BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13709:2002Industrialvalves—SteelglobeandglobestopandcheckvalvesTheEuropeanStandardEN13709:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.060.20;23.060.50����������������������������������������������������������������������CopyrightBritishStandardsInstitutionReproducedbyIHSunderlicensewithBSI-UncontrolledCopyDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=BureauVeritas/5959906001,11/10/200401:05:35MSTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`,,`,`,,``,`,`,``,`,,,,,,,,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---www.bzfxw.comBSEN13709:2002ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon15April2003©BSI15April2003ISBN0580415848NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13709:2002.ItsupersedesBS5160:1989whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePSE/7,Industrialvalves,toSubcommitteePSE/7/6,Steelgate,globeandcheckvalves,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to15andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightda...