BRITISH STANDARDTimber structures Test methods Withdrawal capacity of timber fastenersThe European Standard EN 1382:1999 has the status of aBritish StandardICS | BS EN1382:1999|Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Mon Oct 30 05:44:52 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI|NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 1382:1999National forewordThis British Standard is the English language version of EN 1382:1999. BS EN 1380, BS EN 1381, BS EN 1382 and BS EN 1383 together form a group of standards that supersede the tests for category A fasteners given in BS 6948:1989, Methods of test for mechanically fastened joints in timber and wood-based materials, which will be deleted.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/518, Structural timber, to Subcommittee B/518/1, Test methods, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; 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.Cross-referencesThe 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 International Standards Correspondence Index, or by using theFind 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.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, the EN title page, pages 2 to 5 and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed throughout this document indicates when the document was last issued.Licensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Mon Oct 30 05:44:52 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIAmd. No.DateCommentsThis British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Committee for Building and CivilEngineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 December 1999BSI 12-1999ISBN 0 580 32888 0Amendments issued since publicationEUROPEAN STANDARDEN 1382NORME EUROPE ENNEEUROPA ISCHE NORMAugust 1999ICS English versionTimber structures Test methods Withdrawal capacity of timber fastenersStructures en bois Me thodes dessai Re sistance a larrachement dans le bois de le ments de fixationHolzbauwerke Pru fverfahren Ausziehtragfa higkeit von HolzverbindungsmittelnLicensed Copy: sheffieldun sheffieldun, na, Mon Oct 30 05:44:52 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 July 1999.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.CENEuropean Committee for Standardization Comite Europe en de Normalisation Europa isches Komitee fu r NormungCentral Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels1999 CEN All rights of exploitation in any f