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Cabinet Regulation No. 793 of 2014 on Latvian Construction Standard LBN 206-14, Design of Timber Structures

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 257, 30.12.2014.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Timber Public health Standards Institution Sustainable development
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Regulation approves Latvian Construction Standard LBN 206-14, Design of Timber Structures. The Ministry of Economics shall, in cooperation with the relevant technical committee for standardisation, recommend the national standardisation body a list of standards that need to be developed, adapted and applied in connection with this Regulation. The national standardisation body shall publish on its website a list of Latvian national standards and annexes to the relevant standards to be applied for the purpose of enforcement of the Latvian Construction Standard LBN 206-14. Timber structures shall be designed in accordance with the Eurocode standards and their national annexes which are in effect on the day when the designing is commenced. The construction standard shall prescribe the requirements to be complied with when designing timber structures for buildings and engineering structures. Eurocode standard LVS EN 1990, Eurocode – Basis of structural design, standards of Eurocode 1 family of design standards LVS EN 1991, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures, and standards of Eurocode 5 family of design standards LVS EN 1995 , Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures, the list of which and their relevant national annexes are published by the national standardisation body on its website shall be applied in designing timber structures. Alternative solutions which differ from the provisions of Eurocode standards may be used in designing timber structures if a justification is provided for the non-use of the intended solution and if the alternative solutions correspond to the principles included in the Eurocode and they warrant the structures almost the same level of safety, suitability for operation and survivability as might be expected when using the Eurocode.

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