EN 12640:2019

Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements and testing

This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points for cargo securing on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units for cargo transport.
This document does not apply to:
-   Vehicles and intermodal loading units manufactured before publication of this standard;
-   Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of bulk materials;
-   Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of specific cargo with particular securing requirements;
-   Vehicles (delivery vans) in conformance to ISO 27956;
-   ISO series 1 freight containers.

Intermodale Ladeeinheiten und Nutzfahrzeuge - Zurrpunkte zur Ladungssicherung - Mindestanforderungen und Prüfungen

In diesem Dokument werden die Mindestanforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Zurrpunkte zur Ladungssicherung an Nutzfahrzeugen und intermodalen Ladeeinheiten zur Güterbeförderung festgelegt.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die vor Veröffentlichung dieser Norm hergestellt wurden;
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die nach ihrer Bauart und Einrichtung ausschließlich für die Beförderung von Schüttgütern bestimmt sind;
- Fahrzeuge und intermodale Ladeeinheiten, die nach ihrer Bauart und Einrichtung für die Beförderung spezieller Güter mit besonderen Anforderungen an die Ladungssicherung bestimmt sind;
- Fahrzeuge (Lieferwagen) nach ISO 27956;
- ISO-Frachtcontainer der Serie 1.

Unités de transport intermodal et véhicules utilitaires - Points d’arrimage et systèmes d’arrimage - Prescriptions minimales et essais

Le présent document spécifie les exigences minimales et les méthodes d’essai applicables aux points d’arrimage des charges des véhicules utilitaires et unités de transport intermodal destinés au transport de marchandises.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas :
—   aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal construits avant la publication de la présente norme ;
—   aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal conçus et construits exclusivement pour le transport de marchandises en vrac ;
—   aux véhicules et unités de transport intermodal conçus et construits exclusivement pour le transport de chargements spéciaux associés à des exigences d’arrimage particulières ;
—   aux véhicules (camionnettes de livraison) conformes à l’ISO 27956 ;
—   aux conteneurs de la série 1, définis par l’ISO.

Intermodalne nakladalne enote in gospodarska vozila - Pritrdilna mesta za zavarovanje tovora - Minimalne zahteve in preskusi

Ta dokument določa minimalne zahteve in preskusne metode za pritrdilna mesta za zavarovanje tovora na gospodarskih vozilih ter intermodalnih nakladalnih enotah za prevoz tovora.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za:
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, izdelane pred objavo tega standarda;
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, načrtovane in izdelane izključno za prevoz razsutega materiala;
– vozila in intermodalne nakladalne enote, načrtovane in izdelane izključno za prevoz posebnega tovora z določenimi zahtevami glede zavarovanja;
– vozila (dostavne kombije) v skladu s standardom ISO 27956;
– tovorne zabojnike razreda ISO 1.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 10-Dec-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Jun-2020
• ICS: 55.180.99 - Other standards related to freight distribution of goods
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 119 - Swap bodies for combined goods transport
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 119/WG 7 - Cargo Securing
• Current Stage: 9060 - Closure of 2 Year Review Enquiry - Review Enquiry
• Start Date: 04-Jun-2025
• Completion Date: 04-Jun-2025
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12640:2020 - Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements and testing

Relations

• Replaces: EN 12640:2000 - Securing of cargo on road vehicles - Lashing points on commercial vehicles for goods transportation - Minimum requirements and testing
• Effective Date: 18-Dec-2019

Overview

EN 12640:2019 (CEN) defines minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points used to secure cargo on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units. The standard covers design, strength, number and layout, operational angles, verification and marking of lashing points and multi‑point lashing systems. It excludes vehicles/units manufactured before publication, units for bulk materials or specialised cargo, delivery vans conforming to ISO 27956, and ISO series 1 freight containers.

Key Topics

• Scope and exclusions: Applies to new commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units; explicit exclusions listed in the scope.
• Definitions & angles: Defines lashing angles - vertical (α) 0°–90°, longitudinal (βx) 0°–180° and transverse (βy); ±5° deviation allowed.
• Lashing capacity (LC): Minimum LC by gross vehicle mass (m):
  • m ≤ 750 kg → 400 daN
  • 750 < m ≤ 3 500 kg → 600 daN
  • 3 500 < m ≤ 7 500 kg → 800 daN
  • 7 500 < m ≤ 12 000 kg → 1 000 daN
  • m > 12 000 kg or intermodal units → 2 000 daN
• Design requirements:
  • Single lashing points should not project above the loading platform when at rest.
  • Lashing points should transmit forces into structural CTU elements and be located near platform edges or outer frame (exceptions for GVM < 3 500 kg).
  • Multi‑point systems must accept reference hooks and resist specified forces along 1 m at three positions simultaneously.
• Number & layout:
  • Number of lashing point pairs n = max(loading length/0.85, (payload × 0.75)/LC), rounded down but not less than 2.
  • Max spacing between adjacent lashing points: 1 000 mm (axle areas ≤ 1 200 mm); distance from front/rear end ≤ 500 mm.
• Testing & verification:
  • Static tests at 1.00×LC (no visible deformation) and 1.25×LC (no permanent deformation impairing function), applied for at least 3 minutes in the three most unfavourable directions.
  • Test certificate (Annex A) and test report (Annex B) requirements.
• Marking & maintenance:
  • Visible label (blue background, white text, min. 150 × 100 mm) showing LC [daN] and operational angles.
  • Manufacturer must supply user instructions and maintenance guidance.

Applications

Who uses EN 12640:2019:

• Vehicle and intermodal unit manufacturers (design & production)
• Fleet operators and logistics providers (safe cargo restraint planning)
• Cargo securing engineers and load planners
• Testing laboratories and conformity assessors
• Regulators and procurement teams specifying equipment to CEN standards

Practical benefits: ensures consistent lashing point performance, improves safety of road and intermodal cargo transport, and provides verifiable test methods and labelling for supply-chain transparency.

Related Standards

• EN 12195 series (lashing devices and web lashing) - complementary for lashing equipment and calculation methods
• ISO 27956 - related to certain delivery vans (explicitly excluded from EN 12640 scope)

Keywords: EN 12640:2019, lashing points, cargo securing, intermodal loading units, lashing capacity, CEN standard, testing methods, commercial vehicles.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12640:2000
Intermodalne nakladalne enote in gospodarska vozila - Pritrdilna mesta za
zavarovanje tovora - Minimalne zahteve in preskusi
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles - Lashing points for cargo securing -
Minimum requirements and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte an Nutzfahrzeugen zur
Güterbeförderung - Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
Unités de transport intermodal et véhicules utilitaires - Points d’arrimage et systèmes
d’arrimage - Prescriptions minimales et essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12640:2019
ICS:
43.080.01 Tovorna vozila na splošno Commercial vehicles in
general
55.180.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
distribucijo blaga s prevozom freight distribution of goods
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 12640
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 55.180.99 Supersedes EN 12640:2000
English Version
Intermodal loading units and commercial vehicles -
Lashing points for cargo securing - Minimum requirements
and testing
Ladungssicherung auf Straßenfahrzeugen - Zurrpunkte
an Nutzfahrzeugen zur Güterbeförderung -
Mindestanforderungen und Prüfung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2019.

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
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© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 12640:2019 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Requirements . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Design requirements of single lashing points . 6
4.3 Design requirements of multi-point lashing systems . 6
4.4 Strength of the lashing points . 7
4.5 Number and layout of the lashing points. 7
4.5.1 Number of lashing point pairs . 7
4.5.2 Arrangement of lashing point pairs . 8
4.6 Lashing points in the front wall . 8
4.7 Optional single lashing points or multi-point lashing systems . 8
5 Verification . 8
6 Testing . 8
7 Marking, identification and user instructions . 9
8 Maintenance . 10
Annex A (normative) Test certificate of lashing points tested according to EN 12640 . 11
Annex B (informative) Test report . 12
Bibliography . 13

European foreword
This document (EN 12640:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 119 “Intermodal
Loading Units and Cargo Securing (ILUCS)”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 12460:2000. The main technical changes are:
a) in clause 3, the terms and definitions were updated;
b) in clause 4, the following content was added:
— vehicles GVM under 3.500 kg;
— lashing angles were updated;
— defined reference hook;
— strength of lashing points updated;
— number and arrangement of lashing points updated.
c) in clause 5, verifications were updated;
d) in clause 6, testing was updated;
e) in clause 7,marking was updated;
f) the following clause and Annexes are new:
— clause 8;
— Annex A;
— Annex B.
Annex A is normative and Annex B is informative.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies the minimum requirements and test methods for lashing points for cargo
securing on commercial vehicles and intermodal loading units for cargo transport.
This document does not apply to:
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units manufactured before publication of this standard;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of bulk
materials;
— Vehicles and intermodal loading units designed and constructed exclusively for the transport of
specific cargo with particular securing requirements;
— Vehicles (delivery vans) in conformance to ISO 27956;
— ISO series 1 freight containers.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
CTU
Cargo Transport Unit
commercial vehicle and intermodal loading unit
3.2
cargo securing devices
components, which are form-fit, and / or force-fit acting in combination with the cargo and the vehicle or
the vehicle structure (e.g. plug stakes/ stanchions, transverse beams, wedges)
3.3
lashing angles
3.3.1
longitudinal lashing angle βx
angle between lashing device and longitudinal axis (x-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.3.2
transverse lashing angle βy
angle between lashing device and transverse axis (y-axis) of a CTU in the plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.3.3
vertical lashing angle α
angle α between lashing device and the horizontal plane of the loading area
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.

Key
α vertical lashing angle
βx longitudinal lashing angle
βy transverse lashing angle
Figure 1— Definition of lashing angles
3.4
lashing capacity (LC)
maximum allowed force that a lashing point is designed to sustain in use
3.5
lashing device
device designed not to be permanently attached to the CTU in order to secure the cargo
Note 1 to entry: Lashing devices as described in e.g. EN 12195-2/ EN 12195-3/EN 12195−4.
3.6
lashing points
securing devices to which lashing devices may be directly attached
3.6.1
single lashing points
securing devices spaced according to 4.5 which may be e.g. an oval link, a hook or a ring
SIST EN 1
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