National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15115:2025, incorporating corrigendum October 2026. It supersedes BS EN 15115:2006, which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum is indicated in the text by tags. Text altered by CEN corrigendum October 2026 is indicated in the text by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/60, Resilient, textile, laminate and modular mechanical locked floor coverings.

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

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2025.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 September 2025.

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.

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European foreword

This document (EN 15115:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 134 “Resilient, textile, laminate and modular mechanical locked floor coverings”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2026.

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 15115:2006.

EN 15115:2025 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 15115:2006:

Clause 5: Apparatus: added description of the waterproof surface and ring.
Clause 6: Sampling and selection of test specimens: consistency in number of samples.
Clause 7: Atmosphere for conditioning and testing: reference made to EN ISO 139:2005¹ ((20 ± 2) °C) / (65 ± 4) % RH)).
Clause 8: Procedure: improved with respect to the application of demineralized water.
Clause 9: Evaluation: improved evaluation procedure including reference to current standard (= EN ISO 9405).

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.

1 Scope

This document specifies a method to determine the sensitivity of a textile floor covering for appearance change after water has been spilled and dried on the surface.

This change can be:

a colour change;
a change in structure;
migration and concentration of chemicals coming from the product.

NOTE A concentration of chemicals on a part of the surface can cause accelerated uneven soiling of textile floor coverings.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus

6 Sampling and selection of test specimens

7 Atmosphere for conditioning and testing

8 Procedure

9 Evaluation

10 Test report

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