National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15102:2007+A1:2011. It supersedes BS EN 15102:2007, which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CW/35, Wallcoverings.

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

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of 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 November 2007

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2007 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 4 August 2011.

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, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 15102:2007+A1:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 99 “Wallcoverings”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2013.

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

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2011-08-04.

This document supersedes EN 15102:2007.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard applies to all forms of wallcovering products in roll and panel form as defined in EN 235 supplied for hanging onto internal walls, partitions or ceilings, by means of an adhesive, whose primary purpose is decorative. However, certain wallcovering products may confer minor sound absorbtion and thermal resistance properties.

It also provides for the evaluation of conformity of products to the requirements of this standard.

It does not apply to wall coverings whose primary purpose is structural or protective (e.g. vapour or moisture barriers).

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Characteristics

4.1 Reaction to fire

4.2 Release of formaldehyde

4.3 Release of other dangerous substances

4.4 Sound absorption

4.5 Thermal resistance

5 Evaluation of conformity

5.1 General

5.2 Initial type testing

5.3 Factory production control (FPC)

6 Marking and labelling

Bibliography

BS EN 15102:2007+A1:2011

Decorative wall coverings. Roll and panel form

Published:

30 Nov 2007

Withdrawn:

19 Jun 2019