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UL’s Firestopping Services for European,
U.S. and British Regulations and Codes
UL can certify firestopping materials and systems to North American,
European and British standards in one process saving time to market,
and initial and ongoing costs
Meet your global market access testing and certification needs and save costs and time to market
when conducting a combined fire resistance test with UL. Utilizing UL’s new fire test facility in
Rosenheim, Germany, which also includes environmental and durability test capabilities, you have
the ability to combine testing and certification to UL, EN and BS standards in a single project.
UL’s unique ability to offer global certification solutions allows global market access for your
products to become a reality.
Fire Resistance Testing by UL in Europe
UL can now conduct the fire resistance testing necessary for UL, EU and BS
certification in a brand new, state-of-the-art test facility in Rosenheim, Germany. This
facility includes five fire resistance furnaces, including a large wall furnace (8m wide
by 5m high) and a large three-dimensional floor/wall furnace (5m by 4m by 2.5m) as
well as a small-scale furnace for smaller sized systems.
For products and systems intended for international markets, the fire resistance
testing can be combined in a single project that includes critical requirements Value in Testing with UL
of the UL, EN and BS test standards. UL’s expertise in firestopping systems and By using the combined test method
materials includes recognised engineers from UL, EN and BS standards backgrounds with UL, you gain the benefit of
and relevant standards writing committees. UL’s experts have created a single, performing a single test for all your
combined test method that caters to all needs to assess compliance with all critical fire resistance needs, allowing you to:
requirements including:
• Demonstrate compliance with
• North and South America, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australia – includes specific more global standards
requirements in UL 1479, UL 2079 and ASTM E814 including, for example, the hose
stream test. • Save time and speed to market
• Europe – includes additional requirements, e.g., unexposed face thermocouple There’s no need to involve multiple
positioning and attention to furnace pressure. testing/certification bodies in project
planning and surveillance visits. UL
• British – BS test method addressed via the adoption of the EN standard subject to does it all.
an expert judgement prior to and after the testing.
The option to test with one
organization can result in the
Suitable Products
fastest route to certification and the
The combined fire resistance test method is suitable for firestopping systems that are marketplace.
intended to demonstrate compliance with one or more of the following standards:
• Increase your profitability
• EN 1366-3 • UL 2079 • ISO 10295-1 Combined testing allows you to
• EN 1366-4 • ASTM E814 • ISO 10295-2 compete more economically.
• UL 1479 • BS 476: Part 20 series
To learn more, visit UL.com/FireTestingEurope or contact +49 69 489810 213, EU.BuildingLifeSafety@ul.com
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The UL Mark CE Marking British Standards
The UL Mark is the most widely As a Notified Body to the Construction Despite the increasing adoption of
recognized and accepted evidence Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 European Standards, some countries and
of a product’s compliance with U.S. and as an EOTA Technical Assessment bodies still require ‘approval’ based upon
and Canadian safety requirements. Body (TAB) UL UK can evaluate British Standards (BS). These countries
To consumers, installers, code and firestopping systems to applicable include the UK as well as countries
regulatory authorities, the UL Mark EN standards and issue the European within the British Commonwealth.
is North and South America’s, Asia’s Assessment Document (ETA) and For this reason, UL can include the
and Australia’s most valued product Certificate of Constancy of Performance requirements of the BS standard within
safety symbol. This also applies to the necessary for CE marking of the system. the combined fire resistance test, as
UAE and many Middle East countries. needed.
A combined UL and EN test can be used
Firestopping systems and components
as the ‘type test’ necessary for an ETA
carrying the UL Mark reflect compliance
and CE marking. In addition, product
to relevant UL safety requirements and
manufacturers must use a Notified
show compliance with North American
Body that should be involved in product
based building codes.
testing and on-going inspection of the
manufacturer’s Factory Production
Control systems.
UL can cater to all of these needs
whilst at the same time addressing the
requirements for the UL Mark.
UL Can Test to UL, EN and BS standards in One Test, Contributing to Faster Certification and More
Efficient Global Market Access.
To learn more, visit UL.com/FireTestingEurope or contact +49 69 489810 213, EU.BuildingLifeSafety@ul.com
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