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This British Standard is the UK implementation ofEN 1991-1-4:2005A1:2010 incorporating corrigendum January 2010. It supersedes BS EN 1991-1-4:2005 which is withdrawn. Details ofsuperseded British Standards are given in the table below.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is s s q pcarry the number of the CEN amendment. For example text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by B @.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum isindicated in the text by tags. Text altered by CEN corrigendum January 2010 is indicated in the text by ) @.
NOTE The content of CEN corrigendum January 2010 replaced the content of CENcorrigendum July 2009.
The struetural Eurocodes are divided into packages by groupingEurocodes for each of the main materials: conerete steel positeconcrete and steel timber masonry and aluminium; this is to enable a mon date of withdrawal (Dow) for all the relevant parts that areneeded for a particular design. The conflicting national standards will be withdrawn at the end of the coexistence period after all the ENEurocodes of a package are available.
Following publication of the EN there is a period allowed for national calibration during which the National Annex is issued followed by aco-existence period of a maximum three years. During the co-existence period Member States are encouraged to adapt their nationalprovisions. At the end of this co-existence period the conflicting partsof national standard(s) will be withdrawn.
In the UK the following national standards are superseded by theEurocode 1 series and based on this transition period these standardshave now been withdrawn.
Eurocode EN 1991-1-1 Superseded British Standards BS 6399-1:1996EN 1991-1-3 EN 1991-1-2 none BS 6399-3:1988EN 1991-1-4 EN 1991-1-5 BS 6399-2:1997 BS 5400-2:1978* BS 5400-2:1978*EN 1991-1-6 EN 1991-1-7 none noneEN 1991-3 EN 1991-2 BS 5400-1:1988 BS 5400-2:1978*EN 1991-4 none none
* BS 5400-2:1978 wil nt be fully superseded until publication of Annex A.2 to BS EN 1990:2002.
Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication
This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Poliey andStrategy Committee on 900 dy 96
Date Comments31 December 2009 Implementation of CEN corrigendum July 200931 August 2010 Implementation of CEN corrigendum January 201031 January 2011Implementation of CEN amendment A1:2010
BSI 2011
ISBN 978 0 580 68497 5
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by TechnicalSubmittee B/525/1 Actions (loadings) and basis of design. Committee B/525 Building and civil engineering structures to
A list of organizations represented on this submittee can beobtained on request to its seeretary.
Where a normative part of this EN allows for a choice to be made atthe national level the range and possible choice will be given in thenormative text and a note will qualify it as a Nationally Determined Parameter (NDP). NDPs can be a specifie value for a factor a specificlevel or class a particular method or a particular application rule if several are proposed in the EN.
To enable EN 1991-1-4 to be used in the UK the NDPs have now beenpublished in a National Annex.
provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct This publication does not purport to include all the necessaryapplication.
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.
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Eurocode 1:Actions on structures-Part 1-4:General actions- Windactions
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This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 June 2004.
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