DIN EN 13561:2011-06

This European Standard specifies the performance requirements which external blinds and awnings shall fulfil when fitted to a building. It deals also with the significant hazards for construction, transport, installation, operation and maintenance (see list of significant machine hazards in Annex B). It applies to all external blinds and awnings as well as similar products whatever their design and nature of the materials used, as follows and defined in EN 12216: - folding arm awning, trellis arm awning, pivot arm awning, slide arm awning, vertical roller awning, marquisolette, façade awning, skylight awning, conservatory awning, Pergola awning, Dutch awning, insect screen; - brise-soleil. This European Standard does not cover the wind resistance of fixed nor semi-fixed products, e. g. Dutch awnings, fixed or mobile and brise-soleil. These types of products shall be evaluated according to the relevant calculation methods (such as Eurocodes). This European Standard covers the wind resistance of the retractable part of Pergola awnings. However, the structural part of these products is not covered and shall be evaluated according to the relevant calculation methods (such as Eurocodes). The products covered by this European Standard may be operated manually, with or without compensating springs or by means of electric motors (power operated products). NOTE This standard covers external blinds and awnings mounted externally. In case such products are installed internally, they should fulfil all relevant safety requirements defined in EN 13120. This document is not applicable to external blinds and awnings which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document. The noise emission of power operated external blinds and awnings is not considered to be a relevant hazard. Therefore this standard does not contain any specific requirements on noise in relation to the Machinery Directive. If not specified otherwise, the term ""external blind"" used in this document refers to any type of external blinds or awnings included in the scope of this European Standard.