National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 4880:2026. It supersedes BS EN 4880:2023, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ACE/12, Aerospace fasteners and fastening systems.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2026.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 10 August 2026.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 4880:2026) has been prepared by ASD-STAN.

After enquiries and votes carried out in accordance with the rules of this Association, this document has received the approval of the National Associations and the Official Services of the member countries of ASD‑STAN, prior to its presentation to CEN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2027, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2027.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 4880:2023.

EN 4880:2026 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 4880:2023:

normative references updated;
Clause 3 “Terms and definitions” editorially revised;
4.7 “Protective finish” changed to “Protective treatment and surface finish”;
4.8 “Acceptance test report”, reference changed from ISO 16228 to EN 10204.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document specifies the minimum requirements for the qualification, acceptance, delivery and inspection of standard parts by the aerospace industry and its manufacturers.

This document is applicable to standard parts and their assemblies as described in a product standard, if mentioned therein. This specification can also be applied to other parts when specifically invoked by the terms of delivery.

Parts/sections of this document are not applicable in cases where the product standard stipulates requirements that differ from this specification.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 Production engineering

4.2 Materials

4.3 Performance requirements

4.4 Workmanship

4.5 Interchangeability

4.6 Marking

4.7 Protective treatment and surface finish

4.8 Acceptance test report

4.9 Standard ambient test conditions

5 Qualifications and quality assurance provisions

5.1 Approval of manufacturers

5.2 Responsibility for inspection

5.3 Classification of inspections

5.4 Qualification test

5.5 First Article Inspection

5.6 Conformance/Acceptance test

6 Conditions on delivery

6.1 Packaging

6.2 Marking of packages

6.3 Unit and transport packages

Bibliography