decree n ° 2003-158 of February 25, 2003. It cancels and replaces the notice, with the same object, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic of September 2, 2016.

 

Products conforming to standards, the references of which were published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on September 2, 2016 may be placed on the market within one year of the publication of this notice and marketed until all stocks are sold.

 

Standard Index

Title of the Standard

NF EN 12413: October 2019

Safety requirements for bonded abrasive products

NF EN 13236: April 2019

Safety requirements for superabrasive products

Other standards

Standards adopted by the national institutes of the Member States of the European Union or of the other States party to the agreement establishing the European Economic Area or Turkey, or corresponding standards