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Eurofins | Newsflash - March 2019 | Construction Products, Machinery and Lifts

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Europe - Construction Products

 

Standards Updates

 

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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.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

 

Construction Products

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 13501-1:2018

Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests

2020-09-30

EN 13501-1:2007+A1:2009

EN 13501-6:2018

Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 6: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests on power, control and communication cables

2020-09-30

EN 13501-6:2014

EN 15254-4:2018

Extended application of results from fire resistance tests - Non-loadbearing walls - Part 4: Glazed constructions

2019-06-30

EN 15254-4:2008+A1:2011

 

Denmark – Construction Products

 

‘Do it yourself’ (DIY) products project- chemical substances

 

A recent Danish Environmental Protection Agency project checked the safety of some products used in ‘do it yourself’ (DIY) works. The project examined products commonly used in DIY renovation projects in the home and looked at whether they pose health risks due to exposure to hazardous substances.

 

After initial screening, the project team chose to examine the risks of nine products in more detail (paints, waxes, chemical wood products, joint foam, white spirit). Eight of the nine products tested were shown to pose some risks to human health if used without appropriate safety equipment such as protective gloves or respiratory masks during application.

 

Many of the observed concerns were related to products which can release volatile compounds.

 

Click here for more information about the DIY project from Danish Environmental Protection Agency website.

 

Europe - Machinery

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards 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.

 

Machinery

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN IEC 60204-11:2019

Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 11: Requirements for equipment for voltages above 1 000 V AC or 1 500 V DC and not exceeding 36 kV

2022-01-09

EN 60204-11:2000
EN 60204-11:2000/corrigendum Feb. 2010

EN 17067:2018

Forestry machinery - Safety requirements on radio remote controls

2019-06-30

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Europe – Lifts

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards 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.

 

Lifts

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 81-28:2018 +AC:2019

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts

2020-05-31

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EN 81-71:2018 +AC:2019

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications to passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts - Part 71: Vandal resistant lifts

2020-05-31

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