ÖNORM EN 599-2

This Part of EN 599 specifies for each of the five hazard dasses defined in EN 335-1, requirements for classifying and marking wood preservati ve products according to their peifonance and suitability for use. This Part of EN 599 is applicable to all wood preservative products supplied for applicalion in liquid form for the preventive treatment of timben (structural and non-stfuctural) against woobattacking fungi. wood-attacking insects and manne organisrns as desaibed in HD 1 001 and EN 335-1 . However it is only applicable to pmducts for preventive treatments against fungi causing disfigurement (blue stain) of wood in service if this foms part of the overall preventive effectiveness of the product. This Part of EN 599 is not applicable to wood preservative products supplied for application as pastes. solids or in capsule fom because they cannot be tested without modification of the biological tests demanded in this standard. It does not apply either to wood presenrative products for remedial (curative) treatments, to those applied to prevent fungi causing sap stain on green (unseasoned) timber or to those applied solely to prevent fungi causing disfigurernent (blue stain) of wood in service.