scope:

This standard applies to new and upgraded freight wagons for which a new licence for commissioning is required according to Directive 2001/16/EC article 14, paragraph 3 fitted with closing and locking devices for fixing of movable protecting devices for payload against environmental influences. These protecting devices are classified into 2 categories and this Standard defines the requirements for the durability of the closing and locking devices, their status indication, maintenance and recycling. This standard also defines pass-fail criteria for the dimensioning tests. Provisions going beyond the scope of these requirements shall be agreed by the contracting parties involved.
This standard is not applicable to closing and locking devices which are used to ensure a pressure difference or to retain liquids /liquid payloads. It is not applicable to vehicles which are emptied by pressure, nor is it applicable to loose tarpaulins.