Lightingapplications—Emergencylighting...makingexcellenceahabit?bsi.BSEN1838:2013NORMEEUROPEENNEE∪ROPAISCHENORMICS91.160.10July2013SupersedesEN1838:1999BSEN1838:2013EUROPEANSTANDARDEN1838EnglishVersion8≡z∕80∕gzJoSEO①」」0α⊂0-ω⅛>-PjOJXOJOAI-SJφ>⊂n⊂5)o-jd~Adoop①SU①oΞiLightingapplications-Emergencylighting^clairagisme-EclairagedesecoursAngewandteLichttechnik-NotbeleuchtungThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon15June2013.CENmembersareboundto∞mplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French.German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal.Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia1Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TurkeyandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATIONEUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFORNORMUNGManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels©2013CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1838:2013:EBSEN1838:2013EN1838:2013(E)2ContentsPageForeword3Introduction8sz∕80∕LnZJoSB1020。uoω①>-PJojXOJoAlω①>u∩⊂60-jd-∖do1Scope......................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences..............................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions..............................................................................................................................54Emergencyescapelighting.....................................................................................................................64.1General...................................................................................................................................................64.2Escaperoutelighting...............................................................................................................................74.3Openarealighting.................................................................................................................................104.4Highrisktaskarealighting....................................................................................................................104.5Standbylighting....................................................................................................................................115Safetysigns..........................................................................................................................................115.1General...................................................................................................