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BS EN 13556:2003

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Round and sawn timber. Nomenclature of timbers used in Europe

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

14-11-2003

1 Scope
2 Nomenclature
  2.1 General
  2.2 The botanical name of species
  2.3 A four letter code
  2.4 The region of origin of the timber
  2.5 The standard name
INDEX A - ALPHABETIC INDEX OF TIMBER CODES
INDEX B - ALPHABETIC INDEX OF ENGLISH STANDARD NAMES
INDEX C - ALPHABETIC INDEX OF FRENCH STANDARD NAMES
INDEX D - ALPHABETIC INDEX OF GERMAN STANDARD NAMES

Describes commercial hardwood and softwood timbers used in Europe.

This European Standard lists commercial hardwood and softwood timbers used in Europe.

Committee
B/543
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 99/104338 DC (07/2003) Supersedes BS 7359(1991) (11/2003)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
108
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
NEN EN 13556 : 2003 Identical
EN 13556:2003 Identical
DIN EN 13556:2003-10 Identical
NF EN 13556 : 2003 Identical
NBN EN 13556 : 2003 Identical
NS EN 13556 : 1ED 2003 Identical
UNI EN 13556 : 2004 Identical
UNE-EN 13556:2004 Identical
SN EN 13556 : 2003 Identical
I.S. EN 13556:2003 Identical

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