ICS 79.040

Bauholz für tragende Zwecke – Festigkeitsklassen

European Standard EN 338 : 2003 has the status of a DIN Standard.

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National forewordThis standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 124 ‘Timber structures’ (Secretariat: Denmark).The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Bauwesen (Buildingand Civil Engineering Standards Committee), Technical Committee 04.01.00 Holzbau.

AmendmentsThis standard differs from the July 1996 edition in that additional strength classes have been specified andthe requirements for assigning grades and species to strength classes have been amended.

Previous editionDIN EN 338: 1996-07.

Ref. No. DIN EN 338 : 2003-09English price group 06 Sales No. 1106

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DEUTSCHE NORM September 2003

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Structural timberStrength classes

English version of DIN EN 338

Modifies DIN EN 10242,March 1995 edition.Supersedes July 1996edition.

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April 2003

English version

ICS 79.040 Supersedes EN 338 : 1995.

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Structural timberStrength classes

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Bois de structure – Classes derésistance

Bauholz für tragende Zwecke –Festigkeitsklassen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2003-02-14.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulationswhich stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of anational standard without any alteration.Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand-ards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CENmember.The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German).A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of aCEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre hasthe same status as the official versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the CzechRepublic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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