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This document provides the mapping of the immediate standardisation needs in the European paper and board value chain and the identification of gaps in the existing standards. Based on the experience of the Paper and Board Industry, this document describes the needs loosely as contained in the voluntary Industry Guideline [17]. This CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) will serve later as a critical signpost for working towards a (set of) future harmonised standard(s). The final CWA will be promoted among stakeholders within the relevant paper and board industries and national authorities as well as towards the European institutions. The scope of this document covers materials and articles constituted mainly of paper and board 1 which may comprise one or more layers of fibre and in their finished state are: 1 Excluding non-wovens as defined by EN ISO 9092, Nonwovens - Vocabulary - intended to be brought into contact with food or - can reasonably be expected to be brought into contact with food or - to transfer their constituents to food under normal or foreseeable conditions of use. In particular it covers: a) untreated paper and board dyed and undyed; b) coated papers including those coated with polymeric dispersions (without mineral fillers) as well as mineral coated paper and board and the components of the coating formula, including polymeric binders and waxed papers dyed and undyed; c) tissue products, non-printed, printed and dyed, mainly intended for wiping and absorption e.g. kitchen towels and napkins with only occasional and short time contact; d) multi-material-multi-layer materials formed by extrusion or lamination of paper and board with other materials dyed and undyed; e) paper and board for filtering and baking applications; f) easy release papers, siliconised or treated with wax; bleached/unbleached; g) converted articles made of paper and board i.e. printed, unprinted and glued bags, boxes, wrappings etc; h) secondary and tertiary packaging applications and transport packaging (when the risk assessment for these applications indicates possible transfer of constituents to the packaged foodstuff). CWA 17433:2019 (E) 6 All products mentioned above (a-h) are intended in all forms: dyed and undyed and bleached and unbleached. Any standard related to laboratory testing methods addressing paper for food contact, already developed by CEN, is excluded