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NEN-ISO 10983 specifies minimum requirements for the manufacture and testing of bonded finger joints in structural wood products such as glued laminated timber, cross laminated timber, and finger jointed timber. Although most finger joints are produced in coniferous species (softwoods), this International Standard also applies to broadleafed species (hardwoods) where information is available to enable them to be satisfactorily bonded. It does not cover impressed (die-formed) joints. In the case of glued laminated timber, it applies only to individual laminations. Large finger joints in glued laminated timber are not covered by this International Standard.