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This European Standard specifies the requirements for pipes, fittings and the piping system of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-C) solid-wall piping systems in the field of soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) inside buildings (marked with "B") and for soil and waste discharge systems for both inside buildings and buried in ground within the building structure (marked with "BD"). This standard is applicable to PVC-C pipes and fittings, their joints and to joints with components of other plastics and non-plastics materials intended to be used for the following purposes: a) soil and waste discharge pipework for the conveyance of domestic waste waters (low and high temperature); b) ventilation pipework associated with a); c) rainwater pipework within the building structure.