Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 7: Model Construction Specification 7 - 8 Harmonised Standards are European Standards adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), following a mandate issued by the European Commission (mandate M/120 for structural metallic products). Not all European Standards (ENs) are harmonised - only those which have been listed in the Official Journal. When manufactured construction products, without Harmonized Standards, are to be used (i.e. metal anchors, fire protective products, metal frame building kits, fire stopping and fire sealing products, prefabricated building units, etc.), European Technical Approval Guidelines (ETAG) require manufacturers to place CE marking on their products in accordance with the relevant European Technical Approval (ETA). The relevant ETAs shall be specified in the contract documents. A full list of valid ETAs is available on the official website of the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA): www.eota.be . The latest edition of the publication referred to applies. National Standards Bodies publish up-to-date versions on their official websites. Table 2.4 National Standards Bodies Country Standards body Web site Belgium NBN www.nbn.be France AFNOR www.afnor.org Germany DIN www.din.de Italy UNI www.uni.com Netherlands NEN www.nen.nl Poland PKN www.pkn.pl Spain AENOR www.aenor.es Switzerland SNV www.snv.ch Luxembourg ILNAS www.ilnas.lu Austria ASI www.as-institute.at