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This European Standard specifies performance requirements fororganic coating powders and powder organic coatings as applied tofinished articles (hot dip galvanised or sherardised steelproducts) for construction purposes. Hot dip galvanised steelproducts can be articles that have been batch hot dip galvanised(hot dip galvanised after fabrication) or articles consisting ofcontinuously hot dip galvanised sheet which is then subsequentlyfabricated. This European Standard does not set out any performancerequirements for the powder coating process itself. Guidance oncleaning and pretreatment of the hot dip galvanised or sherardisedsteel products prior to powder coating is provided. This EuropeanStandard does not apply to articles with zinc-aluminium coatings oraluminium-zinc coatings, or to continuously hot dip galvanisedwire. This standard does not apply to organic coating powders andpowder organic coatings as applied to hot dip galvanised orsherardised steel products (i.e. duplex coated articles) for whichthere are specific standards, which might include additionalrequirements or requirements which are different from those of thisstandard.