This European Standard describes and specifies wall to wall pile carpets and pile carpet tiles including classification into use classes in respect of wear and appearance retention and a classification for luxury rating. This standard applies to all machine made pile carpets in accordance with ISO 2424 (knitted, tufted, woven and flocked). It does not apply to needled pile carpets. This standard is also applicable to tiles, the additional requirements for which are given in annex A. This standard is not applicable to rugs.