Each substantial component of a non-homogeneous product applying for class A2fl shall be tested separately in accordance with either EN ISO 1182 or EN ISO 1716. The non-substantial components of a non-homogeneous product shall be tested separately in accordance with EN ISO 1716 only.

  1. Class A2fl products

Additionally, all products applying for class A2fl shall be tested in accordance with EN ISO 9239-1.

  1. Additional classifications s1, s2 for smoke production

Classifications s1 and s2 are deduced from the data obtained from testing in accordance with EN ISO 9239-1.

  1. Testing of linear pipe thermal insulation products (see Table 3)

    1. Class El

A product applying for class EL shall be tested in accordance with EN ISO 11925-2 with 15 s exposure time.

  1. Classes Dl, Cl, Bl

A product applying for class DL, CL or BL shall be tested in accordance with EN ISO 11925-2 with 30 s exposure time.

Products satisfying the EN ISO 11925-2 criteria for class DL, CL or BL shall additionally be tested in accordance with EN 13823.

FIGRAQ 2mj should first be used to determine whether the requirement for class A2L or BL or CL is met and if it is not, FIGRAo amj should be used to determine whether class DL is met.



  1. Classes A2l, A1l

    1. Homogenous products

A product applying for class A1L shall be tested in accordance with EN ISO 1182 and EN ISO 1716.

A product applying for class A2L shall be tested in accordance with either EN ISO 1182 or EN ISO 1716.

  1. Non-homogeneous products

Each substantial component of a non-homogeneous product applying for class A1L shall be tested separately in accordance with EN ISO 1182 and EN ISO 1716.

Each substantial component of a non-homogeneous product applying for class A2L shall be tested separately in accordance with either EN ISO 1182 or EN ISO 1716. The non-substantial components of a non-homogeneous product shall be tested separately in accordance with EN ISO 1716 only.

  1. Class A2L products

Additionally, all products applying for class A2L shall be tested in accordance with EN 13823.

  1. Additional classifications s1, s2, s3 for smoke production

Classifications s1, s2 and s3 are deduced from the measuring data obtained from testing in accordance with EN 13823.

  1. Additional classifications dO, d1, d2 for flaming droplets/particles

Classifications dO, d1 and d2 are deduced from observations of flaming droplets and particles:

  • for class El in EN ISO 11925-2 (d2);

  • for classes BL, CL and DL in EN ISO 11925-2 and EN 13823 (dO, d1ord2);

  • for class A2L in EN 13823 (dO, d1ord2).

  1. Classification criteria for construction products, excluding floorings (see Table 1)

    1. General

Performance levels for each specific parameter are determined from the test methods.

  1. Continuous parameters

A

EN ISO 1182

EN ISO 1716

EN 13823

T

Am tf

PCS and possibly PCI

FIGRAq 2mj and FIGRAq 4mj

THR600s

SMOGRA

TSP6oos

The mean value (m) shall be determined for the performance level for each parameter. The classification shall then be determined from this value as described in 7.3.

  1. compliance parameters

EN 13823 LFS and flaming droplets/particles

EN ISO 11925-2 Fs and flaming droplets/particles

The individual results for each parameter shall be assessed to determine the classification as described in 7.4.

  1. Class F

No performance criteria.

Class F also applies if a product fails to obtain class E when tested to EN ISO 11925-2.

  1. Class E

The product shall satisfy the following criteria:

EN ISO 11925-2

Under conditions of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3), with 15 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 20 s from the time of application.

  1. Class D

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

Under condition of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3), with 30 s exposure time, there shall be no vertical flame spread in excess of 150 mm from the point of application of the test flame within 60 s from the time of application;

  1. EN 13823

FIGRA (= FIGRAowj) < 750 W/s.

  1. Class C

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

Under condition of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3) with 30 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 60 s from the time of application;

  1. EN 13823

No lateral flame spread (LFS) to the edge of the specimen.

FIGRA (= FIGRA0AtM) 250 W/s

THReoos < 15 MJ

  1. Class В

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

Under condition of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3) with 30 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 60 s from the time of application;

  1. EN 13823

No lateral flame spread (LFS) to the edge of the specimen.

FIGRA (= FIGRAo,2 mj) < 120 W/s

THR6Oos < 7,5 MJ

  1. Class A2

    1. General

When tested in accordance with EN 13823 every class A2 product shall satisfy the same criteria as for class В (see 11.6).

  1. Homogeneous products

The product shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg

or

  1. ENISO 1182

AT < 50 °С and

Am < 50 % and

t( < 20 s.

  1. Non-homogeneous products

Each substantial component shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg

or

  1. ENIS01182

AT < 50 °С and

Am < 50 % and

ff < 20s.

Each external non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 4,0 MJ/m2.

Each internal non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS <4,0 MJ/m2.

The product as a whole shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg.

NOTE The PCS parameter includes a measure of the latent heat contained within any moisture vapour generated by any material during its combustion in the test according to EN ISO 1716:2002, Annex A and which during the fire process may not contribute to temperature rise. Therefore, products containing materials that can be shown to provide a PCI (as opposed to a PCS value) significantly less than the specified limits for the PCS can be considered as candidates for an appeal procedure.

  1. Class A1

    1. Homogeneous products

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 2,0 MJ/kg

and

  1. ENIS01182

AT < 30 °С and

Am < 50 % and

ff = 0 s.

  1. Non-homogeneous products

Each substantial component shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 2,0 MJ/kg

and

  1. ENISO 1182

ДТ < 30 °С and

Дт < 50 % and

f(=Os.

Each external non-substantial component shall satisfy all of the criteria specified in either c) or d):

  1. EN ISO 1716

PCS <2,0 MJ/kg

or

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 2,0 MJ/m2

and

EN 13823

FIGRA (= F/GRA02MJ) < 20 W/s and

LFS < edge of specimen and

THR600s < 4,0 MJ and

satisfy the conditions for s1 and dO.

Each internal non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 1,4 MJ/m2.

The product as a whole shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS <2,0 MJ/kg.

NOTE The PCS parameter includes a measure of the latent heat contained within any moisture vapour generated by any material during its combustion in the test according to EN ISO 1716:2002, Annex A and which during the fire process may not contribute to temperature rise. Therefore, products containing materials that can be shown to provide a PCI (as opposed to a PCS value) significantly less than the specified limits for the PCS can be considered as candidates for an appeal procedure.

  1. Additional classifications s1, s2, s3 for smoke production

    1. General

Products classified A2, В, C, D obtain an additional classification of s1, s2 or s3 regarding the smoke production.

  1. s1

EN 13823

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

SMOGRA < 30 m2/s2 and

TSP6oos - 50 m2.

  1. s2

EN 13823

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

SMOGRA < 180 m2/s2 and

TSPgoos — 200 m2.

  1. s3

Products for which no performance is declared or which do not comply with the s1 and s2 criteria.

  1. Additional classifications dO, d1, d2 for flaming droplets and/or particles

    1. Products classified A2, В, C, D

Products classified A2, В, C, D obtain an additional classification of dO, d1 or d2 regarding the production of flaming droplets and/or particles as follows:

  • dO, if no flaming droplets/particles occur within 600 s when tested in accordance with EN 13823;

  • d1, if no flaming droplets/particles, persisting longer than 10 s, occur within 600 s when tested in accordance with EN 13823;

  • d2 if no performance is declared, or if the product

  1. does not comply with the dO and d1 classification criteria given above or

  2. ignites the paper in the ignitability test (EN ISO 11925-2).

  1. Products classified E

If ignition of the filter paper occurs in EN ISO 11925-2, a d2 classification is given for flaming droplets and particles. If no ignition of the filter paper occurs, class E is obtained and no indication is given for d.

  1. Classification criteria for floorings (see Table 2)

    1. General

Performance levels for each specific parameter shall be determined from the test methods.

  1. Continuous parameters

EN ISO 1182

AT

Am t,

EN ISO 1716

PCS

EN ISO 9239-1

Critical heat flux.



The mean value (m) shall be determined for the performance level for each parameter. The classification shall then be determined from this value as described in 7.3.

  1. Compliance parameter

EN ISO 11925-2

Fs.



The individual results shall be assessed to determine the classification as described in 7.4.

  1. Class Ffl

No performance criteria.

Class Ffl also applies if a product fails to obtain class Efi when tested to EN ISO 11925-2.

  1. Class Efl

The product shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 11925-2.

Under condition of surface flame attack with 15 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 20 s from the time of application.

  1. Class Dfl

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

The product shall pass the Efl criterion.

  1. EN ISO 9239-1

Critical heat flux > 3,0 kW/m2.

  1. Class Cfl

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

The product shall pass the Efl criterion.

  1. EN ISO 9239-1

Critical heat flux > 4,5 kW/m2.

  1. Class Bn

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 11925-2

The product shall pass the Ef! criterion.

  1. ENISO 9239-1:

Critical heat flux > 8,0 kW/m2.

  1. Class A2fi

    1. General

The following criterion applies to both homogeneous and non-homogeneous products: EN ISO 9239-1

Critical heat flux > 8,0 kW/m2.

  1. Homogeneous products

The product shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg or

  1. ENISO 1182

ДТ< 50 °С and

Am < 50 % and

ft< 20 s.

  1. Non-homogeneous products

Each substantial component shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENIS01716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg or

  1. ENISO 1182

ДТ < 50 °С and

Дт < 50 % and

t( = 20 s.

Each external non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS <4,0 MJ/m2.

Each internal non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 4,0 MJ/m2.

The product as a whole shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 3,0 MJ/kg.

  1. Class A1 л

    1. Homogeneous products

The product shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS <2,0 MJ/kg

and

  1. ENISO 1182

ДТ < 30 °С and

Дт < 50 % and tf = 0 s.

  1. Non-homogeneous products

Each substantial component shall satisfy the following criteria:

  1. ENISO 1716

PCS < 2,0 MJ/kg and

  1. ENISO 1182

AT"< 30 °С and

Am < 50 % and

ff = 0 s.

Each external non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS <2,0 MJ/kg.

Each internal non-substantial component shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 1,4 MJ/m2.

The product as a whole shall satisfy the following criterion:

EN ISO 1716

PCS < 2,0 MJ/kg.

  1. Additional classifications s1, s2 for smoke production

    1. General

Products classified А2Л, Bfl, Cfl and Dfl obtain an additional classification of s1 or s2 regarding the smoke production.

  1. s1

EN ISO 9239-1

The product shall satisfy the following criterion:

Smoke < 750 % x minutes.

  1. s2

Products for which no performance is declared and products not satisfying the class s1 criterion.

  1. Classification criteria for linear pipe thermal insulation products (see Table 3)

    1. General

Performance levels for each specific parameter are determined from the test methods.

  1. Continuous parameters

EN ISO 1182

AT Am ft

EN ISO 1716

PCS and possibly PCI

EN 13823

FIGRArj 2 mj and FIGRAqAMj

THR600s

SMOGRA

TSP5OQS



The mean value (m) shall be determined for the performance level for each parameter. The classification shall then be determined from this value as described in 7.3.

  1. Compliance parameters

EN 13823

LFS and flaming droplets/particles

EN ISO 11925-2

Fs and flaming droplets/particles



The individual results for each parameter shall be assessed to determine the classification as described in 7.4.

  1. Class Fl

No performance criteria.

Class Fl also applies if a product fails to obtain class EL when tested to EN ISO 11925-2.

  1. Class El

The product shall satisfy the following criteria:

EN ISO 11925-2.

Under conditions of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3), with 15 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 20 s from the time of application.

  1. Class Dl

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

EN ISO 11925-2

Under condition of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3), with 30 s exposure time, there shall be no vertical flame spread in excess of 150 mm from the point of application of the test flame within 60 s from the time of application.

— EN 13823

FIGRA (= FIGRA0AMj) < 2 100 W/s

THR6oos < 100 MJ

  1. Class CL

The product shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

EN ISO 11925-2.

Under condition of surface flame attack and, where required, edge flame attack (see 6.3) with 30 s exposure time, there shall be no flame spread in excess of 150 mm vertically from the point of application of the test flame within 60 s from the time of application.