Bsi bs en 12604 2000

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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 August 2000

 BSI 08-2000

BS EN 12604:2000

Amendments issued since publication

National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12604:2000.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical CommitteeB/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to SubcommitteeB/538/5, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates, which has theresponsibility to:

Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;

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

Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgatethem in the UK

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 publicationsreferred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under thesection entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using theªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue

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

Further information

Users of this standard are informed that the UK submitted a vote of disapproval onfinal voting stage of the draft EN for the following reasons

1 For some types of vertically moving doors, compliance with 4.3.4 will require the

introduction of safety devices to cover components that do not fail in a dangerousmanner This is beyond the requirements of the following UK regulations

· Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999;

· Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992;

· Requirement K5 of Building Regulations, England and Wales and parallelprovisions in the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations and the BuildingRegulations (Northern Ireland)

2 No consideration is given to the possible results of a failure in secondary safetydevices

3 The durability test permits unlimited expenditure through the ongoingreplacement of components No accurate conclusion of cyclic durability in terms of

intended use can be drawn from testing to clause 5 of BS EN 12604:2000.

* Additional guidance will be given in PD 6666 ªGuidance on the interpretation of

standards for mechanical aspects for industrial, commercial and garage doorsº, which is in preparation.

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

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