British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: B/541 - Wood based panels
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules
Comment period start date:: 09/07/2025
Comment period end date:: 23/08/2025

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23rd Aug

Scope

This European Standard specifies a chamber method with three options of test chambers for the determination of the formaldehyde emission from woodbased panels in terms of the steadystate concentration in a climate chamber under defined conditions, which relate to typical conditions in reallife. This chamber method can also be applied to the estimation of formaldehyde concentrations under various conditions in practice, by the use of mathematical models.

Purpose

The revision is intended to align EN 7171 with the provisions of the REACH restriction and the ECHA guideline for formaldehyde emission from woodbased panels.

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

09/07/2025

Proposal end date:

23/08/2025

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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New work item proposal - Revision of EN 717-1: Wood-based panels - Determination of formaldehyde release - Part 1: Formaldehyde emission by the chamber method

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