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Licensed Copy: Institute Of Technology Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Sat Jun 02 01:31:23 GMT+00:00 2007, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BRITISH STANDARD Steel closed die forgings Ð General technical delivery conditions The European Standard EN 10254:1999 has the status of a British Standard ICS 77.140.85 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BS EN 10254:1999 Licensed Copy: Institute Of Technology Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Sat Jun 02 01:31:23 GMT+00:00 2007, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BS EN 10254:1999 National foreword This British Standard is the English language version of EN 10254:1999 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ISE/31, Wrought steels, 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 committee 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 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