This European standard applies to façade scaffold systems conforming with EN 12810‑1. It defines rules for the structural analysis and design of these systems by calculation and testing, in addition to those defined in EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811‑2, EN 12811‑3 and EN 12810‑1.

Basic requirements are given in ENV 1993‑1‑1 and ENV 1999‑1‑1.