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This document specifies the apparatus and procedure for measuring reaction to fire behaviour under reduced oxygen atmospheres. Continuous measurements are made to calculate heat release rates, smoke and specific gas production rates, and mass loss rates. Ignition time measurements are also made and ignition behaviour is obtained. Pyrolysis parameters of specimens exposed to controlled levels of irradiance and controlled levels of oxygen supply can be determined as well.

Different reduced oxygen atmospheres in the test environment are achieved by controlling the oxygen volume concentration of input gas fed into the chamber (vitiation) or by controlling the total volume of atmosphere fed into the chamber (ventilation). Ranges of oxygen volume concentration below 20,95 % of oxygen can be studied. The apparatus is not intended to control enriched oxygen conditions above atmospheric 20,95 % oxygen concentration.

The measurement system prescribed in this document is based on the cone calorimeter apparatus described in ISO 5660-1. Therefore, this document is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 5660-1.

1.1 This document specifies the minimum requirements for safety and performance of some optional specific permanently installed equipment on firefighting and rescue service vehicles, operated by trained persons, as designated in EN 1846 1:2011 and specified in EN 1846 2:2024. NOTE 1 Categories and mass classes of these vehicles are given in EN 1846 1:2011. NOTE 2 Vehicle means ground vehicles which can also drive on rails and amphibious vehicles. The permanently installed equipment covered by this document is given below: — water installation; — additive installation; — monitor; — equipment gantries; — demountable systems. This document covers also the use of wireless control systems. NOTE This document is assumed to be read in conjunction with any national regulations in force for vehicles using the public roads and with any EU Directives and associated EFTA regulations in force relevant to vehicles and their equipment. For the purposes of this document, the normal ambient temperature range is - 15 °C to + 40 °C. For equipment to be used at temperature outside this temperature range, the particular temperature range is specified by the user. A risk assessment determines any need for additional precautions. 1.2 This document does not deal with the following types of equipment: — all control systems outside of the cabin related to hook arm system; — provisions for non-firefighting removable equipment driven by PTO. 1.3 This document deals with the technical requirements to minimize the hazards listed in Annex A which can arise during operational use, routine checking and maintenance of firefighting and rescue service vehicles. It does not cover the hazards generated by: — non-permanently installed equipment i.e. portable equipment carried on the vehicle; — use in potentially explosive atmospheres; — commissioning and decommissioning; — noise (as permanently installed equipment cannot be operated separately from the vehicle, this hazard is covered in EN 1846 2:2024); — electromagnetic compatibility; — cyber security; — cyber safety. Additional measures not dealt with in this document can be necessary for specific use (e.g. fire in natural environment, flooding, etc.). 1.4 This document is not applicable to the equipment which is manufactured before its date of publication by CEN.

This document is intended to provide guidance on developing policies and practices that are supportive of the menstruation, menstrual health and peri/menopause experiences of employees in the workplace.

This document specifies a method for periodic determination of the axial velocity and volume flow rate of gas within emissions ducts and stacks. It is applicable for use in circular or rectangular ducts with measurement locations meeting the requirements of ISO 15259. Minimum and maximum duct sizes are driven by practical considerations of the measurement devices described within this document. NOTE ISO 15259 is identical to EN 15259[12]. This document requires all flow measurements to have demonstrable metrological traceability to national or international primary standards. This document applies to a range of monitoring objectives with different uncertainty requirements, ranging from very stringent (Emission Trading Schemes and calibration of automated flow measuring systems) to less demanding (support of isokinetic sampling). The level of quality control within this document is determined by the uncertainty requirements of the monitoring objective. Monitoring objectives are grouped based on the required quality control. The document specifies which requirements and performance characteristics apply to specified measurement objectives and application areas. The methods specified in this document can be used as a standard reference method, if the user demonstrates that the performance characteristics of the methods are equal to or better than the performance criteria specified in this document and that the expanded uncertainty of the measurement results obtained by the methods, expressed with a level of confidence of 95 %, is determined and reported. The results for each method defined in this document have different uncertainties within a range of 1 % to 10 % at flow velocities of 20 m/s. Other methods can be used provided that the user can demonstrate equivalence, e.g. based on the principles of EN 14793[11].

This document specifies requirements and test methods for the stone shields to be worn by youths and adults of either sex to provide limited protection against lofted stones and debris while riding motorcycles in motocross and other off road activities on dirt roads. Hence this document contains general and performance requirements for the materials utilised and requirements for sizes, shapes, marking and assembly methodology. This document is not applicable to stone shield for children and for people with chest girth below 50 cm.

This document describes procedures for the determination of non-rare earth impurities in individual rare earth metals and their oxides through the use of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). Magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), calcium (Ca) and iron (Fe) are included as non-rare earth impurity elements, and the measurement ranges for each impurity element are specified. The applicable measurement range (mass fraction %) of magnesium, aluminum, silicon and calcium is from 0,001 to 0,2, and that of iron is from 0,001 to 0,5. The verified measurement ranges in the interlaboratory tests are described later in this document.

This document defines the requirements and frameworks for secure information processing and communication to safeguard integrity, authenticity and reliability in the digital product passport (DPP) data exchange, minimizing product fraud and counterfeiting through data verification and integrity enforcement mechanisms. This document provides a framework for establishing trust, interoperability, and interoperation via secure electronically signed data construct (ESDC) for multi-actor applications, applicable across various sectors and in multilingual environments. Existing hardware and software systems for unique product identification and storage of this identification are to be considered. The following is out of the scope of this document: system architecture for DPP, DPP use cases, secure elements related to data carriers and cryptographic security features for unique product identifiers. NOTE 1 While not disrupting existing traceability and authentication systems, this document facilitates interoperability by introducing an ESDC scheme to be combined with existing data constructs to cover and preserve existing data models. NOTE 2 Annex A includes illustrative examples and references to supporting implementations, intended to demonstrate approaches that promote interoperability across diverse environments. These references are provided to assist stakeholders in selecting appropriate solutions that comply with applicable legal obligations and technical standards, while preserving existing systems.

This part of ISO 23611 provides guidance for the design of field studies with soil invertebrates (e.g. for the monitoring of the quality of a soil as a habitat for organisms). Detailed information on the sampling of the most important soil organisms is provided in the other parts of this International Standard (ISO 23611-1 to ISO 23611-5).

This part of ISO 23611 is used for all terrestrial biotopes in which soil invertebrates occur. Basic information on the design of field studies in general is already laid down in ISO 10381-1. This information can vary according to the national requirements or the climatic/regional conditions of the site to be sampled.

NOTE While this part of ISO 23611 aims to be applicable globally for all terrestrial sites that are inhabited by soil invertebrates, the existing information refers mostly to temperate regions. However, the (few) studies from other (tropical and boreal) regions, as well as theoretical considerations, allow the conclusion that the principles laid down in this part of ISO 23611 are generally valid, References [4], [6], [40], [21].

This part of ISO 23611 gives information on site-specific risk assessment of contaminated land, study of potential side effects of anthropogenic impacts (e.g. the application of chemicals or the building of roads), the biological classification and assessment of soils in order to determine the biological quality of soils, and longterm biogeographical monitoring in the context of nature protection or restoration, including global change (e.g. as in long-term ecological research projects).

This European Standard specifies a method to determine the macroscopic impurities > 2 mm and stones > 5 mm in compost and digestate. Macroscopic impurities are contaminants not naturally occurring in soil such as pieces of glass, metal, plastics, rubber, cigarette buds etc.) This method is not able to make a distinction between compostable and non-compostable plastics. Fragments of wood or bark are acceptable constituents of the sample and not classified as macroscopic impurities.

This document specifies the identification of radionuclides and the measurement of their activity in soil using in situ gamma spectrometry with portable systems equipped with germanium or scintillation detectors.

This document is suitable to rapidly assess the activity of artificial and natural radionuclides deposited on or present in soil layers of large areas of a site under investigation.

This document can be used in connection with radionuclide measurements of soil samples in the laboratory (see ISO 18589-3) in the following cases:

— routine surveillance of the impact of radioactivity released from nuclear installations or of the evolution of radioactivity in the region;

— investigations of accident and incident situations;

— planning and surveillance of remedial action;

— decommissioning of installations or the clearance of materials.

It can also be used for the identification of airborne artificial radionuclides, when assessing the exposure levels inside buildings or during waste disposal operations.

Following a nuclear accident, in situ gamma spectrometry is a powerful method for rapid evaluation of the gamma activity deposited onto the soil surface as well as the surficial contamination of flat objects.

NOTE The method described in this document is not suitable when the spatial distribution of the radionuclides in the environment is not precisely known (influence quantities, unknown distribution in soil) or in situations with very high photon flux. However, the use of small volume detectors with suitable electronics allows measurements to be performed under high photon flux.

This document covers requirements and test methods for mechanically activated inflatable protectors for motorcycle riders (in the following text called inflatable protector). It specifies the minimum level of protection, the minimum intervention time for the airbag system and the minimum coverage body zone to be protected by motorcyclists' inflatable protector worn by riders. The requirements of this document are applicable to various design of inflatable protectors and refer to all body areas and their combinations, which are claimed to be protected. Requirement of this document are applicable to airbag system, to the specific hosting garment (or textile restrain system) and to the mechanical triggering system. This document contains the requirements for assessing the performance of airbag system, specific hosting garment (or textile restraint system), and mechanical triggering system during an accident and details of the test methods, requirements sizing, ergonomics, innocuousness, labelling and the provision of information. This document is not applicable to pre inflated protector. Inflatable protectors other than mechanically activated are not covered by this document.

EXAP standard specific to the materials typically used within composite fire and smoke control doors.

This document specifies a method for the determination of ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N) in drinking water, groundwater, surface water, wastewater, bathing water and mineral water using the small-scale sealed tube method. The result can be expressed as NH4 or NH4-N or NH3 or NH3-N.

This document covers the following aspects of fire testing of plastics materials and products: -

— Selection of appropriate tests that reflect realistic end-use conditions

— Grouping of the reaction-to-fire characteristics that any given test or tests can measure

— Assessment of tests as to their relevance in areas such as material characterisation, quality control, preselection,

end-product testing, environmental profiling and DfE (Design for the Environment)

— Definition of potential problems that may arise when plastics are tested in standard fire tests

This document does not include specification for development or design of new fire-tests for plastics.

However, the flexibility of approach that is indicated with respect to the mounting and fixing of test

specimens is valuable when fire testing laboratories and certification bodies are considering how to evaluate

ranges of plastics that are used in different ways.

This document specifies a method for the determination of gross alpha and gross beta activity concentration for alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides. Gross alpha and gross beta activity measurement is not intended to give an absolute determination of the activity concentration of all alpha and beta emitting radionuclides in a test sample, but is a screening analysis to ensure particular reference levels of specific alpha and beta emitters have not been exceeded. This type of determination is also known as gross alpha and gross beta index. Gross alpha and gross beta analysis is not expected to be as accurate nor as precise as specific radionuclide analysis after radiochemical separations. Maximum beta energies of approximately 0,1 MeV or higher are well measured. It is possible that low energy beta emitters can not detected (e.g. 3H, 55Fe, 241Pu) or can only be partially detected (e.g. 14C, 35S, 63Ni, 210Pb, 228Ra). The method covers non-volatile radionuclides, since some gaseous or volatile radionuclides (e.g. radon and radioiodine) can be lost during the source preparation. The method is applicable to test samples of drinking water, rainwater, surface and ground water as well as cooling water, industrial water, domestic and industrial wastewater after proper sampling, sample handling, and test sample preparation (filtration when necessary and taking into account the amount of dissolved material in the water). The method described in this document is applicable in the event of an emergency situation, because the results can be obtained in less than 1 h. Detection limits reached for gross alpha and gross beta are less than 10 Bq/l and 20 Bq/l respectively. The evaporation of 10 ml sample is carried out in 20 min followed by 10 min counting with window-proportional counters. It is the laboratory's responsibility to ensure the suitability of this test method for the water samples tested.

This document specifies a method for the determination of nitrate as NO3-N in water of various origin such as natural water (including groundwater, surface water and bathing water), drinking water and wastewater, in a measuring range of concentration between 0,10 mg/l and 225 mg/l of N03-N using the small-scale sealed tube method. Different measuring ranges of small-scale sealed tube methods can be required.

This document specifies a method for the determination of nitrate as NO3-N in water of various origin such as natural water (including groundwater, surface water and bathing water), drinking water and wastewater, in a measuring range of concentration between 0,20 mg/l and 30 mg/l of NO3-N using the small-scale sealed tube method. Different measuring ranges of small-scale sealed tube methods can be required.

This document specifies a method for the determination of total bound nitrogen (ST-TNb) in water of various origins: groundwater, surface water, and wastewater, in a measuring range of concentration generally between 0,5 mg/l and 220 mg/l of ST-TNb using the small-scale sealed tube method. Different measuring ranges of small-scale sealed tube methods can be required.

This document specifies a method for the determination of total bound nitrogen (ST-TNb) in water of various origins: groundwater, surface water and wastewater, in a measuring range of concentration generally between 0,5 mg/l and 150 mg/l of ST-TNb using the small-scale sealed tube method. Different measuring ranges of small-scale sealed tube methods can be required.

Guidance and methods for activity measurements of materials to be released for recycling, re-use or disposal as non-radioactive waste arising from the operation of nuclear facilities.