European foreword

This document (EN 14450:2017+A1:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 263 “Secure safe cabinets”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2024.

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 includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 22 October 2023.

This document supersedes EN 14450:2017.

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

In comparison with EN 14450:2005, the following changes have been made:

— updating introduction;
— changing testing requirements regarding marking time (Clause 7.1.3.2) and anchoring (Clause 7.1.2.1);
— size of the tool “wedge” changed in Clause 7.1.1;
— a note was changed to a requirement and the test equipment shall now have a capacity of at least 30 kN (Clause 8);
— editorial clarification of the positioning of anchoring holes (Clause 4.2.2);
— editorial changes amongst others in Clauses 4.1, 7.1.2.4, 7.1.3, 7.1.4.6, 7.2, Table 1, Table 2 and Annex A).

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 organisations 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.

BS EN 14450:2017+A1:2023

Secure storage units. Requirements, classification and methods of test for resistance to burglary. Secure cabinets

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Published:

30 Nov 2023