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. 2016 Dec 29;22(1):48. doi: 10.3390/molecules22010048

Table 1.

European standards for bio-based products developed in CEN/TC 411 unless stated otherwise [8].

Standard Title Stage of Development a
EN 16575 Bio-based products: Vocabulary Published 2014.
CEN/TR 16721 Bio-based products: Overview of methods to determine the bio-based content Published 2014.
CEN/TS 16640 Bio-based products: Determination of the bio based carbon content of products using the radiocarbon method Published 2014.
CEN/TR 16957 Bio-based products: Guidelines for life cycle inventory (LCI) for the end-of-life phase Published 2016.
FprEN 16640 Bio-based products: Bio-based carbon content—Determination of the bio-based carbon content using the radiocarbon method Waiting approval.
EN 16785-1 Bio-based products: Bio-based content—Part 1: Determination of the bio-based content using the radiocarbon analysis and elemental analysis Published 2015.
prEN 16785-2 Bio-based products: Bio-based content—Part 2: Determination of the bio-based content using the material balance method Waiting approval.
EN 16760 Bio-based products: Life cycle assessment Published 2015.
EN 16751 Bio-based products: Sustainability criteria Published 2016.
EN 16848 Bio-based products: Requirements for business to business communication of characteristics using a data sheet Published 2016.
FprEN 16935 Bio-based products: B2C reporting and communication—Requirements for claims Waiting approval.
CEN/TS 16766 Bio-based solvents: Requirements and test methods Published 2015.
EN 16807 Bio-lubricants: Criteria and requirements of bio-lubricants and bio-based lubricants Published 2016. b
CEN/TS 16398 Plastics: Template for reporting and communication of bio-based carbon content and recovery options of biopolymers and bioplastics—Data sheet Published 2012. c
FprCEN/TS 17035 Surface active agents: Bio-based surfactants—Requirements and test methods Waiting approval. d

a As of October 201; b CEN/TC 19: fuels and lubricants; c CEN/TC 249: plastics; d CEN/TC 276: surface active agents.