1 Scope
This document specifies the technical requirements relating to acoustics for a product
standard, European Technical Approval Guidelines (ETAG) or European Technical Approval
(ETA) for a specific building product or equipment, or a family of building products
or equipment. In particular, it gives advice on how to write requirements in response
to the mandated characteristics on acoustics under the Construction Products Directive.
NOTE 1 In the remainder of this document, the terms used relate to CEN and product standards.
The concepts are, however, equally applicable to the European Organisation for Technical
Approvals (EOTA).
The purpose of this document is to assist the product Technical Committees in preparing
acoustic clauses to ensure that such product standards:
are as homogeneous as possible, with each individual product standard having the same
basic structure;
are in full accordance with the standards for the measurement of acoustic properties;
reflect the latest technical knowledge of methods of determining the acoustical properties
from the specific family of building products or equipment under consideration.