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The European Standard EN 513:1999 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 83.080.20; 91.060.50

NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW

Unplasticized

polyvinylchloride

(PVC-U) profiles for the

fabrication of windows

and doors Ð

Determination of the

resistance to artificial

weathering

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the

direction of the Sector

Committee for Building and Civil

Engineering, was published under

the authority of the Standards

Committee and comes into effect

on 15 December 1999

 BSI 12-1999

BS EN 513:1999

Amendments issued since publication

National foreword

This British Standard is the English language version of EN 513:1999

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to Subcommittee B/538/1, Windows, which has the responsibility to:

Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;

Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;

Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK

This British Standard forms part of a package of standards on window and doors which will not become fully effective until all standards on the package have been published The effective date of publication will be agreed within CEN and will be notified

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request

to its secretary

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 11 and a back cover

The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued

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