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This European standard specifies the requirements for pipes, fittings and the system of ABS and ASA solid-wall piping systems in the field of soil and waste discharge (low and high temperature) - inside buildings (marked with "B") and - for both inside buildings and buried in ground within the building structure (marked with "BD". It also specifies the test parameters for the test methods referred to in this standard. This standard is applicable to ABS 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.