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BRITISH STANDARD Unplasticized polyvinylchloride (PVC-U) profiles for the fabrication of windows and doors Ð Determination of the strength of welded corners and T-joints The European Standard EN 514:2000 has the status of a British Standard ICS 83.140.99; 91.060.50 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BS EN 514:2000 BS EN 514:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 514:2000, which is included in a package of new European Standards being prepared by CEN/TC 33 relating to PVC-U profiles for windows and doors Other standards included in the package are ENs 477, 478, 479, 513 and 12608 Although the English text versions of these European Standards will be adopted as British Standards as they become available, the existing British Standards for PVC-U profiles will be retained, but only until such time that the complete package of European Standards becomes available The original group of British Standards will then be withdrawn and this will be notified in BSI Standards Update This British Standard will supersede BS 7413:1991 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to Subcommittee B/538/1, Windows, which has the responsibility to: Ð aid enquirers to understand the text; Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; Ð 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-references The 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 ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the ªFindº 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 pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 14, an inside back cover and a back cover The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Committee for Building and Civil Engineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 July 2000 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