This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 April 1995. The European Standard EN 288-8:1995 has the status of a British Standard. 10p. This standard specifies the conditions for approval of welding procedure based on pre-production welding tests in accordance with EN 288-
1. In addition it gives the range of approval and the validity.
This standard is applicable to fusion welding of metallic materials. Any other welding processes can be accepted by agreement between the contracting parties.