EN 12579:2024
(Main)Soil improvers and growing media - Sampling
Soil improvers and growing media - Sampling
This document specifies methods for sampling of soil improvers and growing media for subsequent determination of quality and quantity. It outlines the principles to be taken into consideration when taking the sample and ensuring an adequate quantity is available for testing.
This document applies to material in solid form (including pre-shaped growing media) and liquid form.
This document is intended to be used by manufacturers, buyers and enforcement agencies in verifying claims made for these materials. It is not intended that it should necessarily be used for the purpose of manufacturing control.
The requirements of this document can differ from the national legal requirements for the declaration of the material concerned.
Bodenverbesserungsmittel und Kultursubstrate - Probenahme
Dieses Dokument legt Verfahren für die Probenahme von Bodenverbesserungsmitteln und Kultursubstraten für die anschließende Bestimmung von Qualität und Menge fest. Es führt Regeln auf, die bei der Probenahme zu beachten sind und stellt sicher, dass eine ausreichende Menge für die Untersuchung zur Verfügung steht.
Dieses Dokument gilt für Material in fester Form (einschließlich vorgeformter Kultursubstrate) und in flüssiger Form.
Dieses Dokument ist für Hersteller, Käufer und Vollzugsbehörden vorgesehen, um die Angaben zu diesen Materialien zu überprüfen. Das festgelegte Verfahren ist nicht dazu bestimmt, für Kontrollzwecke beim Hersteller verbindlich verwendet zu werden.
Die Anforderungen dieses Dokuments können von den nationalen gesetzlichen Vorgaben bezüglich der Deklaration der erwähnten Materialien abweichen.
Amendements du sol et supports de culture - Échantillonnage
Le présent document spécifie des méthodes d’échantillonnage des amendements du sol et des supports de culture qui permettent d’évaluer ultérieurement la qualité et la quantité de ceux-ci. Il indique les principes à prendre en considération pour prélever l’échantillon et pour s’assurer qu’une quantité convenable pour l’essai a été prélevée.
Le présent document s’applique aux matériaux se présentant sous forme solide (y compris les supports de culture préformés) et sous forme liquide.
Le présent document est destiné à être utilisé par les fabricants, les acheteurs et les organismes de contrôle chargés de vérifier les allégations à propos de ces matériaux. Il n’est pas prévu qu’il doive nécessairement être utilisé à des fins de contrôle de fabrication.
Les exigences du présent document peuvent diverger par rapport aux législations nationales en ce qui concerne la déclaration des matériaux concernés.
Izboljševalci tal in rastni substrati - Vzorčenje
Ta dokument določa metode za vzorčenje izboljševalcev tal in rastnih substratov za poznejše določanje količine in kakovosti. Opredeljuje načela, ki jih je treba upoštevati pri vzorčenju, in zagotavlja, da je za preskušanje na voljo zadostna količina.
Ta dokument se uporablja le za materiale v trdni (vključno s predhodno oblikovanimi rastnimi substrati) in tekoči obliki.
Dokument naj bi uporabljali proizvajalci, kupci in pristojni organi za preverjanje trditev v zvezi s temi materiali. Ni nujno namenjen le za namene spremljanja proizvodnje.
Zahteve iz tega dokumenta se lahko razlikujejo od nacionalnih zakonskih zahtev za deklaracijo zadevnega materiala.
General Information
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12579:2013
Izboljševalci tal in rastni substrati - Vzorčenje
Soil improvers and growing media - Sampling
Bodenverbesserungsmittel und Kultursubstrate - Probenahme
Amendements organiques et supports de culture - Echantillonnage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12579:2024
ICS:
65.080 Gnojila Fertilizers
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 12579
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 65.080 Supersedes EN 12579:2013
English Version
Soil improvers and growing media - Sampling
Amendements du sol et supports de culture - Bodenverbesserungsmittel und Kultursubstrate -
Échantillonnage Probenahme
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 March 2024.
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, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
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© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 12579:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Requirements . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 General requirements for sample taken for microbiological testing . 8
4.3 General requirements for liquid materials . 8
4.4 Moisture content . 9
5 Apparatus . 9
6 Procedure for solid materials . 10
6.1 General . 10
6.2 Sampling constraints . 10
6.2.1 Limitations on the sampled portion. 10
6.2.2 Number of final samples . 10
6.3 Sampling . 11
6.3.1 Number of sampling points . 11
6.3.2 Distribution of sampling points . 11
6.3.3 Volume of samples . 11
6.3.4 Incremental samples . 11
6.3.5 Microbiological testing . 13
6.4 Final sample . 13
7 Procedure for liquid materials . 13
7.1 General . 13
7.2 Sampling at source . 13
7.3 Homogeneous liquids . 14
7.4 Heterogeneous liquids . 14
7.5 Sampled portion consisting of two or more containers . 15
7.6 Solutions or suspensions in storage vessels of capacity less than 1 000 l . 15
8 Packing and labelling of the final samples. 15
8.1 General . 15
8.2 Labelling . 15
9 Sampling report . 15
10 Dispatch of samples . 16
Annex A (normative) Final sample size required . 17
Annex B (informative) Examples of apparatus for sampling liquid materials . 18
Annex C (informative) Methods of mixing for liquid materials . 26
C.1 General . 26
C.2 Small containers . 26
C.3 Drums and casks (up to about 1,8 m deep) . 26
C.4 Shallow tanks . 29
C.5 Deep tanks . 30
C.6 Precautions for sampling multi-phase liquids, including slurries . 30
C.7 Precautions for sampling liquids with significant vapour pressure . 31
C.8 Precautions against static electricity . 31
Annex D (informative) Schematic overview from the sampling procedure . 33
Annex E (normative) Procedure for sampling bulk material . 34
E.1 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 1 . 34
E.2 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 2 . 34
E.3 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 3 . 35
E.4 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 4 . 35
E.5 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 5 . 35
E.6 Procedure for sampling bulk material: Step 6 . 35
Annex F (normative) Procedure for sampling packaged material . 36
F.1 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 1 . 36
F.2 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 2 . 36
F.3 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 3 . 36
F.4 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 4 . 37
F.5 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 5 . 37
F.6 Procedure for sampling packaged material: Step 6 . 37
Bibliography . 38
European foreword
This document (EN 12579:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 223 “Soil
improvers and growing media”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
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 October 2024, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by October 2024.
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 12579:2013.
In comparison with the previous edition EN 12579:2013, the following technical modifications have been
made:
— requirements for liquid materials are added to the scope and the sampling procedure;
— requirements for sampling for microbiological testing have been added;
— addition of the following annexes:
— Annex B (informative) with examples of apparatus for sampling liquid materials;
— Annex C (informative) with methods of mixing for liquid materials;
— Annex D (informative) with a schematic overview from the sampling procedure;
— Annex E (normative) about the procedure for sampling bulk material;
— Annex F (normative) about the procedure for sampling packaged material.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
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, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
Soil improvers and growing media are very difficult to sample because of the variety of materials used
and the inhomogeneous materials involved. When packed, some of them are also by their nature and the
packaging and palletisation process subject to pressure which results in various degrees of compression
which need to be counteracted prior to sampling.
The task is further complicated by the variety of sampling apparatus that can be used, the quantity to be
represented by the sample and the
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