1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 14048:2002 Packaging Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of packaging materials in an aqueous medium Method by measuring the oxygen demand in a closed respirometer The European Standard EN 14048:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 55.020 BS EN 1404
2、8:2002 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12 September 2003 BSI 12 September 2003 ISBN 0 580 42616 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 14048:2002. The UK participation in its
3、preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PKW/4, Packaging and the environment, which has the responsibility to: 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
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5、e necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on th
6、e interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 and 3 and a back cover. The
7、BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN14048 December2002 ICS55.020 Englishversion PackagingDeterminationoftheultimateaerobic biodegradabil
8、ityofpackagingmaterialsinanaqueousmedium Methodbymeasuringtheoxygendemandinaclosed respirometer EmballageDterminationdelabiodgradabilitarobie ultimedesmatriauxdemballagedansunmilieuaqueux Mthodedemesuredelademandedoxygnedansun respiromtreferm VerpackungBestimmungdervollstndigenaeroben Bioabbaubarkei
9、tvonVerpackungsmaterialienineinem wssrigenMeduimVerfahrenmittelsMessungdes SauerstoffbedarfsineinemgeschlossenenRespirometer ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon8November2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardt
10、hestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nsla
11、tion undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Po
12、rtugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN14048:200
13、2EEN14048:2002(E) 2 Foreword Thisdocument(EN14048:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN /TC 261“Packaging“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2003,andconflicting
14、nationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg
15、,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN14048:2002(E) 3 1Scope Thisstandardspecifiesamethodtoevaluatetheultimatebiodegradabilityofpackagingmaterialsanditsconstituents bymeasurementofO 2 consumption. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydat
16、edorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrev
17、ision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN13432; Packaging RequirementsforpackagingrecoverablethroughcompostingandbiodegradationTest schemeandevaluationcriteriaforthefinalacceptanceofpackaging. ISO14851; Determinationoftheultimateaerobicbiod
18、egradabilityofplasticmaterialsinanaqueousmedium Methodbymeasuringtheoxygendemandinaclosedrespirometer. 3Requirements Packagingmaterialsoritsconstituentswhichareusedfortheapplicationaspackagingorpackagingcomponentsto beintroducedasorganicallyrecoverablehavetoverifyitsultimatebiodegradabilityifrequire
19、d,inaccordancewith EN13432.IfarespirometricmethodbymeasurementoftheO 2 consumptionhasbeenselected;ISO14851shallbe usedtoperformthistest. ThenamedISOtestmethodwhichisdefinedoriginallyforplasticsshallbeappliedtoallmaterialsorconstituents, forwhichbiodegradabilitytestingisbeingrequired,intheanalogouswa
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