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Data Cables’ Reaction to Fire

Fire protection in buildings is important. Slow-burning products give people more time to leave the building and thus protect human lives. There is more than one standard related to fire regarding IT cabling. Read on to find out more.

 

Details on the reaction to fire and the classes that go with it can be found in:

  • EN 50174-1:2020
  • EN 13501-6:2023
  • Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2016/364 of the European Commission

 

Details on the installation of combustible cables can be found in:

  • EN 50174-2:2018

 

The definition of “construction product” can be found in the REGULATION (EU) No 305/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC

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