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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8628

22 January 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/construction
Commission recommends use of "Eurocodes" to increase building strength and safety

Brussels, 21/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has recently adopted a recommendation on the building sector (Official Journal L332 of 19 December 2003, p.62 and http: //europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_332/l_33220031219en00620063.pdf). In it, it calls upon Member States to make general use of a range of 56 standards known as Eurocodes, which allows building strength to be measured and thus increase their security. These standards, the application of which is...

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