National foreword

This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Technical Sector Board for Building and Civil Engineering and is the English language version of EN 314‑2:1993Plywood — Bonding quality — Part 2: Requirements, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).

EN 314‑2 was produced as a result of international discussion in which the UK took an active part.

EN 314‑2 supersedes clauses 1, 2 and 3 of BS 6566‑8:1985Plywood — Part 8 Specification for bond performance of veneer plywood, which will be withdrawn in due course.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their 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 2 to 6, 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 (CEN), under whose supervision this European Standard was prepared, comprises the national standards organizations of the following countries:

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Technical Sector Board for Building and Civil Engineering (B/-), was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 15 April 1993

The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard:

Committee reference B/541
Draft for comment 90/15588 DC

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1992-12-15. 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 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 bodies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This European Standard was prepared by Working Group 2 “Plywood” (Secretariat: France) of Technical Committee CEN/TC 112 “Wood-based panels” (Secretariat: Germany).

This standard is one of a series of standards specifying requirements and test methods for plywood.

No existing European Standard is superseded.

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 August 1993, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 1994.

In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies requirements for bonding classes of veneer plywood according to their end uses.

The appropriate test methods are specified in EN 314‑1.

2 Normative references

3 Bonding classes

4 Requirements

5 Determination of the bonding class

BS EN 314-2:1993

Plywood. Bonding quality - Requirements

Current

Published:

15 Apr 1993