British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: B/539 - Ceramic tiles and other rigid tiling
Categories:: Standardization. General rules | Ceramics | Ceramics. Products | Construction | Construction materials and building | Buildings | Building elements | Walls. Partitions. Façade

Scope

This document defines Product Category Rules (PCR) providing guidelines and rules for developing a type III environmental declaration (EPD) for ceramic tiles produced by extrusion and drypressing techniques, mainly used for internal and/or external floorings and walls coverings and façade cladding.

These PCR specify the calculation rules in accordance with EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 for the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ceramic tiles for developing an EPD, as well as the requirements on the background of the LCA.

Purpose

The main purpose of the revision is to align the standard to EN 15804:2012+A2:2019.

This revision will be based on a document from another organization CET.

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

08/09/2023

Proposal end date:

23/10/2023

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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