European classification

It is clear that the ultimate solution rests with the ISO tests used as a part of a European Classification System adopted as a part of a common or model building code for the European Community. 

CEN/TC 127 has created, as it has been said in chapter 5, a Working Group (WG 2) charged with the responsibility of deriving a European classification system based on the ISO tests. WG 2 is composed of 21 members from 14 countries and is convened by Sweden. It has very recently formulated 111 its philosophy, based on the following statements ... 

The European classification system of reaction to fire must reflect the behaviour of tested products in real fires. Test methods should be designed so that the results can be used as important part of risk assessment. 

In accordance with both the old and the new European classification system teratogenic effects constitute a health hazard but a separate classification for teratogenicity is not provided. Instead, teratogens are classified as developmental toxicants, with developmental toxicity falling within the hazard class of reproductive toxicity. 

Classilicalion of coals in Europe and other parts of the world differs somewhat from the American system. European classifications include ( ) the International Classification of Hard Coals by Type and (2) the International Classification of Brown Coals. These systems were developed by a Classification Working Party established in 1949 by the Coal Committee of die Economic Commission for Europe. The term "hard coal" is defined as a coal with a clorific value of more than 10.260 Blu per pound (5705 Calories/kg) on the moist, ash-free basis. The term "brown coal" refers to a coal containing less than 10.260 Blu per pound (5705 Calories/kg). In European terminology, ihe term "type" is equivalent to rank in American coal classification terminology and the term class approximates ihe ASTM rank. Space docs not permit a full comparison or the various systems. Reference to various ASTM publications is suggested. 

The analyses are performed using the criteria in the European classification and labelling directive (67/548). These criteria will be replaced by a new directive that is based on the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classification and labelling developed by the United Nations (Reg. 1272/2008). The new rules will be implemented stepwise from June 2010 to June 2015. 

European Classification and Labelling Inspections of Preparations including Safety Data Sheets, Final Report, Chemical Legislation European Enforcemnet Network (CLEEN), June 2004. 

ECLIPS Project (2004). European classification and labelling of preparations including safety Data Sheets, Final report, Office of Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. 

In some Member States of the European Community, divergent national classifications are established which differ from the official European classification. These divergent classifications are not vahd for marketing and labeling, and can... 

European Classification is taken from the Official Journal of the European Communities COM(93)638 1993. IMO Classification is taken from International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), Amendment 26-91 1991... 

The European classification system is prescribed in EN ISO 14688-2 (2013) in conjunction with CEN EN ISO 14688-1 (2013). According to EN ISO 14688-2 (2013), soil classification is the assignment of soil into groups on the basis of certain characteristics, criteria and genesis. 

B. Sundstrom, European Classification of Building Prorlucts , Inter-flam 99, 8th International, Fire Science Engineering Conference, 2, pp. 769- Interscience Communications, Lrmdon, UK, 1999. 

Floor coverings are tested by the radiant panel method, which is already in use in most European countries. The test methods for determining the calorific value and to confirm the nature of noncombustible materials (currently Class A building materials in Germany) are also well established and have been modified only slightly for the European classification system. 

It remains to be seen how building products that cannot be tested by the SBI method will eventually be tested, whether in a large-scale room-type test or another scenario and also how these various tests, under the new European classification system, are incorporated, as they eventually must be, into national building regulations. 

Fig. 4.15 European classification and labeling of HCl solution in accordance with the concentration...

Fig. 4.18 European classification and labeling of the sodium hydroxide in aqueous solution concentration...

If a medical gas is classified as a medical device in accordance with the European classification criteria for medical devices, fulfilment of so-called Essential... 

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