BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 17895:2005 Paints and varnishes Determination of the volatile organic compound content of low-VOC emulsion paints (in-can VOC) The European Standard EN IS0 17895:2005 has the status of a British Standard ICS 87.040 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTL British Standards BS EN ISO 17895:2005 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 17895:2005. It is identical with ISO 17895:2005. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee STI/1o, Test methods for paints, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on requesttoitssecretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages i to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 11 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the documentwaslastissued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was publishedunderthe authority Amd. No. Date Comments of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 21April2005 @ BSI 21 April 2005 ISBN 0 580 45889 X EN ISO 17895 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM March 2005 ICS 87.040 English version Paints and varnishes - Determination of the volatile organic compound content of low-VOC emulsion paints (in-can VOC) (ISO 17895:2005) Peintures et vernis - Détermination du contenu en Beschichtungsstoffe - Bestimmung des Gehaltes an composés organiques volatiles dans des peintures en fluchtigen organischen Verbindungen in émulsion a faibie teneur en COV (COV en récipient) (ISO wasserverdunnbaren Dispersionsfarben (In-can VOC) (ISO 17895:2005) 17895:2005) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 March 2005. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards maybe obtained onapplicationto theCentral Secretariat ortoanyCENmember. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden,Switzerlandand UnitedKingdom. cen EUROPEANCOMMITTEE FORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels @2005CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.ENISO17895:2005:E worldwide for CEN national Members. EN IS0 17895:2005 Foreword This document (EN ISO