BS EN IS0 20023:2018 BSl Standards Publication Solid biofuels - Safety of solid biofuel pellets - Safe handling and storage of wood pellets in residential and other small-scale applications bsi. BSENIS020023:2018 BRITISH STANDARD Nationalforeword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN IS0 20023:2018. It is identical to IS0 20023:2018. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PTI/17, Solid biofuels. request to its secretary. The UK committeedrawsusers'attentionto thefactthat this standard is not intended to cover all aspects of safe handling and storage of solid biofuel pellets.The committeethereforerecommendsthat users ofthe standarddeterminetheregulatoryrequirementsand safepractices ofboth consumers and industry operatives,e.g.Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), manual lifting of bagged pellets, electrical regulations and lightningstrikerisksandprotection. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correctapplication. @TheBritishStandards Institution2018 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2018 ISBN9780580881299 ICS27.190; 75.160.40 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon31December2018 Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Textaffected BSENISO20023:2018 EN IS0 20023 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM December2018 ICS27.190; 75.160.40 English Version Solid biofuels - Safety of solid biofuel pellets - Safe handling and storage of wood pellets in residential and othersmall-scale applications (Is020023:2018) Biocombustibles solides - Sécurite des granulés de Biogene Festbrennstoffe - Sicherheit von biogenen biocombustible solide - Manutention et stockage en Festbrennstoffen - Sicherer Umgang und Lagerung von toute securite des granules de bois dans des Holzpellets in hauslichen- und anderen kleinen applications résidentielles et autres applications a Feuerstatten (IS020023:2018) petite échelle (IS0 20023:2018) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 October 2018. 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 may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FURNORMUNG CEN-CENELECManagementCentre:RuedelaScience23,B-1040Brussels @2018CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.EN ISO 20023:2018 E worldwide for CEN national Members.