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CEN TC 33 - WG 5 - Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates NORMAPME Mirror Committee

07/09/2010

According to the requirements of the contract with the European Commission, NORMAPME has to provide eLearning tools to help standard developers to understand SME concerns. Hence, it was decided to make a film on practical experiences. NORMAPME asked its members to provide details on SMEs, which face difficulties in implementing a standard. It appeared that EN13241-1:2003 (Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates – Product standard - Part 1: Products without fire resistance or smoke control characteristics) is especially problematic. The film demonstrated huge difficulties small businesses face in coping with EN13241-1, namely:




  • Complexity: standard cluster with 19 linked standards;

  • Estimated increase in costs up to 20 000 euros;

  • Components’ manufacturers not ready to meet the requirements,

  • SMEs badly informed.

For more information please contact NORMAPME expert - Mr Karsten Zimmer - at karsten.zimmer@metallhandwerk.de 


and/or Mr Lorenzo ACCARDO at l.accardo@normapme.com

Technical Committee topic: 
CEN TC 33 - DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, BUILDING HARDWARE & CURTAIN WALLING
Primary Sector :
Construction