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1463-2:2000

The European Standard EN 1463-2:2000 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 93.080.20

Road marking

materials Ð

Retroreflecting

road studs Ð

Part 2: Road test performance

specifications

Incorporating Corrigendum No 1

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 May 2000

BS EN 1463-2:2000

National foreword

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/509, Road equipment, to Subcommittee B/509/2, Horizontal road markings and road studs, 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

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

to its secretary

This standard is the second part of a two part standard for road studs prepared by CEN This standard partially supersedes BS 873-4 which has been declared obsolescent

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

Amendments issued since publication

16772

Corrigendum No 1 31 October 2006 Correction to supersession details

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard is the official English language version of

EN 1463-2:2000 Together with BS 8442:2006, BS EN 12899-1:2001 and

BS EN 1463-1:1998, this British Standard supersedes BS 873-1:1983,

BS 873-2:1984, BS 873-4:1987, BS 873-5:1983, BS 873-6:1983 and

BS 873-7:1984 which are withdrawn

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