DRAFT ÖNORM

EN 12057
Edition: 2012-03-01

Natural stone products — Modular tiles —

Requirements

Natursteinprodukte — Fliesen — Anforderungen

Produits en pierre naturelle — Plaquettes modulaires — Exigences

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 EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE prEN 12057
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2012

ICS 91.100.15 Will supersede EN 12057:2004

English Version

Natural stone products - Modular tiles - Requirements

Produits en pierre naturelle - Plaquettes modulaires - Natursteinprodukte - Fliesen - Anforderungen

Exigences

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 246.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, 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.

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Contents Page

Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................3
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................5
3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................6
4 Requirements .........................................................................................................................................6
5 Marking and packaging ...................................................................................................................... 12
6 Evaluation of conformity .................................................................................................................... 12
Annex A (informative) Sampling .................................................................................................................... 19
Annex B (informative) Example of quality manual and factory production control .................................. 23
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing the provisions of the EU
Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) — Natural stone modular tiles for internal
flooring and stairs and for external flooring ....................................................................................... 34
Annex ZB (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing the provisions of the EU
Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) — Natural stone modular tiles for internal
wall and ceiling finishing and for external wall and ceiling finishing ................................................ 39
Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
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 ÖNORM DRAFT prEN 12057:2012 (E)

Foreword
This document (prEN 12057:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 246 “Natural stones”,
the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.

This document will supersede EN 12057:2004.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.

For relationship with EU Directive 89/106/EEC, see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are an integral
part of this document.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

This European Standard is one of a series of standards for specifications of natural stone products which
includes the following:

 EN 1467, Natural stone — Rough blocks — Requirements;

 EN 1468, Natural stone — Rough slabs — Requirements;

 EN 1469, Natural stone products — Slabs for cladding — Requirements;

 EN 12057, Natural stone products — Modular tiles — Requirements;

 EN 12058, Natural stone products — Slabs for floors and stairs — Requirements;

 EN 12059, Natural stone products — Dimensional stone work — Requirements.

Other standards on natural stone are produced by:

a) CEN/TC 178 — Paving units and kerbs

 EN 1341, Slabs of natural stone for external paving — Requirements and test methods

 EN 1342, Setts of natural stone for external paving — Requirements and test methods

 EN 1343, Kerbs of natural stone for external paving — Requirements and test methods

b) CEN/TC 128 — Roof covering products for discontinuous laying and products for wall cladding

 EN 12326-1, Slate and stone products for discontinuous roofing and cladding — Part 1: Product
specification
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 EN 12326-2, Slate and stone for discontinuous roofing and external cladding — Part 2: Methods of
test for slate and carbonate slate

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c) CEN/TC 125 — Masonry

 EN 771-6, Specification for masonry units — Part 6: Natural stone masonry units

Other standards are relevant to stone aggregates for concrete, roads, railways and armourstone (under study
within CEN/TC 154).
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1 Scope

This document specifies requirements for flat modular tiles of natural stone which are made for use as
flooring, stairs, cladding and ceiling finishes. It does not cover mineral aggregates and artificial agglomerated
stone material and does not cover installation.

2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 1925, Natural stone test methods — Determination of water absorption coefficient by capillarity

EN 1936, Natural stone test methods — Determination of real density and apparent density and of total and
open porosity

EN 12371, Natural stone test methods — Determination of frost resistance

EN 12372, Natural stone test methods — Determination of flexural strength under concentrated load

EN 12407, Natural stone test methods — Petrographic examination

EN 12440, Natural stone — Denomination criteria

EN 12524, Building materials and products — Hygrothermal properties - Tabulated design values

EN 12670:2001, Natural stone — Terminology

EN 13161, Natural stone test methods — Determination of flexural strength under constant moment

EN 13373, Natural stone test methods — Determination of geometric characteristics on units

EN 13501-1, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification using
data from reaction to fire tests

EN 13755, Natural stone test methods — Determination of water absorption at atmospheric pressure

EN 14066, Natural stone test methods — Determination of resistance to ageing by thermal shock

EN 14157, Natural stone test methods — Determination of the abrasion resistance

EN 14158, Natural stone test methods — Determination of rupture energy

EN 14231, Natural stone test methods — Determination of the slip resistance by means of the pendulum
tester

EN ISO 12572, Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of water
vapour transmission properties (ISO 12572)
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NOTE Besides the European Standards for test methods mentioned in this clause, there exist further standards
which can be used for scientific examinations, but which are not relevant for the application in practice according to this
standard.