What are the Eurocodes?
Article updated on27 September 2024
These are the European standards applicable to structural calculations of buildings.
They contribute to the development of the construction sector in Europe and some countries of Africa.
From 2010, National Standards have been withdrawn and are no longer maintained. Eurocodes became mandatory for the specification of European public works.
In the private sector, it is also the reference standard for claims expertise by insurance companies.
There are ten Eurocodes in 60 parts
Each of them is accompanied by National Annexes for the 28 user countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom).
List of Eurocodes standards
Eurocode 0 – Basis of structural design
Eurocode 1 – Actions on structures
- Part 1-1: Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings
- Part 1-2: Actions on structures exposed to fire
- Part 1-3: Snow loads
- Part 1-4: Wind actions
- Part 1-5: Thermal actions
- Part 1-6: Actions during execution
- Part 1-7: Accidental actions
- Part 2: Traffic loads on bridges
- Part 3: Actions induced by cranes and machinery
- Part 4: Silos and tanks
Eurocode 2 – Concrete structures
- Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 2: Concrete bridges – Design and detailing rules
- Part 3: Liquid retaining and containment structures
- Part 4: Design of fastenings for use in concrete
Eurocode 3 – Steel structures
- Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
- Part 1-1 Section 6: Ultimates Limit States
- Part 1-1 Section 7: Serviceability Limit States
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 1-3: Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting
- Part 1-4: Supplementary rules for stainless steels
- Part 1-5: Plated structural elements
- Part 1-6: Strength and stability of shell structures
- Part 1-7: Strength and stability of planar plated structures subject to out of plane loading
- Part 1-8: Design of joints
- Part 1-9: Fatigue
- Part 1-10: Material toughness and through-thickness properties
- Part 1-11: Design of structures with tension components
- Part 1-12: High strength steels
- Part 2: Steel bridges
- Part 3-1: Towers, masts and chimneys – Towers and masts
- Part 3-2: Towers, masts and chimneys – Chimneys
- Part 4-1: Silos
- Part 4-2: Tanks
- Part 4-3: Pipelines
- Part 5: Piling
Eurocode 4 – Composite steel and concrete structures
- Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 2: General rules and rules for bridges
Eurocode 5 – Timber structures
- Part 1-1: Common rules and rules for buildings
- Part 1-1 Section 6: Ultimates Limit States
- Part 1-1 Section 7: Serviceability Limit States
- Part 1-1 Section 8: Connections with metal fasteners
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 2: Bridges
Eurocode 6 – Masonry structures
- Part 1-1: General rules for reinforced and unreinforced masonry structures
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 3: Simplified calculation methods for unreinforced masonry structures
Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical design
- Part 1: General rules
- Part 2: Ground investigation and testing
Eurocode 8 – Earthquake resistance
- Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings
- Part 2: Bridges
Eurocode 9 – Aluminium structures
- Part 1-1: General structural rules
- Part 1-2: Structural fire design
- Part 1-3: Structures susceptible to fatigue
- Part 1-4: Cold-formed structural sheeting
- Part 1-5: Shell structures