DIN CEN/TS 16181:2013-12

This document (CEN/TS 16181) is the result of a desk study "Horizontal Technical Specification for determination of PAH in sludge, soil and biowaste" in the project "Horizontal" and aims at evaluating the latest developments in assessing PAH in sludge, soil, treated biowaste and neighbouring fields. After an evaluation study, in which the ruggedness of the method was studied, a European-wide validation of the draft standard has taken place. The results of the desk studies as well as the evaluation and validation studies have been subject to discussions with all parties concerned in CEN. This Technical Specification is applicable and validated for the sludge and treated biowaste matrices. Due to data from interlaboratory tests and consultations with the interested parties within the CEN member organizations it has been decided that this document CEN/TS 16181 is suitable for application. CEN/TS 16181 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 400 "Project Committee - Horizontal standards in the fields of sludge, biowaste and soil", the secretariat of which is held by DIN, Germany. The responsible German committee is NA 119-01-02-02 UA "Chemische und physikalische Verfahren" ("Chemical and physical properties") of NA 119-01-02 AA "Abfall und Bodenuntersuchung" ("Waste and soil investigation") at the Water Practise Standards Committee (NAW).