EN ISO 13426-2 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM July 2024 ICS 59.080.70 Supersedes EN IS0 13426-2:2005 English Version Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Strength of internal structural junctions - Part 2: Geocomposites (IsO 13426-2:2024) Géotextiles et produits apparentés - Résistance des Geotextilien undgeotextilverwandteProdukte liaisonsdestructuresinternes-Partie2: Festigkeit produktinterner Verbindungen - Teil 2: Géocomposites (IS0 13426-2:2024) Geoverbundstoffe (IS0 13426-2:2024) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 10 June 2024. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centrehasthesamestatus astheofficialversions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiye and United Kingdom. cer EUROPEAN COMMITTEEFOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELECManagementCentre:RuedelaScience23,B-1040Brussels 2024CEN Ref. No. EN ISO 13426-2:2024 E Allrights ofexploitation inanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwidefor CENnational Members. EN IS0 13426-2:2024 (E) Contents Page 2 EN IS0 13426-2:2024 (E) European foreword This document (EN IS0 13426-2:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee IS0/TC 221 "Geosynthetics" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 189 "Geosynthetics" the secretariat of which is held by NBN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2025. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN IS0 13426-2:2005. Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users' national standards body/nationalcommittee.AcompletelistingofthesebodiescanbefoundontheCENwebsite According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tirkiye and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of IS0 13426-2:2024 has been approved by CEN as ENIS0 13426-2:2024 without any modification. 3