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Safety Level<br />

• The rules are set up such that they contain safety<br />

elements <strong>of</strong> which the value can be chosen by the<br />

individual member state.<br />

• These safety elements are <strong>for</strong> instance the partial<br />

(safety) factors <strong>for</strong> the resistance (limit states) <strong>of</strong><br />

structural elements.<br />

• For these safety elements in the <strong>Eurocode</strong>s so-called<br />

recommended values are given in notes accompanying<br />

the clauses containing these safety elements.<br />

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