BRITISH STANDARD BS EN649:1997IncorporatingAmendment No. 1Resilient floor coverings Homogeneous and heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings SpecificationThe European Standard EN 649:1996, with the incorporation of amendment A1:2003, has the status of a British StandardICS 97.150-,- Copyright European Committee for StandardizationProvided by IHS under license with CENNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHSNot for ResaleBS EN 649:1997Committees responsible for thisBritish StandardThe preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/60, Resilient floor coverings, upon which the following bodies were represented:British Adhesives and Sealants AssociationBritish Railways BoardBritish Resilient Flooring Manufacturers Association British Rubber Manufactureres Association Ltd. Consumer Policy Committee of BSIContract Flooring AssociationCork Industry FederationDepartment of the Environment (British Board of Agrment) Department of the Environment (Building Research Establishment) Institute of Chartered ArbitratorsRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsWood Panel Industries FederationThis British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Board for Materials and Chemicals, was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on15 April 1997-,- BSI 3 December 2003The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard:Committee reference PRI/60Draft for comment 92/38627 DCISBN 0 580 27108 0Amd. No.DateComments147263 December 2003Replacement of subclause 4.2.2Amendments issued since publicationBS EN 649:1997Provided by IHS under license with CENNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHSNot for ResaleContentsPage-,-Committees responsibleInside front coverNational forewordiiForeword21Scope 32Normative references33Definitions34Requirements45Marking4Annex A (informative) Optional properties7Annex B (informative) Additional methods of test 7Annex C (informative) Bibliography7Table 1 General requirements5Table 2 Classification requirements for wear groups5Table 3 Classification requirements for level of use6 BSI 3 DeceCopyright European Committee for Standardization mber 2003iBS EN 649:1997National forewordThis British Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee PRI/60, and is the English language version of EN 649:1996 Resilient floor coverings Homogeneous and heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings Specification, including amendment A1:2003, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).Cross-referencesThe British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.This British Standard supersedes BS 2592:1973 and BS 3261-1:1973 which are withdrawn.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, the EN title page, pages 2 to 7 and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.iiCopyright European Committee for Standardization-,- BSI 3 December 2003EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 649October 1996+ A1October 2003ICS 91.180English version-,-Resilient floor coverings Homogeneous and heterogeneous polyvinyl chloride floor coverings Specification(includes amendment A1:2003)Revtements de sol rsilients Revtements de sol homognes et htrognes base de polychlorure de vinyle Spcifications(inclut lamendement A1:2003)Elastische Bodenbelge Homogene und heterogene Polyvinylchlorid-Bodenbelge Spezifikation(enthlt nderung A1:2003)This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1996-09-07; amendment A1 was