Wood-based panels
Wood-based panels for use in construction include OSB, particleboards, cement-bonded particleboards, fibre boards, plywood, laminated veneer lumber and solid wood panels.
A special form of solid timber panels are stage floors, which are made from layers of solid timber in combination with layers of wood-based panels.
Regulatory framework
A harmonised product standard – EN 13986 – exists for wood-based panels for use in construction.
DIBt grants national technical approvals (abZ) for wood-based panels and materials
- when they are not covered by the harmonised standards and
- when they deviate significantly from the Technical Building Rules (cf. MVV TB, Chapter C 2) or
- when neither Technical Building Rules nor generally recognised technical rules exist.
European Technical Assessments (ETAs) can also be issued for wood-based panels and materials that are not (fully) covered by a harmonised standard.
For applications comprising wood-based panels and materials, DIBt grants general construction technique permits (aBG) when there is no conclusive technical rule for design and execution.
National procedure
A national technical approval (abZ) and/or oder general construction technique permit (aBG) is granted upon application (see Model Building Code (MBO), Sections 16a(2) and18(2) and (4)). This also applies to amendments and supplements to, or renewals of existing approvals and/or construction technique permits.
No formal requirements apply. The following information is needed: name and address of the applicant, description of the product and/or construction technique and its field of use or application, type of decision required (new decision, amendment or supplement to, or renewal of, an existing decision).
Please feel free to use the template below.
- pdf-Datei Application for a national technical approval and/or construction technique permit (4 pages ) Version: 10 April 2024; Application form
- pdf-Datei Application for amendment / supplementation / renewal of a national technical approval and/or construction technique permit (4 pages ) Last updated: 10 April 2024; Application form
- pdf-Datei Guideline: How to provide drawings for national technical approvals and general construction technique permits (5 pages ) Version: July 2017
European Technical Assessment (ETA)
To start the ETA procedure, please submit the form below. We will then check if the prerequisites for issuing an ETA are met, i.e., in particular, if the product is not fully covered by an existing harmonised standard. If the prerequisites are met, we will check whether a European Assessment Document (EAD) covering the requested assessment scope already exists or still needs to be developed. If an EAD needs to be developed or amended, a complete technical file needs to be established before the procedure can begin.
- pdf-Datei Form for requesting a European Technical Assessment (ETA) (2 pages ) Last updated: 10 April 2024
| Subject concerned | Applicant | Decision no. |
Validity
from / to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauarten mit der mineralisch gebundenen Spanplatte "AMROC-Panel" | AMROC Baustoffe GmbH Am Zweigkanal 7b 39126 Magdeburg | Z-9.1-285 |
Z:
29.04.2020 G: 14.04.2025 |
| Bauarten mit der mineralisch gebundenen Spanplatte "Cospan" | Schwörer Haus GmbH & Co. KG Niederlassung Coswig (Anhalt) Roßlauer Straße 60 06869 Coswig (Anhalt) | Z-9.1-328 |
Z:
29.04.2020 G: 14.04.2025 |
| Holztafelbauarten unter Verwendung der Holzfaserplatten "AGEPAN DWD protect" oder "AGEPAN DWD 600" als mittragende Beplankung | Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH Grecostraße 1 49716 Meppen | Z-9.1-382 |
Z:
11.03.2024 G: 30.06.2025 |
| Holzfaserplatten "AGEPAN THD Static" als mittragende und aussteifende Beplankung für die Holztafelbauart | Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH Grecostraße 1 49716 Meppen | Z-9.1-725 |
Z:
30.11.2021 G: 28.02.2025 |
| Bauarten mit der mineralisch gebundenen Spanplatte "Balkoplan - Balkonbodenplatte" | Mehlhose Bauelemente GmbH + Co KG Kiebitzstraße 36 32051 Herford | Z-9.1-787 |
Z:
23.11.2020 G: 23.11.2025 |
| Bauarten mit der zementgebundenen Spanplatte "Balkotec" | BOSIG Baukunststoffe GmbH Roland-Schmid-Straße 1 04910 Elsterwerda | Z-9.1-816 |
Z:
13.09.2022 G: 13.09.2027 |
| Holzfaserplatten "STEICOuniversal", "STEICOduo" und "STEICOprotect Typ H" als mittragende und aussteifende Beplankung für die Holztafelbauart | STEICO SE Otto-Lilienthal-Ring 30 85622 Feldkirchen | Z-9.1-826 |
Z:
18.03.2020 G: 18.03.2025 |
| Bauarten mit der mineralisch gebundenen Spanplatte "S&M Balkonbodenplatte C" | Schütz & Musch GmbH Im Olber 12 72516 Scheer | Z-9.1-827 |
Z:
29.04.2020 G: 14.04.2025 |
| Diagonal verlegte GFM-Platten als Beplankung für die Holztafelbauart | Massivholz Junker GmbH Ludwig-Junker-Platz 1 77787 Nordrach | Z-9.1-858 |
Z:
20.01.2021 G: 22.12.2025 |
| Bauarten mit der mineralisch gebundenen Spanplatte "S&M Balkonbodenplatte D" | Schütz & Musch GmbH Im Olber 12 72516 Scheer | Z-9.1-866 |
Z:
29.04.2020 G: 14.04.2025 |
| Subject concerned | Applicant | Decision no. | Issued on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keruing GLT Woodsfield | Woodsfield Glulam Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. PLO 462, Jalan Pekeliling Kasawan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang 81700 Pasir Gudang JOHOR MALAYSIA | ETA-19/0650 |
17.03.2022 |
| Subject | Prepared for | Number | Issued on |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWISS KRONO OSB | SWISS KRONO TEX GmbH & Co. KG Wittstocker Chaussee 1 16909 Heiligengrabe | G-160-18-0001 |
02.07.2019
|
| OSB - Oriented Strand Board | Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH Grecostraße 1 49716 Meppen | G-160-18-0003 |
21.02.2023
|
| esb PLUS, P5 und esb, P5 | elka-Holzwerke GmbH Hochwaldstraße 44 54497 Morbach | G-160-18-0004 |
02.12.2019
|
| SWISS KRONO OSB sensitiv | SWISS KRONO TEX GmbH & Co. KG Wittstocker Chaussee 1 16909 Heiligengrabe | G-160-18-0005 |
05.07.2019
|
| EGGER OSB | EGGER Holzwerkstoffe Wismar GmbH & Co. KG Am Haffeld 1 23970 Wismar | G-160-18-0007 |
16.10.2019
|
| LivingBoard P4, P5, P7 | Pfleiderer Deutschland GmbH Ingolstädter Straße 51 92318 Neumarkt | G-160-19-0001 |
31.07.2019
|
| Sonae Arauco Spanplatte | Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH Grecostraße 1 49716 Meppen | G-160-19-0002 |
09.01.2020
|
| Kronospan OSB 3 | KRONOSPAN OSB; spol. sr.o Na Hranici 2361/6 586 01 Jihlava TSCHECHISCHE REPUBLIK | G-160-19-0003 |
09.01.2020
|
| SterlingOSB zero | Norbord N.V. Eikelaarstraat 33 3600 Genk BELGIEN | G-160-19-0005 |
22.01.2021
|