European foreword

This document (EN 13353:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 112 “Wood-based panels”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2023.

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 13353:2008+A1:2011.

Compared to EN 13353:2008+A1:2011, the following changes have been made:

a) additional types of adhesive for load-bearing panels were included, see 4.3.4;
b) modification of the thickness range and of the requirements for single-layer panels given in Table 3;
c) modification of the thickness ranges and of the requirements for multi-layer panels given in Table 4;
d) Annex B (normative) included (alternative to determining the characteristic values for the homogeneous rectangular substitute cross-section);
e) editorial changes.

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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, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 13353:2022

Solid wood panels (SWP). Requirements

Current

Published:

31 Aug 2022