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This European prestandard describes a test method to determine ability of a cured adhesive (possibly with a primer) to adhere to a substrate which has had a certain surface finish or with a specific surface preparation by using the "three point bending method". It is only used for quality assurance and the substrate must be rigid or resistant enough to bending such as steel or aluminium alloys. For other substrates the thickness has to be adjusted to the modulus of elasticity or a suitable stiffener has to be used.