Key Benefits:
Pursuant to Order No. 84-74 dated January 26, 1984, as amended, in The absence of opposition from the interdepartmental delegate to the standards, the board of directors of the Association française de normalisation, by decision n ° 2003-27 of 20 April 2003, delivered:
A.-The approval, to take effect from 20 May 2003, of the following twenty French standards:
BUILDING AND PUBLIC WORKS
NF EN 54-4/A1. -Detection and fire alarm systems. -Part 4: power supply equipment (classification index: S61-984/A1).
HEALTH
NF EN 13795-1. -Surgical fields, casks and block outfits, used as medical devices, for patients, staff and equipment. -Part 1: General requirements for manufacturers, suppliers and products (classification index: S97-165-1).
MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION
NF EN 13293. -Transportable gas cylinders. -Specifications for the design and manufacture of rechargeable and seamless transportable gas cylinders for standard manganese carbon steel, water capacity up to 0.5 litres for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases and up to 1 Litre for carbon dioxide (classification index: A49-903).
HYGIENE AND SAFETY OF WORK
NF EN 12111. -Machines for building tunnels. -Point-attack machines, continuous miners, rock-breakers. -Safety rules (classification index: E58-302).
NF EN 12110. -Tunneliers. -Transfer Sas. -Safety requirements (classification index: E58-304).
NF EN 13595-2. -Protective clothing for professional motorcyclists. -Jackets, trousers and combinations one or two pieces. -Part 2: test method for determining resistance to abrasion by impact (classification index: S74-549-2).
NF EN 13274-7. -Respiratory protection apparatus. -Test methods. -Part 7: Determination of the penetration of particulate filters (classification index S76-007-7).
NF EN 13274-8. -Respiratory protection apparatus. -Test methods. -Part 8: Determination of dolomite dust clogging (classification index S76-007-8).
NF EN 352-5. -Personal protection against noise. -Safety requirements and testing. -Part 5: headset with active attenuation of noise (classification index: S78-501-5).
NF EN 352-6. -Personal protection against noise. -Safety requirements and testing. -Part 6: headlock with audio-electric input (classification index: S78-501-6).
NF EN 352-7. -Personal protection against noise. -Safety requirements and testing. -Part 7: level-dependent ear plugs (classification index: S78-501-7).
NF EN 13819-1. -Personal protection against noise. -Tests. -Part 1: physical test methods (classification index: S78-503-1).
NF EN 13819-2. -Personal protection against noise. -Tests. -Part 2: acoustic test methods (classification index: S78-503-2).
GAZ
NF EN 449. -Specifications for apparatus operating exclusively for liquefied petroleum gases. -Unconnected domestic heating appliances (including diffusive catalytic combustion heaters) (classification index: D35-354).
NF EN 13278. -Independant, open-source heating equipment using gaseous fuels (classification index: D35-373).
HABITAT. -SPORTS AND LEISURE
NF EN 1400-1. Articles of periculture. -Baby and young children. -Part 1: General requirements and product information (classification index: S54-003-1).
NF EN 1400-2. Articles of periculture. -Baby and young children. -Part 2: mechanical requirements and tests (classification index: S54-003-2).
NF EN 1400-3. Articles of periculture. -Baby and young children. -Part 3: chemical requirements and tests (classification index: S54-003-3).
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
NF EN 13619. -Postal services. -Processing of postal items. -Optical characteristics for mail processing (classification index: Z17-030).
MISCELLANEOUS
NF EN 13938-3. -Explosives for civil use. -Propellant and propellant. -Part 3: method of determining the passage from the blast to the detonation (classification index: T70-938-3).
B.-The cancellation, effective as of May 20, 2003, of the following two French standards:
GAZ
NF EN 449 (July 1996). -Specifications for apparatus operating exclusively for liquefied petroleum gases. -Unconnected domestic heating appliances (including diffusive catalytic combustion heaters) (certified on June 20, 1996) (classification index: D35-354).
HABITAT. -SPORTS AND LEISURE
NF S54-003 (March 1985). -Sugars. -Mechanical and physical safety requirements. -Testing (certified on February 20, 1985) (classification index: S54-003).
