EN IEC 61340-4-4 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM April 2018 ICS 17.220.99; 29.020; 55.080 Supersedes EN61340-4-4:2012 English Version Electrostatics - Part 4-4: Standard test methods for specific applications - Electrostatic classification of flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBC) (IEC 61340-4-4:2018) Electrostatique - Partie 4-4: Methodes d'essai normalisées Elektrostatik - Teil 4-4: Normprufverfahren fur spezielle pourdes applications specifiques-Classification Anwendungen-EinordnungflexiblerSchuttgutbehalter electrostatique des grands recipients pour vrac souples (FIBC) in elektrostatischer Hinsicht (GRVS) (IEC 61340-4-4:2018) (IEC 61340-4-4:2018) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-03-06. CENELEC 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 ManagementCentreortoanyCENELECmember. 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 CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,the Czech Republic Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, iceland, Ireland, Itaiy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels Ref. No.EN IEC 61340-4-4:2018 E EN IEC 61340-4-4:2018 (E) The text of document 101/546/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 61340-4-4, prepared by IEC/TC 101 "Electrostatics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 61340-4-4:2018. The following dates are fixed: (dop) 2018-12-06 latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement latest date by which the national (dow) 2021-03-06 standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn This document supersedes EN 61340-4-4:2012. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. The text of the International Standard IEC 61340-4-4:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. NOTE IEC60079-32-2 Harmonized as EN 60079-32-2. IEC61340-2-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61340-2-1. 2 ENIEC 61340-4-4:2018 (E) The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutesrequirements of this document.For dated references,onlythe editioncited applies.For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN/HD applies. NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here: www.cenelec.eu Publication Year EN/HD Year Title IEC 60079-10-1 Explosive atmospheres - Part 10-1: EN 60079-10-1 Classification of areas - Explosive gas atmospheres IEC 60079-10-2 Explosive atmospheres - Part 10-2: EN 60079-10-2 Classification of areas - Explosive dust atmospheres IEC 60243-1 EN 60243-1 2013 Electric strength of insulating materials - 2013 Test methods -- Part 1: Tests at power frequencies IEC 60243-2 Elec