This Part of EN 1455 gives guidance for the assessment of conformity to be included in the manufacturer's
quality plan as part of the quality system.

This prestandard includes:

a) requirements for materials, components, joints and assemblies given in EN 1455-1:1999;

b) requirements for the manufacturer's quality system;

NOTE 1 It is recommended that the quality system conforms to EN ISO 9001, as applicable.


c) definitions and procedures to be applied if third party certification is involved.

NOTE 2 If third party certification is involved, it is recommended that the certification body is accredited
to EN 45011 or EN 45012, as applicable.


This Part of EN 1455 is applicable to solid-wall piping systems made of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) in
the field of soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature)

inside buildings (application area code "B") and
inside buildings and buried in ground within the building structure (application area code "BD").