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DIN Standards Committee Timber and Furniture

Overview

This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength, durability and stability for all types of non-domestic storage furniture. It does not apply to domestic storage, office storage, industrial storage, kitchen, catering equipment, retail storage, laboratory storage and industrial storage lockers. Requirements for strength and durability do not apply to the structure of the building for example the strength of wall hanging cabinets includes only the cabinets and the parts used for attachment. The wall and the wall attachments are not included. It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability. The European test standard EN 16122:2012 "Domestic and non-domestic storage furniture - Test methods for the determination of strength, durability and stability" has been prepared simultaneously to this document and describes the test methods for the requirements specified in EN 16121. The committee responsible for this standard is Working Committee NA 042-05-02 AA "Kastenmöbel" ("Storage furniture") at DIN.

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Responsible national committee

NA 042-05-02 AA - Storage furniture, mirror committee CEN/TC 207/WG 1/WG 5/WG 9 und ISO/TC 136/WG 3  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 207/WG 5 - Requirements for non domestic furniture