Eurofins | Newsflash - September 2018 | Construction Products
Germany
New AgBB Evaluation Scheme 2018 published including new NIK/LCI values The German Environmental Protection Agency, Umweltbundesamt (UBA) published the new AgBB scheme 2018, which is now valid since August 2018. During a transition period of one year, the former version from 2015 remains valid including the respective NIK1/LCI2 values. |
Europe/International
Standards Updates
Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):
(*) Date of availability (dav) date when the definitive text in the official language versions of an approved CEN/CENELEC publication is distributed by the Central Secretariat.
(**) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.
Reference | Title | Date of Availability (*) | Supersedes |
Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Analysis of inorganic substances in eluates |
2018-07-18 |
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Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Digestion by aqua regia for subsequent analysis of inorganic substances |
2018-07-18 |
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Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Analysis of inorganic substances in digests and eluates - Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) |
2018-07-18 |
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Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Analysis of inorganic substances in digests and eluates - Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) |
2018-07-18 |
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Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Content of inorganic substances - Methods for analysis of aqua regia digests |
2018-07-18 |
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Reference | Title | Date of Withdrawal (**) | Supersedes |
Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 4: Design of fastenings for use in concrete |
2019-03-31 |
CEN/TS 1992-4-5:2009 |
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Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Qualification by adoption of a standard welding procedure (ISO 15612:2018) |
2019-01-31 |
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Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations - Polypropylene (PP) - Part 2: Pipes - Amendment 1 (ISO 15874-2:2013/Amd 1:2018) |
2019-02-28 |
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Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations - Polypropylene (PP) - Part 3: Fittings - Amendment 1 (ISO 15874-3:2013/Amd 1:2018) |
2019-02-28 |
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Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations - Polypropylene (PP) - Part 5: Fitness for purpose of the system - Amendment 1 (ISO 15874-5:2013/Amd 1:2018) |
2019-02-28 |
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Testing hardened concrete - Part 14: Semi-adiabatic method for the determination of heat released by concrete during its hardening process |
2019-02-28 |
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Building hardware - Hardware for windows and door height windows - Requirements and test methods - Part 6: Variable geometry stay hinges (with or without a friction stay) |
2019-02-28 |
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Acoustics - Field measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 2: Impact sound insulation (ISO 16283-2:2018) |
2019-02-28 |