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prEN 1977 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-12

Copper and copper alloys - Copper drawing stock (wire rod)

This document specifies the composition, mechanical, electrical and physical properties for high conductivity copper drawing stock (wire rod) suitable for fabrication into wire by cold drawing, principally for the manufacture of electrical conductors. This documentcovers drawing stock (wire rod), in nine grades of copper and nine silver-bearing copper grades. Normally, the cross-section is approximately circular, in a range of diameters from 6 mm.

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prEN 16039 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Water quality - Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of lakes

This document is applicable to lakes, which are water bodies occupying one or more basins with surface areas typically greater than 1 ha (0,01 km2) and maximum depths (at mean water level) greater than 1 m. All types of permanent and temporary lakes, including natural, modified and artificial, freshwater and brackish, except for those systems which regularly connect to the sea, are included in this document. Based on these criteria, it can be estimated that there are at least 500 000 natural lakes across Europe, most of which are located in the glaciated landscapes in northern and western provinces and in Scandinavia. Lakeland districts also occur locally in areas such as large river catchments (e.g. the Danubian plain) and around the Alps. Elsewhere, naturally occurring lakes are relatively sparse and in such areas reservoirs or pits are more common. This document is designed to: a) support environmental and conservation agencies in meeting the monitoring requirements of the WFD (Article 8, Annex II and Annex V); b) generate data sets appropriate for monitoring and reporting of Natura 2000 sites designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive; c) provide information supporting other environmental reporting requirements (e.g. in relation to biodiversity or environmental impact assessment); d) support lake management and restoration initiatives. This document: e) defines the key term of ‘hydromorphology’ and other terms relating to the morphological characteristics of lakes and their hydrological regimes; f) details essential features and processes of lakes that should be characterized as part of a hydromorphological survey and for determining the hydromorphological condition of a lake; g) identifies and defines the key pressures affecting European lakes; h) provides guidance on strategies for collecting hydromorphological data depending on resources available and the anticipated use of the assessment; a hierarchy of approaches is recognized from the ‘overview method’ utilizing existing databases, maps and remote sensing data through to recognized field-based survey techniques such as Lake Habitat Survey (LHS) [3]; i) offers guidance on data presentation; j) establishes guidance on data quality assurance issues. This document does not deal with biological assessments in lakes such as the presence or absence of individual species or community composition, nor does it attempt to link specific hydromorphological features with their associated biological communities or to create a classification based on such links. However, it is relevant where plants or other organisms form significant structural elements of the habitat (e.g. a gradation from riparian to littoral vegetation). With respect to the WFD, the hydromorphological condition of a lake only contributes to its status classification at high ecological status (HES). Hydromorphological conditions are not defined for good and moderate status but shall be sufficient to support the biological elements. However, some countries are now beginning to classify lakes according to their hydromorphology. The information gathered by using this standard can provide a basis for classification, but this classification is the subject of EN 16870 and not EN 16039.

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prEN 16510-2-9 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Residential solid fuel burning appliances - Part 2-9: Appliances fired batchwise with wood pellets in fuel baskets

This document specifies procedures for assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP). This document is applicable to roomheaters, inset appliances and cookers which can be fired batchwise in fuel baskets for wood pellets (freestanding manually fuelled intermittent burning appliances). This document is applicable to appliances with fully integrated baskets for wood pellets which are integral component of the appliance. If the appliance is to be fired with wood logs or compressed untreated wood (wood briquettes), the configuration of the combustion chamber can be changed according to the instructions. Different fuels cannot be operated at the same time and they can be tested separately according the relevant part of EN 16510-2-x. The intended use of the appliances is space heating in residential buildings and can be cooking (when tested accordingly). These appliances can be supplied either as an assembled appliance or as a predesigned unit consisting of prefabricated components designed to be built on site in accordance with the specified assembly instructions. They only operate with the firedoors closed. This document is not applicable to: - mechanically fed appliances; - appliances with fan assisted combustion air; - appliances with boiler.

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prEN 17772 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Organic and organo-mineral fertilizers - Determination of specific parameters

This document specifies references to the methods for the determination of the following parameters in organic and organo-mineral fertilizers: — Determination of the total organic carbon content; — Determination of the dry matter content. The method for the determination of the total organic carbon is not applicable to products containing urea-formaldehyde polymers or urea as long as there is no method available to assess carbon in urea-formaldehyde polymers or urea. The carbon contained in these compounds is not considered organic [1]. The scope of the standards referenced in this document specifies in which cases the method is also applicable to fertilizing product blends.

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prEN 17778 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Organic and organo-mineral fertilizers - Determination of chromium(VI) content

This document specifies a method for the determination of hexavalent chromium (chromium(VI)) in organic and organo-mineral fertilizers. The method specified is suitable to quantify the chromium(VI) content in organic and organo-mineral fertilizers down to 2 mg/kg dry matter. The results obtained from this method are strictly dependent on the extraction conditions. Results obtained by using other extraction procedures (extraction solution, pH of the extraction solution, extraction time, extraction temperature, etc.) are not comparable with the results produced by the procedure described in this document. This document is applicable to fertilizing products blends where a blend is a mix of at least two of the following components: fertilizers, liming materials, soil improvers, growing media, inhibitors, plant biostimulants and where organic matter is present in at least one of the products in the blend. In case a fertilizing product blend is composed only of inorganic products, the European Standard for inorganic fertilizers or liming materials applies. Variations in analytical methods for fertilizing product blends can lead to differing results as some components or matrix interactions can affect the outcome. Validation procedures have shown that developed standard methods are robust and reliable across diverse product compositions, but possible interferences and unexpected results when analysing fertilizing product blends are possible.

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prEN ISO 23401-2 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Dentistry - Denture lining materials - Part 2: Soft type materials for short-term use (ISO/DIS 23401-2:2026)

This document specifies requirements for soft type denture lining materials suitable for short-term use, including functional impression taking using existing removable prosthesis, and the test methods to determine compliance with these requirements. This document also specifies requirements for packaging, marking the products and for the instructions for use to be supplied by the manufacturer. This document is not applicable to hard type denture lining materials or soft type denture lining materials for long-term use.

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prEN ISO 23401-3 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Dentistry - Denture lining materials - Part 3: Soft type materials for long-term use (ISO/DIS 23401-3:2026)

This document specifies requirements for soft type denture lining materials suitable for long-term use and the test methods to determine compliance with these requirements. This document also specifies requirements for packaging, marking the products and for the instructions for use to be supplied by the manufacturer. These materials may also be used for maxillofacial prostheses. This document is not applicable to hard type denture lining materials or soft type denture lining materials for short-term use.

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prEN 50726-3:2026 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-12

Emergency and danger systems - Part 3: Emergency and danger response systems (EDRS) - Risk management file and examples for applications

This document specifies the structure, construction, content and sequence of a technical risk management process and the technical risk management file in accordance with EN 50726-1. It also describes application examples for technical risk management according to EN 50726-1. An emergency and danger response system (EDRS) is used to minimize risks to life and limb. Its purpose is to report, verify and manage emergencies and dangers in order to prevent or limit personal injury. As already mentioned in the scope of application of EN 50726-1, the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the subsequent regulations is intended in order to take particular account of the protection objective defined therein (physical integrity). However, this not only includes a risk assessment (e.g. prevention of acts of violence) for employees, but also for everyone in the property. The requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act are therefore intended to be observed when creating a safety concept and as part of the technical risk management process. Consequently, particular attention is drawn to paragraphs 5, 6 and 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Risks to life and limb can include emergencies and dangerous situations that can cause psychological or physical harm to people. As soon as the top management (e.g. operators, entrepreneurs, companies, approving authorities, building authorities, administrations) of a property has identified such risks to life and limb as part of risk management or similar risk assessments and/or independently became aware of them, this falls within the scope of EN 50726-1.

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prEN 14056-5 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Laboratory furniture - Recommendations for design and installation - Part 5: Services distribution carriers

This document is applicable to biology, chemistry and physics laboratories where research, preparative, analytical, process activities take place and which can involve work with hazardous substances, including higher education (college and university teaching and post-graduate research). This document does not cover the requirements of schools, i.e. precollege/pre-university (refer to EN 13150), or highly specialist laboratories which need very specific, bespoke solutions to enable them to function. This document specifies requirements for various types of services distribution carriers typically used in combination with laboratory bench types as covered in the EN 14056 series. This document gives guidelines for all parties involved in the planning, design, manufacture, installation, testing of a new laboratory or in the refurbishment of an existing laboratory.

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prEN 17731 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Growing media - Methods for the determination of the electrical conductivity, pH, dry matter, quantity, total copper and zinc content, water soluble chloride content, and CaCl2/DTPA extractable nitrogen, P2O5 and K2O content

This document refers to methods to be used for the determination of specific parameters in growing media, but does not contain the methods themselves. The specific parameters in this document include: — electrical conductivity; — chloride; — pH; — dry matter; — nitrogen, P2O5 (phosphorus pentoxide) and K2O (potassium oxide) content extractable by CaCl2/DTPA; — copper and zinc content; — quantity. This document is applicable to the fertilizing product blends where a blend is a mix of two or more fertilising products belonging to the categories of fertilizers, liming material, soil improvers, growing media, inhibitors and plant biostimulants, and where soil improvers and/or growing media are the components with the highest percentage in the blend by mass or volume, or in the case of products in liquid form by dry mass. If the soil improvers and/or growing media are not the components with the highest percentage in the blend, the European Standard relevant to the component with the highest percentage in the blend applies. In case a blend is composed of fertilising products mixed in equal quantities, the user of the standard decides which standard to apply. NOTE A growing medium consists of a single bulky (volume-building) component or a mix of bulky (volume-building) components (for example peat, wood fibres, coconut coir, compost, expanded perlite).

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prEN 17728 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Organic soil improvers - Methods for the determination of pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon content and organic nitrogen content

This document refers to methods to be used for the determination of specific parameters in organic soil improvers, but does not contain the methods themselves. The specific parameters in this document include: — pH; — electrical conductivity; — organic carbon content; — organic nitrogen content. This document is applicable to the fertilizing product blends where a blend is a mix of two or more fertilising products belonging to the categories of fertilizers, liming material, soil improvers, growing media, inhibitors and plant biostimulants, and where soil improvers and/or growing media are the components with the highest percentage in the blend by mass or volume, or in the case of products in liquid form by dry mass. If the soil improvers and/or growing media are not the components with the highest percentage in the blend, the European Standard relevant to the component with the highest percentage in the blend applies. In case a blend is composed of fertilising products mixed in equal quantities, the user of the standard decides which standard to apply. NOTE An organic soil improver consists of a single bulky (volume-building) component or a mix of bulky (volume-building) components (for example peat, wood fibres, coconut coir, compost, expanded perlite).

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prEN 17730 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Soil improvers and growing media - Methods for the determination of PAH16, macroscopic impurities above 2mm, the temperature-time profiles, oxygen uptake rate, self-heating factor and residual biogas potential in compost and digestate when used in fertilizing products

This document refers to methods to be used for the determination of specific parameters in compost, fresh crop digestate and digestate other than fresh crop digestate when used as components of fertilizing products, but does not contain the methods themselves. The specific parameters in this document include: — the determination of the PAH16 content; — macroscopic impurities; — the determination of temperature-time profiles during composting and digestion; — oxygen uptake rate; — self-heating factor; — the determination of the residual biogas potential in digestate. This document is applicable to the fertilizing product blends where a blend is a mix of two or more fertilising products belonging to the categories of fertilizers, liming material, soil improvers, growing media, inhibitors and plant biostimulants, and where soil improvers and/or growing media are the components with the highest percentage in the blend by mass or volume, or in the case of products in liquid form by dry mass. If the soil improvers and/or growing media are not the components with the highest percentage in the blend, the European Standard relevant to the component with the highest percentage in the blend applies. In case a blend is composed of fertilising products mixed in equal quantities, the user of the standard decides which standard to apply. NOTE A soil improver or a growing medium consists of a single bulky (volume-building) component or a mix of bulky (volume-building) components (for example peat, wood fibres, coconut coir, compost, expanded perlite).

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prEN 15450 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Heating systems in buildings - Design of heat pump heating systems

This document specifies design criteria for heating and cooling systems in buildings using electrically driven heat pumps for heating and cooling alone or in combination with other heat generators. The heat pump systems considered in this document (source system/sink system) are listed in Table 1. For cooling purposes, energy source and energy sink can be reversed. This document also applies to other energy sources such as wastewater, massive absorbers, ice storage systems, as well as heat pump systems using more than one energy source. This document takes into account the heating requirements of attached systems (e.g. domestic hot water) in the design of the heat supply but does not cover the design of these systems. This document covers the aspects dealing with the heat pump, the interface with the heat distribution system and heat emission system, the control of the whole system and the aspects dealing with energy source of the system. Design criteria for reversible heat pump systems for heating and cooling are also included in this document. Table 1 - Heat pump systems used for heating (within the scope)

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prEN 14065 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Textiles - Laundry processed textiles - Biocontamination control system

This document describes a risk management approach, called Risk Analysis and Biocontamination Control (RABC), designed to enable laundries to continuously ensure the microbiological quality of laundry processed textiles. The RABC approach applies to laundry market sectors where it is necessary to control biocontamination, e.g. pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food, healthcare and cosmetics. The RABC approach excludes those aspects relating to worker safety and sterility of the final product.

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prEN ISO 25063 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Systems and software engineering - Systems and software product Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE) - Common Industry Format (CIF) for usability: Context of use description (ISO/DIS 25063:2026)

ISO/IEC 25063:2014 describes the Common Industry Format (CIF) for context of use descriptions and specifies the contents of both high-level and detailed descriptions of the context of use for an existing, intended, implemented or deployed system. A context-of-use description includes information about the users and other stakeholder groups, the characteristics of each user group, the goals of the users, the tasks of the users, and the environment(s) in which the system is used. The context of use description is applicable to software and hardware systems, products or services (excluding generic products, such as a display screen or keyboard). It is important to gather and analyse information on the current context in order to understand and then describe the context that will apply in the future system. The context of use description provides a collection of data relevant for analysis, specification, design and evaluation of an interactive system from the perspective of the various user groups and other stakeholders.

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ISO/DIS 18982 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Sustainable tourism — Good practices for implementing fundamental principles of sustainable tourism in tourism destinations

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ISO/IEC DIS 28033-2 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-12

Information security — Fully homomorphic encryption — Part 2: Mechanisms for exact arithmetic on modular integers

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prEN ISO 17254 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Dentistry - Coiled springs for use in orthodontics (ISO/DIS 17254:2026)

ISO 17254:2016 applies to coiled springs for use in orthodontic appliances. It gives details of methods to compare the physical and mechanical properties of coiled springs, the test methods by which they can be determined, as well as packaging and labelling requirements.

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prEN ISO 19253 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Sterilization of health care products - Moist heat - Requirements for sterilizers used for the terminal sterilization of aqueous liquid in sealed containers (ISO/DIS 19253:2026)

Specifies the requirements and the relevant tests for sterilizers intended to be used for the terminal sterilization of health care products (medical devices or medicinal products) presented as aqueous liquid in sealed containers. The container can be rigid, semi rigid or flexible. The sterilizing agent, moist heat, is created internally from the product, heating being achieved by use of saturated steam, mixtures of steam and a pressure ballasting non-condensing gas such as air or super-heated water in the sterilizer chamber. The sterilizers can be used in both a health care and industrial setting. This standard does not apply to sterilizers using saturated steam for the sterilization of the surfaces of medical devices or sterilizers used in laboratories. NOTE 1 Sterilizers using saturated steam for sterilizing the surfaces of medical devices are covered by EN 285 and EN 13060. Laboratory sterilizers are covered by some national standards. NOTE 2 Sterilizers conforming to NWIP ISO XXXXX can also be used for the sterilization of other aqueous liquid in sealed containers such as veterinary products or some foodstuffs. Note 3 Sterilizers conforming to NWIP ISO XXXXX can also be used for the sterilization of a contained product enclosed within a sterile barrier system conforming to the EN ISO 11607 series of standards.

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prEN 14236 Public enquiry

Comment end date 2026-04-07

Ultrasonic domestic gas meters

This document specifies requirements and tests for the construction, performance and safety of class 1,0 and class 1,5 battery powered ultrasonic gas meters (hereinafter referred to as meters), having co-axial single pipe, or two pipe connections, used to measure volumes of distributed fuel gases of the 2nd and/or 3rd family gases as given in EN 437:2021, at maximum working pressures not exceeding 0,5 bar )) and maximum actual flow rates of up to 40 m3/h over a minimum ambient temperature range of −10 °C to +40 °C, and minimum gas temperature span of 40 K. This document applies to meters where the measuring element and the register(s) are enclosed in the same case. This document applies to meters with and without built-in temperature conversion, that are installed in locations with vibration and shocks of low significance and in - closed locations (indoor or outdoor with protection as specified by the manufacturer) with condensing or with non-condensing humidity; or, if specified by the manufacturer; - open locations (outdoor without any covering) both with condensing humidity or with non-condensing humidity; and in locations with electromagnetic disturbances likely to be found in residential, commercial and light industrial use. Unless otherwise stated, all pressures given in this document are gauge pressures. Clauses 1 to 14 are for design and type testing only. Requirements for electronic indexes, batteries, valves incorporated in the meter and other additional functionalities are given in EN 16314:2013 Unless otherwise stated in a particular test, the tests are carried out on meters that include additional functionality devices intended by the manufacturer. When more than one meter type is submitted for testing, then each meter type needs to be tested against this document.

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prEN IEC 60034-18-31:2026 Archived

Comment end date 2026-04-03

Rotating electrical machines - Part 18-31: Functional evaluation of insulation systems - Test procedures for form-wound windings - Thermal evaluation and classification of insulation systems used in rotating machines

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prEN IEC 63115-2:2026 Archived

Comment end date 2026-04-03

Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Sealed nickel-metal hydride cells and batteries for use in industrial applications - Part 2: Safety

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prEN IEC 63115-1:2026 Archived

Comment end date 2026-04-03

Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Sealed nickel-metal hydride cells and batteries for use in industrial applications - Part 1: Performance

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prEN IEC 61951-1:2026 Archived

Comment end date 2026-04-03

Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Secondary sealed cells and batteries for portable applications - Part 1: Nickel-Cadmium

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prEN IEC 60749-29:2026 Archived

Comment end date 2026-04-03

Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 29: Latch-up test

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