National foreword

This British Standard is the official English langauge version of EN 40‑1:1992. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/509, Road equipment, to Subcommittee B/509/50, Lighting columns, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

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

UK application of EN 40

Information on the UK application of EN 40 can be found in PD 6547:2004, Guidance on the use of BS EN 40‑3‑1 and BS EN 40‑3‑3.

EN 40, Lighting columns consists of the following Parts:

Part 1: Definitions and terms;
Part 2: General requirements and dimensions;
Part 3-1: Design and verification — Specification for characteristic loads;
Part 4-3: Design and verification — Verification by testing;
Part 3-3: Design and verification — Verification by calculation;
Part 4: Requirements for reinforced and prestressed concrete lighting columns;
Part 5: Requirements for steel lighting columns;
Part 6: Requirements for aluminium lighting columns;
Part 7: Requirements for fibre reinforced polymer composite lighting columns.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index’, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. 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 does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, the EN title page, pages 1 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.

This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover.

Cooperating organizations

The European Committee for Standardization, under whose supervision this European Standard was prepared, comprises the national standards organizations of the following countries.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 28 February 1992

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 October 1991. CEN members are bound to comply with the requirements of 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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards organizations of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This Part of EN 40 has been reviewed by Technical Committee CEN/TC 50, Lighting columns and spigots, and was approved by the CEN Technical Board (Resolution 33/1988), for re-issue with only minor amendments.

It was accepted by the following member countries:

This revision will supersede EN 40‑1:1976.

Avant-propos

Cette partie de EN 40 a été réviséo par le Commits technique CEN/TC 50, Candélabres, et a été approuvé par le Bureau Technique CEN, (Resolution 33/1988), pour réémission avec des changements d’ordre mineurs.

Elle a été acceptée par les pays membres suivants:

Cette version remplacera EN 40‑1:1976.

Vorwort

Dieses Teil von EN 40 ist von CEN/TC 50, Lichtmaste, revisiert worden und von der CEN BT angenommen (Resolution 33/1988) nur mit einigen Änderungen.

Es wurde von den folgenden Mitgliedern angenommen:

Diese Revision wird EN 40‑1:1976 erzätzen.

1 Scope

This part of EN 40 gives in the three languages English, French and German definitions and terms in the field of 'lighting columns'.

2 Definitions

2.1 Lighting column

2.2 Nominal height

2.3 Post top column

2.4 Column with bracket

2.5 Bracket

2.6 Bracket projection

2.7 Bracket fixing

2.8 Lantern fixing

2.9 Lantern fixing angle

2.10 Door opening

2.11 Cable entry slot

2.12 Planting depth

2.13 Baseplate

2.14 Flange plate

2.15 Deflection

3 Terms

BS EN 40-1:1992

Lighting columns - Definitions and terms

Current

Published:

28 Feb 1992