Testing and Certification for Stone – CE marking According to EU standards, stone can be divided into artificial stone and natural stone.
Artificial stone can be divided into paving stone for outdoor use, indoor staircase with stone floors, indoor walls, and stone for ceiling.
Stone export to European should select the corresponding CE certification standards according to the specific application. Stone for different uses has also different testing and evaluation projects according to standards of its different requirements.
Standard |
Description |
App. date |
Enforced date |
EN 1341:2001 |
EN 1341:2001 - Slabs of natural stone for external paving Requirements and test methods |
01/10/2002 |
01/10/2003 |
EN 1342:2001 |
EN 1342:2001 - Setts of natural stone for external paving - Requirements and test methods |
01/10/2002 |
01/10/2003 |
EN 1343:2001 |
EN 1343:2001 - Kerbs of natural stone for external paving - Requirements and test methods |
01/10/2002 |
01/10/2003 |
EN 12057:2004 |
EN 12057:2004 - Natural stone products - Modular tiles – Requirements |
01/09/2005 |
01/09/2006 |
EN 12058:2004 |
EN 12058:2004 - Natural stone products - Slabs for floors and stairs – Requirements |
01/09/2005 |
01/09/2006 |
EN 771-6:2005 |
EN 771-6:2005 - Specification for masonry units - Part 6: Natural stone masonry units |
01/08/2006 |
01/08/2007 |
EN 771-5:2003 |
EN 771-5:2003 - Specification for masonry units - Part 5: Manufactured stone masonry units |
01/04/2005 |
01/04/2006 |
EN 1469:2004 |
EN 1469:2004 - Natural stone products - Slabs for cladding – Requirements |
01/07/2005 |
01/07/2006 |
EN 12326-1:2004 |
EN 12326-1:2004 - Slate and stone products for discontinuous roofing and cladding - Part 1: Product specification. |
01/05/2005 |
01/05/2008 |
Testing and Certification for stone—Chinese standards “Terms for natural facing stone” (GB/T13890) “Natural granite” (GB/T 18601-2001JC/T 204-2001) “Natural marble” (JC/T 79-2001JC/T 202-2001) “Natural slabstone” (GB/T 18600-2001)
Testing and Certification for stone—USA standards “Granite” (ASTM C615) “Limestone” (ASTM C568) “Marble” (ASTM C503) “Gritstone” (ASTM C616) “Slabstone” (ASTM C629) |