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This document specifies a method for sampling and handling earthworms from field soils as a prerequisite for using these animals as bioindicators (e.g. to assess the quality of a soil as a habitat for organisms). This document is applicable to all terrestrial biotopes in which earthworms occur. This document does not apply to semi-terrestrial soils (i.e. soils that are partly aquatic, such as bogs, beaches, marshes, stream margins) and it can be difficult to use under extreme climatic or geographical conditions (e.g. in high mountains). Methods for other soil organism groups, such as micro-arthropods and enchytraeids (mesofauna), are covered in other parts of the ISO 23611 series.

This document establishes a framework for the implementation of a sharing economy. It specifies requirements for and gives guidance on the operational economic, social, environmental, legal and other considerations and factors associated with implementation of sharing economy applications and approaches in sharing economy contexts. This document is applicable to all actors participating in the sharing economy ecosystem, including platform operators, providers, users and other stakeholders. This document is applicable to all types and sizes of organization (e.g. commercial enterprises, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations).

This document specifies the determination of aldehydes and ketones content in polyether polyols and polymer polyols by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This document is applicable to the determination of formaldehyde (HCHO), acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), acrolein (CH2=CHCHO) and acetone (CH3COCH3) in polyether polyols and polymer polyols.

This document establishes required practices for the safe use of bridge and gantry cranes. It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 12480-1. This document applies to the bridge and gantry cranes as defined in ISO 4306-1 and ISO 4306-5.

This document specifies the requirements and test methods applicable to factory applied ceramic epoxy lining for ductile iron pipes conforming to ISO 2531, ISO 7186 and ISO 16631, excluding potable water, for operating temperature up to 50 °C.

This document specifies the conditions for determining the tensile properties (including tensile modulus, Poisson’s ratio, strength, strain at maximum force and fracture strain) of ceramic matrix composite materials with continuous fibre reinforcement at room temperature. This document applies to all ceramic matrix composites with a continuous fibre reinforcement, including unidirectional (1D), bi-directional (2D), and multi-directional (xD, with x > 2), reinforcement, loaded along a principal axis of reinforcement. NOTE In most cases, ceramic matrix composites to be used at high temperature in air are coated with an antioxidation coating.

This part of EN 16432 series specifies how to integrate the particular aspects of ballastless track systems for attenuation of vibration into the system and subsystem design and component configuration according to EN 16432-2:2017.
The general system and subsystem design requirements are assigned from EN 16432-1:2017.
Additional noise and vibration requirements can be project specific and are not provided by this document. Acoustic requirements are considered as input for the track design from the acoustic design. The acoustic design and the track design affect each other and may require an iterative overall design process.
The range of applicability covers all kind of rail systems including Urban Rail systems.

This document specifies requirements for implantation test methods for preclinical assessment of the local effects after implantation of medical devices or materials intended for use in medical devices. This document is applicable to the evaluation of local tissue responses from medical devices that are intended to be used where skin or mucosal tissue is breached, when required.
This document is applicable to medical device or materials that require implantation evaluation and can be solid or non-solid (such as porous materials, liquids, gels, pastes, powders, and particulates), absorbable, degradable, non- absorbable, or can be tissue-engineered medical products (TEMPs).
These implantation tests are not intended to evaluate or determine the performance of the test sample in terms of mechanical loading or functional performance. This document also does not provide guidance on methods and study design to satisfy requirements for systemic toxicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity or mutagenicity. However, the study designs can be modified to also assess other biological effects.

This document specifies allowable limits (AL) for residual ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene chlorohydrin (ECH) in EO-sterilized medical devices, procedures for the measurement of EO and ECH, and methods for determining conformity so that devices can be released. Additional background, including guidance and a flowchart showing how this document is applied, are also included in Annexes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K.
EO-sterilized devices or components that have neither direct nor indirect body or user contact (e.g. in vitro diagnostic devices) are out of scope of this document. This document does not apply to devices that have been demonstrated to not absorb or retain EO or its degradation product ECH, such as medical devices made exclusively of metal alloys and glass, see Clause C.5[228].
NOTE            This document does not specify limits for ethylene glycol (EG). No device limits are specified for EG because the risk assessment in Annex F indicates that calculated allowable levels are higher than those likely to occur in a medical device.

This document specifies the general requirements for the in vitro amplification of nucleic acid sequences (DNA or RNA). This includes polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods like quantitative PCR, qualitative PCR, reverse transcription-PCR and digital PCR.
The minimum requirements laid down in this document are intended to ensure that comparable and reproducible results are obtained in different organizations. It covers quality assurance aspects to be considered when working with PCR-based methods in a laboratory as well as validation and verification.
In addition to laboratory PCR-based methods, this document is also applicable to on-site PCR-based methods.
This document is applicable to PCR-based methods used for the analysis of microorganisms and viruses in different water matrices, including but not limited to:
—     drinking water;
—     groundwater;
—     pool water;
—     process water;
—     surface water;
—     wastewater.
This document is applicable to the detection and quantification of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) of microorganisms by PCR-based methods in water such as bacteria, yeasts, fungi but also parasites such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, amoebas and multicellular organisms. In addition, this document is applicable to the detection and quantification of nucleic acids from viruses in water by PCR-based methods.
NOTE            In the context of this document, viruses are considered to be microorganisms. Clauses in this document can also specifically apply to viruses and not to other types of microorganisms. In these clauses, viruses are mentioned separately.

This document specifies requirements to the safe handling and the physical, chemical and biological testing of plastic containers for parenterals.
This document is applicable to plastic containers for parenterals having one or more chambers and having a total nominal capacity in the range of 50 ml to 5 000 ml such as film bags or blow-moulded plastic bottles for direct administration of infusion (injection) solutions.
NOTE 1        In some countries, national or regional pharmacopoeias or other government regulations are legally binding, and these requirements take precedence over this document.
NOTE 2        Annex E provides explanations about the history of the development of the standard and summarises the different arguments discussed within ISO/TC 76 during the elaboration of the document.
NOTE 3        Annex F provides recommendations regarding sustainability.
NOTE 4        Annex G provides information on attributive and variable testing.

This document establishes a standardized notation with consistent design requirements for the results of business reporting, including written reports, presentations and dashboards. The notation specifies requirements for the visual appearance of: recurring visual aspects, such as the layout of charts, tables and text; their characteristics; the labelling of content. This document is applicable to business reporting regardless of an organization’s type, size, location or the nature of products and services delivered. For further guidance on accessibility requirements, refer to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 and ISO/IEC 23859:2023.

This document specifies the minimum requirements for general safety and structural safety which include strength, reliability and stability of all types of outdoor seating for camping use, for domestic use and for contract use, for adults, without regard to materials, design or manufacturing processes.
It does not apply to street furniture.
It does not include requirements for removable upholstery, including the cover and filling.
It does not include requirements for the durability of castors/wheels and height adjustment mechanisms.
It does not include requirements for electrical safety.
It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing and degradation caused by light, temperature and moisture.
The test requirements contained within this document are based on use by persons weighing up to 110 kg.

Shall be according to EN 15502-2-1:2022+A1:2023, Clause 1 with the following modifications:
Replace:
“This document covers gas-fired central heating boilers from the types C1 up to C(11) and the types B2, B3 and B5:”
By:
“This document covers gas-fired central heating boilers from the types C1, C3 up to C9 and the types B2, B3 and B5 :”
b) is replaced by:
b) that use combustible gases of gas group 4Y at the nominal pressure of 20 mbar;
Appliance category   Pn   Pmin   Pmax
4th family   20   17   25
k) is not applicable.
Add at the end of the list, after k), following:
l) which are fully premixed appliances equipped with a Pneumatic Gas/Air Ratio controller (PGAR) or an Adaptive Combustion Control Function (ACCF) that are intended to be connected to hydrogen gas grids where the quality of the distributed hydrogen gas is likely expected to stay within a Wobbe index range of 42 to 46 MJ/m3.
Replace in the list following
“This document does not cover all the requirements for:”
ab), ag), ah) and al) by:
ab) appliances that are intended to be connected to gas grids where the quality of the distributed hydrogen gas is likely to vary outside the Wobbe index range of 42 to 46 MJ/m3;
ag) C(10) boilers;
ah) C(11) boilers;
al) Partially premixed appliances equipped with an adaptive combustion control function (ACCF).
and add an) and ao);
an) The conversion from natural gas to hydrogen.
ao) The risk of aeration of the gas supply to the appliance.

This document specifies the test methods for constant wear suits and abandonment suits.
Requirements for constant wear suits are given in ISO 15027-1:2026.
Requirements for abandonment suits are given in ISO 15027-2:2026.

IEC TS 62607-6-36:2026, which is a Technical Specification, establishes a standardized method to determine the key control characteristic
• reduction status
for graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by
• ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis).
The reduction status is not a quantitative value, but rather a compilation (table) of six parameters extracted from UV-Vis absorption spectra. These six parameters can be obtained from GO and rGO as follows:
(1) the peak location of GO, (2) the shoulder peak of GO, (3) the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the main absorption peak of GO, (4) the peak location of rGO, (5) FWHM of the main absorption peak of rGO and (6) the spectral peak shifts between GO and rGO.
• The method is applicable to the characterization of GO and rGO materials (where rGO is obtained from the corresponding GO) produced by different reduction techniques, as well as to commercial products in solution or film form.
• Individual GO or rGO materials can also be characterized, but only partial parameters can be obtained. Specifically, peak location, FWHM, and shoulder peak can be measured from each GO or rGO material, while peak shift requires both GO and its corresponding rGO for comparison.
• The method is suitable for quality assurance and for monitoring the reduction process during the production of rGO.
• The method does not provide full chemical analysis. Complementary techniques can be required beyond the UV-Vis spectral features.