en13725 meeting trieste   It is over. This meeting that took place in February in Trieste, was the last one on the series of the Working Group (WG) 2. The first meeting took place in Barcelona in November 2012 and after five and a half years of discussions, the first draft is here.

   Some of the hot issues, that have arisen during the last meetings were brought again to the experts. Will there be finally more assessors doing the olfactometric measurement? Will the time to analyse a bag after sampling change? Will there be a new reference substance to calibrate the panel? Will there be a new design of sampler for passive sources? How will be finally uncertainty handled?

ILC2018    The Interlaboratory Comparison for Olfactometry (ILC) based on the Standard EN 13725:2003 has been announced for this year 2018 and once again the company Olfasense is behind the organization. The registration period has started!

   The EN 13725 interlaboratory test gives odour laboratories all around the world the opportunity to demonstrate compliance with their performance requirements and compare the performance of any laboratory internationally. Once year again, the ILC 2018 will be carried out in June, but all interested to participate must register before April 27th.

CEN TC264WG2 meeting BerlinThe 13th CEN meeting of Working Group 2 of the Technical Committee 264 'Air quality - Determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry' took place in Berlin (Germany) at the end of August. The day 28th of August from 09:00 to 17:00 and the 29th from 09:00 to 13:00 a full review of the text was carried out by 19 experts from a few countries in Europe.

 The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) of Berlin was the place selected for the final review of the future EN 13725. After almost 5 years from the first meeting it is time to sum up the work and approve a final document. The ambitious aim set was to approve each and every of the clauses redacted. Was this goal reached?

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