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European Standards for Office Furniture

In order to obtain a harmonized European market, the European organisation for standardisation, CEN, elaborates standards in the field of office furniture, mainly concerning dimensions, requirements (safety, strength and durability) and test methods.

For the time beeing the most important ones are the following:

EN 527-1	"office furniture -tables and desks-Part 1: Dimensions"
prEN 527-2	"office furniture - tables and desks - Part 2: Safety requirements"
prEN 527-3	"office furniture - tables and desks - Part 3: Testmethods for the physical and mechanical characteristics of the construction"
EN 1023-1	"office furniture - screens - Part 1: Dimensions"
EN 1023-2	"office furniture - screens - Part 2: Safety requirements "
EN 1023-3	"office furniture - screens - Part 3: Testmethods for the physical and mechanical characteristics of the construction "
EN 1335-1	"office furniture - office chairs - Part 1: Dimensions"
EN 1335-2	"office furniture - office chairs - Part 2: Safety requirements"
EN 1335-3	"office furniture - office chairs - Part 3: Testmethods for the physical and mechanical characteristics of the construction"
prEN 14073-2	"office furniture - storage furniture- Part 2: Safety requirements"
prEN 14073-3	"office furniture - storage furniture - Part 3: Testmethods for the determination of the stability and the strength of the construction"
prEN 14074	"office furniture - tables and desks and storage furniture - Testmethods for the determinations of the strength and durabilty of moving parts"
EN ISO 9241-5	"Ergonomic demands for office works with screens - part 5: demands for workplace design and posture"
EN ISO 9241-6	"Ergonomic demands for office works with screens - part 6: directive for the working surroundings"

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