Standards Development

Scope

This document gives guidance and requirements for the assessment of conformity of formulations, products and assemblies in accordance with the applicable part of EN 1329 intended to be included in the manufacturer’s quality plan as part of the quality management system and for the establishment of certification procedures.

NOTE 1 A basic test matrix provides an overview of the testing scheme in Annex A.

NOTE 2 If certification is involved, the certification body operating in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17065[1] and EN ISO/IEC 17020[2] is considered to be competent. In conjunction with EN 1329­1, this document is applicable to piping systems made of unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC­U) intended for soil and waste discharge systems (low and high temperature):

— inside buildings (application area code “B”), above ground inside the building, or outside buildings fixed onto the wall ;

— for both inside buildings (application area code “B”) and buried in ground within the building structure (application area code “D”) , which is reflected in the marking by “BD”. This intended use is only applicable for components with nominal outside diameters equal to or greater than 75 mm.

Purpose

In anticipation of regulations/legislation aiming to increase the use of recycled products into new products, it is necessary to open the standard for more recyclates up to 100%.