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B/557 - Construction products - Assessment of dangerous substances

Sector: Construction

Categories: Building elements. General | Certification. Conformity assessment | Construction materials and building | Construction materials | Heating appliances. General | Protection against dangerous goods | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials. General | Water. Examination. General | Environmental protection. Other | Thermal and sound insulating materials | Environmental projects | Legal aspects | Ambient atmospheres

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to CEN/TC 351 for standards relating to regulated dangerous substances relating to construction products

Committee standards activity

In Progress (9)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TR XXX Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Specific quality assurance measures

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-24 		Drafting
CEN/TC 351 N 984, Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances Pros and cons of methods for communication the potential release of dangerous substances into soil, groundwater or surface water and indoor air

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Environmental impact assessment | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction industry

Proposal begins : 2021-06-22 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 948 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Guidance for a broader application of the CEN/TC 351 reference room

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Environmental impact assessment | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction materials

Proposal begins : 2021-01-14 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 940 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Specific quality assurance measures

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Testing | Testing. Environmental | Environment | Environmental protection | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction industry | Construction materials

Proposal begins : 2020-11-26 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 931, Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Terminology

Categories: Information management | Terminology. Principles and coordination | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Environmental impact assessment | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction industry | Construction materials

Proposal begins : 2020-10-21 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 912, Conversion of CEN/TS 17332 'Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Analysis of organic substances in eluates'

Categories: Information management | Vocabularies | Construction materials and building | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Environmental protection. Other | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction materials

Proposal begins : 2020-07-10 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 911, Conversion of CEN/TS 17331 'Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Content of organic substances - Methods for extraction and analysis'

Categories: Information management | Vocabularies | Construction materials and building | Standardization. General rules | Business | Quality | Certification. Conformity assessment | Environment | Environmental protection | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction materials

Proposal begins : 2020-07-10 		Proposal
CEN/TC 351 N 884, Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Sampling and qualitative determination of asbestos in construction products

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Environmental protection | Environmental impact assessment | Construction | Construction materials and building | Construction industry | Building elements | Building protection | Building protection. Other

Proposal begins : 2020-04-02 		Proposal
BS EN 17216 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination of radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 activity using gamma-ray spectrometry

Categories: Construction materials. General

Public comment begins : 2023-06-19 		Public comment
Published (33)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 18020:2024 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Sampling and quantitative determination of asbestos in construction products

Categories: Protection against dangerous goods | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2024-03-22 		Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17985:2023 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Methods for the determination of N-nitrosamines in air samples derived by EN 16516

Categories: Ambient atmospheres | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2023-12-08 		Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17459:2022 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Determination of ecotoxicity of construction product eluates

Categories: Environmental protection. Other | Construction materials. General | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials

Published standard begins : 2022-12-20 		Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17216:2018 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Determination of activity concentrations of radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 in construction products using semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometry

Categories: Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2018-10-25 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 18043:2024 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Pros and cons of methods for communicating the potential release of dangerous substances into soil, groundwater or surface water and indoor air

Categories: Environmental protection. Other | Ambient atmospheres | Water. Examination. General | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2024-02-16 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17965:2023 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Guidance for a broader application of the CEN/TC 351 reference room

Categories: Ambient atmospheres | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2023-06-19 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17304:2018 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Determination of emissions into indoor air of ammonia from cellulose insulation at 90 % RH

Categories: Thermal and sound insulating materials

Published standard begins : 2018-11-21 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17113:2017 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Radiation from construction products. Dose assessment of emitted gamma radiation

Categories: Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2017-11-08 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16797-2:2015 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Guidance on the statistical assessment of declared values. Technical and statistical background

Categories: Certification. Conformity assessment | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2015-09-01 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16797-1:2015 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Guidance on the statistical assessment of declared values. Principles and rules of application

Categories: Certification. Conformity assessment | Construction materials. General

Published standard begins : 2015-09-01 		Published standard
Withdrawn (15)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 17332:2019 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Analysis of organic substances in eluates

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-27 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17331:2019 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Content of organic substances. Methods for extraction and analysis

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-27 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17201:2018 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Content of inorganic substances. Methods for analysis of aqua regia digests

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-23 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17200:2018 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Analysis of inorganic substances in digests and eluates. Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma. Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-23 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17197:2018 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Analysis of inorganic substances in digests and eluates. Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma. Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). Analysis by Inductive Coupled Plasma. Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-23 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17196:2018 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Digestion by aqua regia for subsequent analysis of inorganic substances

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-27 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 17195:2018 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Analysis of inorganic substances in eluates

Categories: Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-24 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16637-3:2016 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Horizontal up-flow percolation test

Categories: Ambient atmospheres | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-10 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16637-2:2014 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Horizontal dynamic surface leaching test

Categories: Ambient atmospheres | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-10 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16637-1:2018 Construction products. Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Guidance for the determination of leaching tests and additional testing steps

Categories: Ambient atmospheres | Testing. Environmental | Construction materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-10 		Withdrawn