BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN845-3:2003Specificationforancillarycomponentsformasonry—Part3:BedjointreinforcementofsteelmeshworkTheEuropeanStandardEN845-3:2003hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS91.060.10;91.080.30 CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyLicensee=NavalAviationDepot/5918326100NotforResale,01/15/200822:05:46MSTNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--``,``,``,,``````,,```````,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN845-3:2003ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon16September2003©BSI16September2003ISBN0580426084NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofBSEN845-3:2003.EN845-3isacandidate“harmonized”EuropeanStandardandfullytakesintoaccounttherequirementsoftheEuropeanCommissionmandateM116,Masonryandrelatedproducts,givenundertheEUConstructionProductsDirective(89/106/EEC),andisintendedtoleadtoCEmarking.ThedateofapplicabilityofEN845-3asa“harmonized”EuropeanStandard,i.e.thedateafterwhichthisstandardmaybeusedforCEmarkingpurposes,issubjecttoanannouncementintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.TheCommissioninconsultationwithMemberStateshasagreedatransitionperiodfortheco-existenceof“harmonized”EuropeanStandardsandtheircorrespondingnationalstandard(s).Itisintendedthatthisperiodwillcompriseaperiod,usuallyninemonths,afterthedateofavailabilityoftheEuropeanStandard,duringwhichanyrequiredchangestonationalregulationsaretobemade,followedbyafurtherperiod,usuallyof12months,fortheimplementationofCEmarking.Attheendofthisco-existenceperiod,thenationalstandard(s)willbewithdrawn.EN845-3isthesubjectoftransitionalarrangementsagreedundertheCommissionmandate.IntheUK,therearenocorrespondingnationalstandardsofnationalorigin.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeB/519,Masonryandassociatedtesting,toSubcommitteeB/519/3,Ancillarycomponents,whichhastheresponsibilityto:—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyLicensee=NavalAviationDepot/5918326100NotforResale,01/15/200822:05:46MSTNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--``,``,``,,``````,,```````,`,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN845-3:2003©BSI16September2003iEN845-3:2003hasbeenpreparedbyCEN/TC125,Masonry,andimmediatelysupersedesEN845-3:2001whichiswithdrawn.EN845-3specifiesthecharacteristicsandperformancerequirementsforbedjointreinforcementavailablethroughouttheCENmembercountries.Itaimstodosoinproductperformanceterms,avoidingasfaraspossibleprescriptiverequirementsandallthetraditionaldesignationsoftheseproductsavailablethroughoutEurope.Currentproducts,however,willcontinuetobemanufactured,tradedandused,eventhoughtheyarenotreferredtobynameinthisEuropeanStandard.EN845-3includesclausescoveringinitialtypetests,factoryproductioncontrol,samplingforinitialtypetestingandindependenttestingofconsignments.Thesearesimilarinallmasonryproductspecifications.TheUKNationalAnnexNAattachedtothisstandardprovidesaninformativecommentaryonEN845-3.NothinginthisannexshouldbeconstruedasspecifyingrequirementsotherthanthosecontainedinthenormativepartsofthisEuropeanStandard.IfCEmarkingisperformed,theproceduresinAnnexZAwillapply.ThesignificanceoftheCEmarkingisthattheproductmanufacturerclaimscompliancewiththe“harmonized”requirementsgiveninthenormativetextoftheproductstandard.TheserelatetotheessentialrequirementsoftheEUConstructionProductsDirective.NotallproductcharacteristicsneednecessarilybegivenontheCEmarking,butthoseproductcharacteristicscoveredbyregulationsinforceineachEUMemberState,wherethemanufacturerintendsthattheproductwillbeused,doneedtobestated.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,pagesiandii,theENtitlepage,pages2to31andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyLicensee=NavalAviationDepot/5918326100NotforResale,01/15/200822:05:46MSTNoreproductionornetworking