EN 14342:2005/prA1

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2008
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Wood flooring - Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking
Parkett und Holzfußböden - Eigenschaften, Bewertung der Konformität und
Kennzeichnung
Planchers et parquets en bois - Caractéristiques, évaluation de conformité et marquage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14342:2005/prA1
ICS:
79.080 Polizdelki iz lesa Semi-manufactures of timber
97.150 Netekstilne talne obloge Non-textile floor coverings
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 14342:2005
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
October 2007
ICS 79.080
English Version
Wood flooring - Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and
marking
Planchers et parquets en bois - Caractéristiques, Parkett und Holzfußböden - Eigenschaften, Bewertung der
évaluation de conformité et marquage Konformität und Kennzeichnung
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 175.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 14342:2005. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CEN 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 CEN Management Centre has the same
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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Modification to the scope .4
2 Modification to Clause 2 .4
3 Modification to Clause 3 .5
4 Modification to Clause 4 .5
5 Modification to Clause 5 .6
6 Modification to Clause 6 .9
7 Modification to Clause 7 .11
8 Modification to Annex A.12
9 Modification to former Annex B .12
10 Modification to Annex C.13
11 Modification to Annex ZA .13
12 Modification to the Bibliography.23

Foreword
This document (EN 14342:2005/prA1:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 175 “Round
and sawn timber”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
1 Modification to the scope
In the first paragraph replace the first sentence with the following:
“This European Standard defines and specifies for wood and parquet flooring products the relevant
characteristics, requirements and appropriate test methods to determine these characteristics when used as
internal flooring, including enclosed public transport premises.”

nd
In the 2 paragraph replace "prEN 14761" with "EN 14761".

rd
Replace the 3 paragraph with the following:
“This European Standard provides also for the evaluation of conformity and the requirements for marking
these products”.
rd th
Add after the 3 paragraph the new following paragraph (i.e. 4 paragraph):
"This document covers also the wood and parquet flooring products which may be treated to improve their
reaction to fire performance.”

th th
Replace the 4 paragraph (i.e. 5 paragraph) with the following:
“This European Standard does not apply to the wood and parquet flooring products with tactile surfaces or to
aid visibility, e.g. products with tactile or visible strip applied.”

2 Modification to Clause 2
Replace "EN 335-2, Durability of wood and wood-based products – Definition of hazard classes of biological
attack – Part 2: Application to solid wood" with "EN 335-2:2006, Durability of wood and wood-based products -
Definition of use classes - Part 2: Application to solid wood"

Replace "EN 12524" with "EN 12524:2000".

Replace "prEN 14761:2004" with "EN 14761:2006".

Replace "EN ISO 9001" with "EN ISO 9001:2000".

3 Modification to Clause 3
st
In the 1 paragraph, replace "prEN 14761:2004" with "EN 14761:2006".

nd
Delete the 2 paragraph (i.e. “Not applicable").

4 Modification to Clause 4
At the end of the title add “products” to read: "Performance characteristics required for wood and parquet
flooring products".
A Modification to 4.1
Delete the first paragraph.
nd
Replace the first part of the 2 paragraph with the following:
“The equilibrium of the moisture content in the wood and parquet flooring products depends on the
surrounding .”
to read:
"The equilibrium of the moisture content in the wood and parquet flooring products depends on the
surrounding temperature and relative humidity of the site before installation and on the service conditions."

rd
In the 3 paragraph, first sentence add before "products" the following: "the wood and parquet flooring"
to read:
"Dimensional characteristics of the wood and parquet flooring products shall be respected .”

rd
In the 3 paragraph replace the last part of the last sentence "has to be indicated and it is linked to the type of
use" with "shall be indicated and linked to the type of use" to read "Consequently, indications of use linked to
the type of laying (nailed, glued, floating) shall be indicated and linked to the type of use."

Replace the NOTE with the following:
"The following characteristics, mentioned in the mandate issued to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, under the EU Construction Products Directive (see Annex ZA), listed hereafter are not relevant to
wood and parquet flooring products used for internal floorings: release of asbestos, water tightness and tactility/visibility."

B Modification to 4.2
At the end of the title add “products” to read: "List of performance characteristics required for wood and
parquet flooring products".
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following:
“The following performance characteristics of a wood or parquet flooring product shall be determined and
declared, taking into account whether such characteristics are relevant for the intended use of the product,
which is subject to regulatory requirements:”

C Modification to 4.3
Replace the existing paragraph with the following and add two new notes:
"The biological durability of the wood and parquet flooring products shall be classified using EN 335-1 and EN
335-2.
NOTE 1 Guidance on the relationship between penetration, retention (of the treatment product) and the application of
the product into a particular Use Class is given in national documents which cross reference the appropriate European
Standards (see EN 351-1,and National documents made specific for the biological agents found in the different Members
states). Guidance on the relationship between natural durability and the application of the product into a particular Use
Class is given in EN 460.
NOTE 2 For construction precautions as regard durability of wood and parquet flooring products see EN 335-2:2006,
Annexes 3 and 4."
5 Modification to Clause 5
Replace the title of the clause with the following: “Determination and declaration of the performance
characteristics"”
A Modification to 5.1
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following three new ones:
"The reaction to fire performance of a wood and parquet flooring product shall either be tested and classified
1)
in accordance with EN 13501-1 or, in case the product meets the requirements given in Table 1 , may be
classified without further testing (i.e. CWFT) in the appropriate classes shown therein.
When tested the product shall be mounted and fixed, in addition to any other specific provisions on this given
in the test standards, also in a manner representative of its intended end use conditions.
The reaction to fire classes shall be declared, together with the mounting and fixing conditions when the
product is tested and with the linked minimum mean density and the minimum overall thickness of the product,
which is CWFT."
Add the following footnote 1) after "Table 1" in the first paragraph of 5.1:
“1) This table is the same as Table 1 in the Commission's Decision 2006/213/EC of 2006-03-06 (see OJEC L79 of 2006-
03-16).”
The text of the seven footnotes to Table 1 shall be framed below this table.

th
Delete the NOTE, placed after the 7 footnote to Table 1.

B Modification to 5.2
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following:
"The formaldehyde release of the wood and parquet flooring product shall be determined and classified
according to Annex A."
C Modification to 5.3
st
In the first paragraph, replace the first part of the 1 sentence with the following:
“Wood and parquet flooring products.” to read "Wood and parquet flooring products normally contain less
than 5 ppm of pentachlorophenol (PCP)."

nd st
In the 2 sentence of the 1 paragraph replace "in the country of use of the product" with "in the Member
State(s) of intended use of the product" to read:"If the product contains raw materials that include PCP (may
concern soft wood treated against blue stain), then the product shall be tested according to methods valid in
the Member State(s) of intended use of the product."

Replace the text of the NOTE with the following:
“CEN/TR 14823 may be used to determine the content of PCP".

D Modification to 5.4
Replace the existing text with the following:
"If breaking strength of the wood and parquet flooring product is required, it shall be tested for the installation
required according to EN 1533 depending on the risk, if any. The result shall be expressed and declared in
terms of maximum load characteristic value, determined by using a static point load. The span of the product,
as given in EN 1533 and associated with breaking strength, shall be declared in the marking (see Clause 7).
NOTE This characteristic is only relevant for the self supporting floorings.”
E Modification to 5.5
Replace the existing text with the following:
“Where subject to regulatory requirements the slipperiness value shall be determined and declared in
accordance with the pendulum test described in EN 1339:2003, Annex J.”

F Modification to 5.6
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following:
“Where subject to thermal insulation regulatory requirements the thermal conductivity of the wood and parquet
flooring product shall be either determined and declared according to EN 12664 or given by using tabulated
values related to density as shown in Table 2, in line with EN 12524:2000.”

nd
Replace the 2 paragraph with the following:
“For a multi-layer wood and parquet flooring product the summation of the values of thermal resistance (i.e.
reciprocal property of the thermal conductivity) for each layer shall be taken into account.”

rd
Replace the 3 paragraph with the following:
“The thermal resistance R (m K/W) of a solid wood and parquet flooring product shall be determined by the
following formula:"
Replace the first sentence after the equation with the following:
λ is the thermal conductivity in W/m K."
"where t is the thickness of the wood or parquet flooring product in m

th
Replace the 4 paragraph with the following:
“The thermal resistance R (m K/W) of a multi-layer wood and parquet flooring product shall be determined by
the following formula: “
Replace the title of Table 2 with the following one:
“Table 2 – Thermal conductivity values for some of the wood-base panels used for the wood and
parquet flooring products”
b
Add a reference to a new footnote “ ” at the end of “Thermal conductivity” in the title of the last column of
Table 1.
a
At the bottom of the table add the following text for this footnote after the existing footnote :
b
“ These values are in line with the values from EN 12524:2000.”

6 Modification to Clause 6
A Modification to 6.1
Replace the existing text with the following:
“The conformity of the wood and parquet flooring product with the requirements of this standard and with the
declared values (including classes) shall be demonstrated by:
− initial type testing,
− factory production control by the manufacturer, including product assessment.”

B Modification to 6.2
In the title delete “or assessment”.

st
Replace the existing 1 paragraph with the following one:
“The initial type testing shall be performed to show conformity with this standard.”

nd
In the 2 paragraph replace "may be taken into account for initial type testing" with "may be taken into
account for the purpose of the initial type testing."
to read:
"Tests previously performed in accordance with the provisions of this standard (same product, same
characteristic, test method, system of attestation of conformity, etc.) may be taken into account for the
purpose of the initial type testing".

th
In the 4 paragraph, third sentence, replace at the beginning "Where wood flooring products…" with “Where
wood and parquet flooring products"
to read:
"Where wood and parquet flooring products are made from raw materials for which one or more of the
characteristics in 4.2 and Clause 5 are already known (e.g. by the material being CE marked), the testing or
assessment of such characteristics does not need to be repeated for the finished flooring product, as long as
the manufacturing process does not change these characteristics."

C Modification to 6.3
C.1 Modification to 6.3.1
st st
In the 1 sentence of the 1 paragraph replace “producer” with “manufacturer”.

nd st
Replace in the 2 sentence of the 1 paragraph "The control system" with "The factory production control
system".
to read:
"The factory production control system shall consist of procedures, regular inspections and test/or
assessment; the results shall be used to control raw and other incoming materials or components, equipment,
the production process and the product shall be sufficiently detailed to ensure that the conformity of the
product is apparent."
nd
Replace the 2 paragraph with the following:
“Any FPC system complying with EN ISO 9001:2000, and made specific to the requirements of this standard,
is deemed to satisfy the requirements of FPC.”

C.2 Modification to 6.3.2
st
At the end of the 1 paragraph replace “producer” with “manufacturer”.

C.3 Modification to 6.3.3
Replace “two” with “ten”.
C.4 Modification to 6.3.4.2
st
In the 1 sentence replace "elements" with "products”.

nd rd
Replace the 2 and 3 sentences with the following:
"If a fire retardant treated product (e.g. some surface coated products) is used, the indications given by the
manufacturer to maintain the characteristics shall be observed. The classification requirements shall be
satisfied with a probability P of 100 % that the test value, used for classification, is no less than that required,
k
with an allowable probability of acceptance, CR, of the product not conforming of 5 %, i.e. a confidence level of
0,95."
C.5 Modification to 6.3.4.3
In the second sentence, replace "Table B.1 or B.2" with "Table A.1 or A.2".
C.6 Modification to 6.3.4.5
Replace the title of 6.3.4.5 with the following:
“Breaking strength (expressed in term of maximum load) (only apply to self supporting floorings)”

st
In the 1 sentence delete "with a sampling of 30 elements or strips".

C.7 Modification to 6.3.4.6
Replace the existing paragraph with the following one:
"If a slipperiness value of the wood and parquet flooring product is declared, tests shall be made according to
the instructions given in 5.5. If a change in the product is made such that it would significantly affect the
slipperiness performance of the product, the initial type test shall be repeated."

C.8 Modification to 6.3.4.7
st
In the 1 sentence replace the “± 5 %” tolerance range with “± 10 %” tolerance range.

Delete in the first sentence the first brackets (i.e. “(with no individual test result more than ± 10 %)”)

rd
In the 3 sentence replace "is necessary" with "shall be necessary".

th
In the 4 sentence replace "the manufacturer shall repeat the initial type test" with "the initial type test shall be
repeated."
7 Modification to Clause 7
st
In the 1 sentence replace "properties" with "characteristics”.

nd
Replace the 2 paragraph with the following one:
"The information shall be placed on the product itself, or on a label attached to it, or on the packaging or on
the accompanying technical and/or commercial documents. This order in which the list is presented clearly
reflects a hierarchy of preference."

rd
In the 3 paragraph, replace the first dash with the following:
“- a reference to this European Standard (i.e. EN 14342:2005+A1) and the information according to (a), (b)
and (c), as follows:”
rd
In the 3 paragraph, line (b), replace the first dash with the following:
“- breaking strength (and span) load in kN (and distance in mm), (only apply to self supporting
flooring)”
8 Modification to Annex A
To delete.
9 Modification to former Annex B
A Modification to former B.1
st
Replace the 1 paragraph with the following:
"When a product has to be tested, the test from EN 717-1 shall be applied, except for referring to EN 326-1 for
test pieces so that the test shall be done only on the face exposed.”

nd
In the 2 paragraph replace "is required" with "shall be required".

B Modification to former B.2
nd th
In the 2 and 4 paragraphs replace "Tables B.1” and “Table B.2” with “Table A.1” and “Table A.2”.

In Note 1 replace "Boards of Class E1" with "Wood and parquet flooring product of Class E.1" to read: "Wood and
parquet flooring product of Class E1can be used without causing an indoor air concentration greater than 0,1 x
-6
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