EN 1390:2006

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Test materials
6 Sampling
7 Test specimens
8 Procedure
9 Validity of the test
10 Expression of results
11 Test report
Annex A (informative) Example of a test report
Annex B (informative) Technique for culturing Hylotrupes
                      bajulus (Linnaeus
Annex C (informative) Environmental, health and safety
                      precautions within chemical/biological
                      laboratory
Bibliography

This document specifies a method for the determination of the eradicant action of a surface application of a fast and a slow acting wood preservative product or a deferred acting wood preservative product on timber infested with larvae of Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus).This method is applicable to:organic formulations, as supplied or as prepared in the laboratory by dilution of concentrates, ororganic water dispersible formulations, as supplied or as prepared in the laboratory by dilution of concentrates,orwater soluble products, for example, salts.NOTEAn ageing procedure cannot be combined with this method.