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This Technical Report lists, under Clause 3, the European Standards, which are currently available for the determination of the chemical composition of steel and iron. In Clause 4, it provides details of the range of application and gives the principle of the method for each standard. Annex A contains a list of other European Standards and CEN Technical Reports applicable for the determination of the chemical composition of steels and irons. Annex B contains a list of withdrawn Euronorms, together with the corresponding replacement European Standards, if any. Annex C gives graphical representations of the concentration ranges of the methods available in this Technical Report. Figure C.1 gives the concentration ranges of the referee methods, Figure C.2 gives the concentration ranges of the routine methods and Figure C.3 represents the fields of application of all the methods available. Annex D provides a trilingual key of the abbreviations used in the Figures given in Annex C.