Atpresent,ifyouwantedtosellyourproductthroughoutEurope,youwouldprobablyh***etotesteachofyourproductstosomethinglike20+differentteststanda***,whichissomewhatofabarriertotrade,aswellasbeingveryexpensive.Thiswillchangeinthenearfuturewhenthenew“Euro-standard”testresultsandclassificati***h***eacceptanceacrossEurope.Theideaisthatyoutesttooneormoreoftheteststanda***toobtainaclassificationforyourproduct.Thisclassificationwill(eventually)thenbeacceptedinanyECcountry.(AlthoughtheclassificationwillbeacceptedthroughoutEurope,itdoesnotmeanthatyouwillbeabletouseaproductinthesameareasfromcountrytocountry.Itisaharmonizedclassificationsystem,notaharmonizedfiresafetystandard.Forexample,inFrance,ifyouareusingyourmaterialinahotellobby,theymayaskforaproductwhichisatleastEuroclass“C”,whilstintheUK,youmaybeaskedforaproductofatleastEuroclass“B”).ThereareatotaloffournewEuropeanReactiontoFireteststanda***andoneClassificationstandardforwallandceilinglinings:ENISO11925-2–ignitabilitytestEN13823(SBI)–heatreleaseand***okeproductiontestENISO1716–bombcalorimetertest(providesacalorificvalue)ENISO1182–noncombustibilitytestEN13501-1–classificationstandard(tellsyouhowtousethefourteststanda***inordertoobtainaclassification)Oneorcombinati***ofthetestsareusedtoobtainaEuro-classificationfrom“A1”(best)downto“F”(worst):Inordertoobtainan“A1”classification,ENISO1182andENISO1716mustbeperformedandthecriteriainEN13501-1mustbemet.Inordertoobtainan“A2”classification,EN13823(SBI)mustbeperformed,togetherwithtest(s)toENISO1182and/orENISO1716.Thetest(s)orcombinati***ofENISO1182andENISO1716requiredtoobtainaclassificationwillnormallybedeterminedbythec***tructionoftheproductandtheseresults,togetherwiththoseobtainedonEN13823(SBI)mustmeetthecriteriainEN13501-1.Inordertoobtaina“B”,“C”or“D”classification,ENISO11925-2andEN13823(SBI)mustbeperformed.Theresultsobtainedwilldesignatetheclassification,dependingonthecriteriaspecifiedinEN13501-1.Inordertoobtainan“E”classification,ENISO11925-2mustbeperformedandthecriteriainEN13501-1mustbemet.“F”isdesignatedforaproductthathasnoperformancedetermined.)