This docunlent (EN 1990:2002) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 250 "Structural Eurocodes", the secretariat of which is held by BSI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by

EN 1990 establishes Principles and Requirements for the safety, serviceability and durability of structures, describes the basis for their design and verification and gives guidelines for related aspects of structural reliability.

In the Eurocode series of European standards (EN) related to construction, Eurocode: Basis of structural design (informally Eurocode 0; abbreviated EN 1990 or, informally, EC 0) establishes the basis that sets out the way to use Eurocodes for structural design.

EN 1990 is an material-independent operational code of practice that establishes the principles and requirements for safety and serviceability and describes the basis for their design and verification. It also provides guidelines for the aspects of structural reliability and durability.

EN 1990:2023 European Standard for structural and geotechnical design. Covers structural reliability, limit states, and basic variables.

This designers' guide is one of the first to provide detailed information for using EN 1990. It provides technical information on the background to the Eurocode and explains its relationship to Eurocode 1: Actions on Structures and the material Eurocodes (2-6 and 9), Eurocode 7 for Geotechnical Design and Eurocode 8 for seismic design.

This document establishes principles and requirements for the safety, serviceability, robustness and durability of structures, including geotechnical structures, appropriate to the consequences of failure.

BS EN 1990, also known as Eurocode, is the head document in the Eurocodes suite. It describes the principles and requirements for safety, serviceability and durability.