Specifies requirements for forged steel lifting hooks with latch of grade 8 having eye or clevis and pin up to 63 t WLL, mainly for use in: - chain slings according to EN 818-4; - steel wire rope slings according to prEN 13414-1:1999; - textile slings according to prEN 1492-1:2000, prEN 1492-2:2000, intended for lifting objects, materials or goods.