PD CEN/TS Standards Single-File Series Overview — A Compilation of 140 European Technical Specifications (CEN/TS) and Their Technical Points

Single-file PD CEN/TS standards covering plastics piping systems, construction products, wood durability, waste characterisation, postal services, bitumen and bituminous binders, food analysis, air emissions and sports surfaces

PD CEN/TS is the British standard publication formed when the UK adopts the Technical Specification (TS) published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), published by BSI. CEN/TS is a document in the CEN standards system between a European Standard (EN) and a CEN report, used in fields that are not yet mature or that urgently need technical reference, and its binding force differs from a formal EN standard. This batch compiles 140 single-file PD CEN/TS standards covering plastics piping systems, construction products, wood durability, waste characterisation, postal services, bitumen and bituminous binders, food analysis, air emissions and sports surfaces.

These technical specifications provide unified test methods, conformity assessment guidance and application recommendations for their respective industries, and are important supplementary documents in the European standardisation system. This article is organised into six parts: series overview, standard list, key technical requirements, representative standard interpretation, engineering practice and application, and frequently asked questions.

All 140 technical specifications in this batch are single-file compilations with extractable text; their key points are summarised from the standard text, and authoritative clauses follow the official BSI published versions.

1. Series Overview 📌

CEN/TS technical specifications are developed by CEN technical committees to standardise technical requirements that are not yet fully mature or need rapid unification. Compared with a formal EN standard, CEN/TS does not require the full public consultation and voting procedure, so it is published faster and often serves as a precursor or supplement to EN standards. The 140 technical specifications in this batch are adopted and published by BSI as the PD CEN/TS series.

By field distribution, this batch can be broadly divided into: plastics piping system types (covering PVC-U, PP, PE and GRP materials in drainage, water supply, gas and rainwater piping systems, plus conformity assessment guidance for each material), construction product and material types (concrete testing, bituminous mixtures, sports surfaces, wood-based panels, exterior wood coatings and varnishes), wood durability types (preservative-treated wood emissions, fire-retardant treated wood performance, fungicide efficacy), waste and emission types (waste characterisation, leaching tests, stationary source emissions, ambient air measurement), postal and transport types (hybrid mail, mail sorting, public transport real-time information, electronic fee collection) and food analysis types (food allergens, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, genetically modified organism detection).

This diversity reflects the wide use of CEN/TS as a rapid standardisation tool across technical fields.

2. Standard List and Technical Points 📋

Standard No.Standard Title (English)
PD CEN TS 00054-32-2015Fire detection and fire alarm systems Part 32: Planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance of voice alarm systems
PD CEN TS 00115-4-2015Safety of escalators and moving walks Part 4: Interpretations related to EN 115 family of standards
PD CEN TS 00764-8-2016Pressure equipment and assemblies Part 8: Proof test
PD CEN TS 01317-8-2012Road restraint systems Part 8: Motorcycle road restraint systems which reduce the impact severity of motorcyclist collisions with safety barriers
PD CEN TS 01329-2-2012Plastics piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride)
PD CEN TS 01401-2-2012Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) Part 2: Guidance for assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01451-2-2012Plastic piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Polypropylene (PP) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01452-7-2014Plastics piping systems for water supply and for buried and above-ground drainage and sewerage under pressure — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) Part 7: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01453-2-2017Plastics piping systems with structured wall pipes for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) inside buildings — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01455-2-2012Plastics piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
PD CEN TS 01519-2-2012Plastic piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Polyethylen (PE) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01555-7-2013Plastics piping systems for the supply of gaseous fuels — Polyethylene (PE) Part 7: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01565-2-2012Plastics piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Styrene-copolymer blends
PD CEN TS 01566-2-2012Plastics piping systems for soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) within the building structure — Chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride)
PD CEN TS 01852-2-2015Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Polypropylene (PP) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 01948-5-2015Stationary source emissions — Determination of the mass concentration of PCDDs/PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs Part 5: Long-term sampling of PCDDs/ PCDFs and PCBs
PD CEN TS 12200-2-2017Plastics rainwater piping systems for above ground external use — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 12201-7-2014Plastics piping systems for water supply, and for drainage and sewerage under pressure — Polyethylene (PE) Part 7: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 12390-9-2016Testing hardened concrete Part 9: Freeze-thaw resistance with de-icing salts — Scaling
PD CEN TS 12404-2015Durability of wood and wood-based products — Assessment of the effectiveness of a masonry fungicide to prevent growth into wood of Dry Rot Serpula lacrymans (Schumacher ex Fries) S.F. Gray — Laboratory method
PD CEN TS 12633-2014Method of polishing specimens prior to the measurement of slip and skid resistance
PD CEN TS 12666-2-2012Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Polyethylene (PE) Part 2 : Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 12697-50-2016Bituminous mixtures — Test methods Part 50: Resistance to scuffing
PD CEN TS 13286-54-2014Unbound and hydraulically bound mixtures Part 54: Test method for the determination of frost susceptibility — Resistance to freezing and thawing of hydraulically bound mixtures
PD CEN TS 13388-2015Copper and copper alloys — Compendium of compositions and products
PD CEN TS 13476-4-2013Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Structured-wall piping systems of unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) Part 4: Guidance for the
PD CEN TS 13598-3-2012Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC-U), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) Part 3: Guidance for assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 13649-2014Stationary source emissions — Determination of the mass concentration of individual gaseous organic compounds — Sorptive sampling method followed by solvent extraction or thermal desorption
PD CEN TS 13714-2013Characterization of sludges — Sludge management in relation to use or disposal
PD CEN TS 14014-2015Postal services — Hybrid mail — XML definition of encapsulation of letters for automated postal handling
PD CEN TS 14416-2014Geosynthetic barriers — Test method for determining the resistance to roots
PD CEN TS 14417-2014Geosynthetic barriers — Test method for the determination of the influence of wetting-drying cycles on the permeability of clay geosynthetic barriers
PD CEN TS 14418-2014Geosynthetic Barriers — Test method for the determination of the influence of freezing-thawing cycles on the permeability of clay geosynthetic barriers
PD CEN TS 14541-2013Plastics pipes and fittings — Characteristics for utilisation of non-virgin PVC-U, PP and PE materials
PD CEN TS 14578-2013Plastics piping systems for water supply or drainage and sewerage — Glass- reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) based on unsaturated polyester resin (UP) — Recommended practice for installation
PD CEN TS 14632-2012Plastics piping systems for drainage, sewerage and water supply, pressure and non-pressure — Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) based on unsaturated polyester resin (UP) — Guidance for the assessment of confor
PD CEN TS 14758-2-2016Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage — Polypropylene with mineral modifiers (PP-MD) Part 2: Guidance for the assessment of conformity
PD CEN TS 14807-2013Plastics piping systems — Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) based on unsaturated polyester resin (UP) — Guidance for the structural analysis of buried GRP-UP pipelines
PD CEN TS 14999-2013Adhesives for thermoplastic piping systems — Accelerated ageing test in storage container
PD CEN TS 15119-2-2012Durability of wood and wood-based products — Determination of emissions from preservative treated wood to the environment Part 2: Wooden commodities exposed in Use Class 4 or 5 (in contact with the ground, fresh water or
PD CEN TS 15398-2016Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings — Floor covering standard symbols — Complementary element
PD CEN TS 15430-2-2012Winter and road service area maintenance equipment — Data acquisition and transmission Part 2: Protocol for data transfer between information supplier and client application server
PD CEN TS 15448-2014Postal services — Open standard interface between image controller and enrichment devices (OCRs, video coding systems, voting systems)
PD CEN TS 15472-2016Postal services — Method for measurement of parcel transit time for cross-border parcels within the European Union and EFTA using Tracking and Tracing
PD CEN TS 15518-4-2013Winter maintenance equipment — Road weather information systems Part 4: Test methods for stationary equipment
PD CEN TS 15531-5-2016Public transport — Service interface for real-time information relating to public transport operations Part 5: Functional service interfaces situation exchange: Situation Exchange
PD CEN TS 15548-1-2014Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations — Determination of thermal resistance by means of the guarded hot plate method Part 1: Measurements at elevated temperatures from 100 °C to
PD CEN TS 15633-2-2013Foodstuffs — Detection of food allergens by immunological methods Part 2: Quantitative determination of hazelnut with an enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies and bicinchoninic acid-protein detection
PD CEN TS 15656-2015Copper and copper alloys — Determination of phosphorus content — Spectrophotometric method
PD CEN TS 15862-2012Characterization of waste — Compliance Leaching Test — One stage batch leaching test for monoliths at a fixed liquid to surface area ratio (L/A) for test portions with fixed minimum dimensions
PD CEN TS 15864-2015Characterization of waste — Leaching behaviour test for basic characterization — Dynamic monolithic leaching test with continuous leachant renewal under conditions relevant for specified scenario(s)
PD CEN TS 15912-2012Durability of reaction to fire performance — Classes of fire-retardant treated wood-based product in interior and exterior end use applications
PD CEN TS 15963-2014Bitumen and bituminous binders — Determination of the fracture toughness temperature by a three point bending test on a notched specimen
PD CEN TS 15968-2010Determination of extractable perfluorooctanesulphonate (PFOS) in coated and impregnated solid articles, liquids and fire fighting foams — Method for sampling, extraction and analysis by LC- qMS or LC-tandem/MS
PD CEN TS 15989-2015Firefighting and rescue service vehicles and equipment — Graphical symbols for control elements and displays and for markings
PD CEN TS 16010-2013Plastics — Recycled plastics — Sampling procedures for testing plastics waste and recyclates
PD CEN TS 16011-2013Plastics — Recycled plastics — Sample preparation
PD CEN TS 16023-2013Characterization of waste — Determination of gross calorific value and calculation of net calorific value
PD CEN TS 16115-2-2016Ambient air — Measurement of bioaerosols Part 2: Planning and evaluation of plant- related plume measurements
PD CEN TS 16118-2012Sheltered housing — Requirements for services for older people provided in a sheltered housing scheme
PD CEN TS 16163-2014Conservation of Cultural Heritage — Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor exhibitions
PD CEN TS 16214-2-2014Sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels and bioliquids for energy applications — Principles, criteria, indicators and verifiers Part 2: Conformity assessment including chain of custody and mass balance
PD CEN TS 16316-2012Postal services — Open interface — Sortplan
PD CEN TS 16326-2013Postal Services — Hybrid Mail — Functional Specification for postal registered electronic mail
PD CEN TS 16331-2012Electronic fee collection — Interoperable application profiles for autonomous systems
PD CEN TS 16346-2012Bituminous binders — Determination of breaking behaviour and immediate adhesivity of cationic bituminous emulsions with 2/4 mm aggregate
PD CEN TS 16354-2013Laminate floor coverings — Underlays — Specification, requirements and test methods
PD CEN TS 16358-2012Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of air inclusions/microfoam in coating films
PD CEN TS 16359-2012Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of knot staining resistance of wood coatings
PD CEN TS 16360-2012Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of film extensibility by indentation of a coating on a wooden substrate
PD CEN TS 16368-2014Lightweight Particleboards — Specifications
PD CEN TS 16371-2012Guidelines for implementors of EN 15744 and EN 15907
PD CEN TS 16375-2013Liming materials — Determination of the amount of residual finely ground carbonate in soils — Volumetric method
PD CEN TS 16384-2012Synthetic sport systems — Leaching test
PD CEN TS 16398-2012Plastics — Template for reporting and communication of bio-based carbon content and recovery options of biopolymers and bioplastics — Data sheet
PD CEN TS 16405-2017Intelligent transport systems — Ecall — Additional data concept specification for heavy goods vehicles
PD CEN TS 16406-2013Intelligent transport systems — Public transport — Indirect Fulfilment for Rail
PD CEN TS 16415-2013Personal fall protection equipment — Anchor devices — Recommendations for anchor devices for use by more than one person simultaneously
PD CEN TS 16428-2012Biometrics Interoperability profiles — Best Practices for slap tenprint captures
PD CEN TS 16429-2013Stationary source emissions — Sampling and determination of hydrogen chloride content in ducts and stacks — Infrared analytical technique
PD CEN TS 16459-2013External fire exposure of roofs and roof coverings — Extended application of test results from
PD CEN TS 16490-2013Fertilizers — Comparison of the CEN/TC 260/WG 7 ring test results with tolerances given in the Regulation (EC) Nr 2003/2003 Annex II and conclusions
PD CEN TS 16498-2013Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of tannin staining
PD CEN TS 16499-2013Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Resistance to blocking of paints and varnishes on wood
PD CEN TS 16501-2013Air Traffic Management — Specification for software assurance levels
PD CEN TS 16516-2013Construction products — Assessment of release of dangerous substances — Determination of emissions into indoor air
PD CEN TS 16524-2013Mechanical products — Methodology for reduction of environmental impacts in product design and development
PD CEN TS 16526-2013Sandwich boards for furniture (SWB-F) — Factory made products — Definition, classification and test methods for determination of performance characteristics
PD CEN TS 16599-2014Photocatalysis — Irradiation conditions for testing photocatalytic properties of semiconducting materials and the measurement of these conditions
PD CEN TS 16611-2016Furniture — Assessment of the surface resistance to microscratching
PD CEN TS 16621-2014Food analysis — Determination of benzo[a]pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene and benzo[b]fluoranthene in foodstuffs by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC
PD CEN TS 16628-2014Energy Performance of Buildings — Basic Principles for the set of EPB standards
PD CEN TS 16629-2014Energy Performance of Buildings — Detailed Technical Rules for the set of EPB-standards
PD CEN TS 16634-2014Personal identification — Recommendations for using biometrics in European Automated Border Control
PD CEN TS 16635-2014Railway application — Design for PRM Use — Equipment and Components onboard Rolling Stock — Toilets
PD CEN TS 16641-2014Textile floor coverings — Guidelines for acceptable colour deviations
PD CEN TS 16645-2014Ambient air — Method for the measurement of benz[a]anthracene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene
PD CEN TS 16650-2014Specification for hose couplings for petrol, oil and lubricants — High pressure couplings
PD CEN TS 16658-2014Requirements for establishing manufacturing enterprise process interoperability — Maturity model for assessing enterprise interoperability
PD CEN TS 16660-2015Characterization of waste — Leaching behaviour test — Determination of the reducing character and the reducing capacity
PD CEN TS 16663-2016Durability of wood and wood-based products — Determination of emissions from preservative treated wood to the environment — Wooden commodities exposed in Use Class 3 (Not covered, not in contact with the ground) — Semi-f
PD CEN TS 16665-2014Standing ladder durability test specification
PD CEN TS 16675-2014Characterization of waste — Test methods for the determination of the monolithic status of waste
PD CEN TS 16685-2014Information technology — Notification of RFID — The information sign to be displayed in areas where RFID interrogators are deployed
PD CEN TS 16692-2015Water quality — Determination of tributyltin (TBT) in whole water samples — Method using solid phase extraction (SPE) with SPE disks and gas chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
PD CEN TS 16700-2014Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of resistance to impact of a coating on a wooden substrate
PD CEN TS 16707-2014Foodstuffs — Methods of analysis for the detection of genetically modified organisms and derived products — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based screening strategies
PD CEN TS 16717-2015Surface for sports areas — Method of test for the determination of shock absorption, vertical deformation and energy restitution using the advanced artificial athlete
PD CEN TS 16731-2014Foodstuffs — Determination of hydride-reactive arsenic compounds in rice by atomic absorption spectrometry (Hydride-AAS) following acid extraction
PD CEN TS 16735-2015Postal services — Extensible Common Structure and Representation for Postal Rates — EPR
PD CEN TS 16765-2015LPG equipment and accessories — Environmental considerations for CEN/TC 286 standards
PD CEN TS 16766-2015Bio-based solvents — Requirements and test methods
PD CEN TS 16769-2015LPG equipment and accessories — Terminology
PD CEN TS 16800-2015Guideline for the validation of physico-chemical analytical methods
PD CEN TS 16811-3-2015Winter maintenance equipment — De-icing agents Part 3: Other solid and liquid de-icing agents — Requirements and test methods
PD CEN TS 16819-2015Postal services — Parcel boxes for end use — Technical features
PD CEN TS 16822-2015Textiles and textile products — Self-declared environmental claims — Use of the terms
PD CEN TS 16850-2015Societal and Citizen Security — Guidance for managing security in healthcare facilities
PD CEN TS 16861-2015Plastics — Recycled plastics — Determination of selected marker compounds in food grade recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
PD CEN TS 16868-2015Ambient air — Sampling and analysis of airborne pollen grains and fungal spores for allergy networks — Volumetric Hirst method
PD CEN TS 16880-2015Service excellence — Creating outstanding customer experiences through service excellence
PD CEN TS 16892-2015Plastics — Welding of thermoplastics — Specification of welding procedures
PD CEN TS 16916-2016Materials obtained from End of Life Tyres — Determination of specific requirements for sampling and determination of moisture content using the oven-dry method
PD CEN TS 16919-2016Postal services — Interface and data transfer format for capturing postal automation events IDT-PAE
PD CEN TS 16920-2016Environmental influence testing methodology for operational deployments of European ABC systems
PD CEN TS 16921-2016Personal identification — Borders and law enforcement application profiles for mobile biometric identification systems
PD CEN TS 16937-2016Nanotechnologies — Guidance for the responsible development of nanotechnologies
PD CEN TS 16945-2016Molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations — Specifications for pre-examination processes for metabolomics in urine, venous blood serum and plasma
PD CEN TS 16969-2016Paints and varnishes — Coating materials and coating systems for exterior wood — Assessment of end grain sealing performance
PD CEN TS 16976-2016Ambient air — Determination of the particle number concentration of atmospheric aerosol
PD CEN TS 16980-1-2016Photocatalysis — Continuous flow test methods Part 1: Determination of the degradation of nitric oxide (NO) in the air by photocatalytic materials
PD CEN TS 16981-2016Photocatalysis — Glossary of terms
PD CEN TS 16986-2016Electronic Fee Collection — Interoperable application profiles for information exchange between Service Provision and Toll Charging
PD CEN TS 17006-2016Earthworks — Continuous Compaction Control (CCC)
PD CEN TS 17010-2016Nanotechnologies — Guidance on measurands for characterising nano-objects and materials that contain them
PD CEN TS 17021-2017Stationary source emissions — Determination of the mass concentration of sulphur dioxide by instrumental techniques
PD CEN TS 17035-2017Surface Active Agents — Bio-based surfactants — Requirements and test methods
PD CEN TS 17045-2017Materials obtained from end of life tyres — Quality criteria for the selection of whole tyres, for recovery and recycling processes
PD CEN TS 419241-2014Security Requirements for Trustworthy Systems Supporting Server Signing
PD CEN TS 419261-2015Security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates and time-stamps

3. Key Technical Requirements 🔧

In plastics piping systems, CEN/TS provides ‘guidance for assessment of conformity’ for PVC-U, PP, PE and GRP materials in drainage, water supply, gas and rainwater piping systems, specifying type testing, initial inspection, factory production control and third-party certification requirements, and is used in conjunction with the corresponding EN product standard as an important basis for CE marking and declaration of performance.

In construction products, CEN/TS 12390-9 specifies the test method for freeze-thaw resistance (scaling) of hardened concrete with de-icing salts, CEN/TS 12697-50 specifies test methods for bituminous mixtures, and CEN/TS 15963 specifies the determination of fracture toughness temperature of bituminous binders.

In wood durability, CEN/TS 12404 specifies the method for assessing the effectiveness of a masonry fungicide against dry rot growth into wood, CEN/TS 15119-2 specifies the determination of emissions from preservative-treated wood to the environment, and CEN/TS 15912 specifies the reaction-to-fire performance classes of fire-retardant treated wood-based products in interior and exterior end use.

In waste and emissions, CEN/TS 15862 specifies a one-stage batch leaching test for monoliths at a fixed liquid-to-surface-area ratio, CEN/TS 15864 specifies a dynamic monolithic leaching test, CEN/TS 13649 specifies sampling and determination of individual gaseous organic compounds from stationary sources, and CEN/TS 16516 specifies determination of emissions into indoor air from construction products.

In postal and transport, CEN/TS 14014 specifies XML definition of encapsulation of letters for automated postal handling, CEN/TS 15531-5 specifies the functional service interface for real-time public transport information (SIRI), and CEN/TS 16331 specifies interoperable application profiles for autonomous road tolling.

CEN/TS technical specifications are voluntary technical documents; their clauses become mandatory only when cited in contracts or regulations. Applicability should be judged against the specific application scenario, and the latest version published by BSI prevails.

4. Representative Standard Interpretations 🔍

PD CEN/TS 1452-7:2014 Plastics piping systems for water supply and for buried and above-ground drainage and sewerage under pressure — Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U) — Part 7: Guidance for the assessment of conformity

Scope: This technical specification specifies requirements for conformity assessment of PVC-U piping systems for water supply and for buried and above-ground drainage and sewerage under pressure, including type testing, initial inspection and factory production control.

Key points: The standard, for the EN 1452 product standards, gives manufacturers specific requirements for conformity assessment, covering raw material control, dimensional inspection, hydrostatic strength testing, hygienic performance and joint reliability, and specifies sampling and decision rules for third-party certification. This guidance is an important technical basis for PVC-U water supply pipes to obtain CE marking and declaration of performance, ensuring long-term safe operation of piping systems under pressure.

PD CEN/TS 16516:2013 Construction products — Assessment of release of dangerous substances — Determination of emissions into indoor air

Scope: This technical specification specifies the method for determining the release of dangerous substances from construction products into indoor air, used to assess the impact of construction products on human health.

Key points: The standard specifies methods for determining emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and other substances from construction products under standard chamber conditions, including chamber preparation, sample placement, sampling and gas chromatographic analysis, and specifies calculation and reporting methods for emission rates. The standard is an important technical basis for environmental product declarations (EPD) and indoor air quality assessment, helping control indoor pollution sources.

PD CEN/TS 15862:2012 Characterization of waste — Compliance leaching test — One stage batch leaching test for monoliths at a fixed liquid to surface area ratio (L/A) for test portions with fixed minimum dimensions

Scope: This technical specification specifies a one-stage batch leaching test procedure for monolithic waste test portions at a fixed liquid-to-surface-area ratio and duration.

Key points: The standard specifies the leaching test procedure for monolithic specimens (e.g. concrete blocks, masonry) at a specific liquid-to-surface-area ratio and duration, including specimen preparation, leachant, agitation, filtration and analytical determination, and specifies calculation and reporting methods. The test is used to assess the leaching behaviour of dangerous substances from waste or construction products, providing a basis for waste landfill acceptance and resource recovery.

PD CEN/TS 15531-5:2016 Public transport — Service interface for real-time information relating to public transport operations — Part 5: Functional service interfaces situation exchange: Situation Exchange

Scope: This technical specification specifies the functional service interface for ‘situation exchange’ in public transport real-time information services, used to share operational disruption and event information.

Key points: The standard defines the XML data structure and transport protocol of the situation exchange service in SIRI (Service Interface for Real-time Information), enabling different transport operators’ systems to exchange real-time event information such as road works, incidents, cancellations and delays. The standard is an important basis for interoperability of multimodal public transport information systems, improving the timeliness and accuracy of passenger information services.

PD CEN/TS 16490:2013 Fertilizers — Comparison of the CEN/TC 260/WG 7 ring test results with tolerances given in the Regulation (EC) Nr 2003/2003 Annex II and …

Scope: This technical specification compares CEN ring test results with the analytical tolerances specified in the EU Fertiliser Regulation, used to assess the consistency of fertiliser analytical methods.

Key points: The standard summarises the ring test data conducted by CEN/TC 260/WG 7, comparing repeatability and reproducibility of different laboratories analysing fertiliser samples, and compares them with the analytical tolerances specified in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. The standard provides a reference for selection and validation of fertiliser analytical methods, helping ensure the compliance of fertiliser products on the EU market.

5. Engineering Practice and Application 🛠️

In pipeline engineering, the CEN/TS conformity assessment guidance for each material is used with the corresponding EN product standard, helping manufacturers complete CE marking and declaration of performance, ensuring long-term performance of piping systems under pressure, hygiene and environmental conditions.

In green building assessment, CEN/TS 16516 is used to determine emissions from construction products into indoor air, supporting indoor air quality assessment and environmental declarations.

In waste management, leaching test methods such as CEN/TS 15862 are used to assess the leaching behaviour of waste and construction products, providing a basis for landfill acceptance and resource recovery.

In public transport informatisation, the SIRI interface of CEN/TS 15531-5 is used for real-time event information exchange between operators, improving passenger information services.

In road engineering, CEN/TS 12697-50 and CEN/TS 15963 are used for performance testing of bituminous mixtures and bituminous binders, supporting pavement design and quality acceptance.

This batch is dominated by conformity-assessment guidance and test-method specifications, suitable as bases for product compliance and engineering acceptance. It is recommended to use them together with the corresponding EN product standard and the latest revision.

6. Frequently Asked Questions ❓

What is a CEN/TS technical specification and how does it differ from an EN standard?
CEN/TS is a document in the CEN standards system between an EN and a CEN report, used in fields that are not yet mature or that urgently need technical reference; it does not require the full public consultation and voting procedure, is published faster, is less binding than a formal EN standard, and often serves as a precursor or supplement to EN standards.
How mandatory are PD CEN/TS standards?
PD CEN/TS are voluntary technical documents; their clauses become mandatory only when cited in contracts or regulations. Applicability should be judged against the specific application scenario.
Why is the proportion of plastics piping system standards high in this batch?
Plastics piping systems (PVC-U, PP, PE, GRP) are widely used in building water supply and drainage and municipal infrastructure, and each material has a corresponding EN product standard and conformity assessment guidance, so piping standards are numerous among CEN/TS.
Are there scanned standards in this batch?
All 140 technical specifications in this batch have extractable text; there are no scanned standards, and the technical points are summarised from the standard text.
How do I determine the applicable PD CEN/TS standard?
First clarify the application field and object, then refer to the scope of the corresponding CEN/TS, and consult the CEN official catalogue and the latest BSI publication information to confirm the current effective version.

© 2026 TNLab — This is a technical interpretation article for reference only. The authoritative text of each standard is the official version published by BSI (British Standards Institution).

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