S-p-06895 - Epd Building Sheet Profiles - Europerfil
S-p-06895 - Epd Building Sheet Profiles - Europerfil
Product
Declaration
In accordance with ISO 14025 and EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 for:
BUILDING SHEET PROFILES
from
EUROPERFIL S.A.
An EPD should provide current information and may be updated if conditions change. The stated
validity is therefore subject to the continued registration and publication at www.environdec.com
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General information
Programme information
Programme: The International EPD® System
EPD International AB
Box 210 60
Address:
SE-100 31 Stockholm
Sweden
Website: www.environdec.com
E-mail: [email protected]
CEN standard EN 15804 serves as the Core Product Category Rules (PCR)
Product category rules (PCR): PCR 2019:14 Construction products, version 1.11 Published on
2021.02.05, valid until: 2024.12.20.
Independent third-party verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025:2006:
Third party verifier: TECNALIA R&I Certificación S.L. Auditor: Cristina Gazulla Santos
Accredited by: ENAC. Accreditation no. 125/C-PR283
Procedure for follow-up of data during EPD validity involves third party verifier:
☒ Yes ☐ No
The EPD owner has the sole ownership, liability, and responsibility for the EPD.
EPDs within the same product category but from different programmes may not be comparable. EPDs
of construction products may not be comparable if they do not comply with EN 15804. For further
information about comparability, see EN 15804 and ISO 14025.
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Company information
Owner of the EPD:
Polígono Industrial de Cervera. Avda. Vall d'Aran, s/n
25200 Cervera (Lleida) España
Description of the organisation: EUROPERFIL S.A. is dedicated to the manufacture of profiles, steel
sandwich panels and innovative constructive solutions of metal closure for any type of building.
Product information
Product name: Steel sheet family of products.
Product identification: This EPD covers the average product of the steel sheet family produced at
EUROPERFIL S.A production site located in Cervera (Lleida). From 36 different references, one
representative product has been analysed with the goal of obtaining an average virtual product. Results
of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) will be presented for the average virtual product. In the following
table, the references that have been included in this EPD are shown:
REFERENCES
EUROFORM 23 ATENEA EUROLINE 300
EUROFORM 34 HAIRCOL 59 KEFREN 3.1
EUROBASE 40 EUROCOL 60 KEFREN 3.2
EUROCOVER 34N EUROMODUL 44 EUROLINE 250
EUROCOVER 40N KORONA 60 GIZA 400
EUROBASE 48 EUROBASE 67 MEDEA
MINIONDA EUROBASE 106 EUROLINE 200
CRETA Liso EUROBAC 80 EUROLINE 150
CRETA Micronervado EUROLINE-N300 EUROLINE 100
EGEO EUROLINE-N400 AXIOS
EUROBASE 56 EUROBAC 150 EURODESIGN 345-51
KEOPS EUROLINE 12 EURODESIGN 470-51
Product description: The average product from which the results of this study have been extracted, has
been calculated based on a set of references (which are certified with CE (EN 14782)), including self-
supporting steel metal sheets intended as exterior cladding of simple façade or sandwich, which can be
installed in a vertical or horizontal position.
All references are cold formed profiles specially designed for use as a roofing, external & internal wall
cladding, floors decking, composite floor and/or for support permanent formwork. The final product (i.e.
metallic layer plus organic coating and forming shape) varies according to the intended end use of the
products.
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The representative product of the family of steel sheets has been obtained from the calculation of the
average product weighted by production of all the references of galvanized and pre-lacquered steel,
during the year of study in the center of EUROPERFIL S.A.
LCA information
Declared unit: one square meter (m²) of sheet steel with a thickness of 0,70 mm. For the calculation of
the declared unit, an application of 7,30 kg/m² has been considered for each of the references included
in this study.
Time representativeness: All specific data related to the production plants and used for the study date
from 2021.
Database(s) and LCA software used: The primary inventory data has been obtained from EUROPERFIL
S.A. corresponding to the 36 references produced in the manufacturing site of EUROPERFIL S.A.for
the year 2021.
The secondary data has been extracted from the generic Ecoinvent version 3.8 database, included in
the SimaPro v9.3.0.2.1 software and internationally recognized. Wherever possible, inventory data
relating to the specific study countries, or in its absence from Europe in general, has been selected.
These have been used for the stage of production and transport of raw materials, as well as for electricity
generation or waste management processes, over which the manufacturer has no direct influence.
Description of system boundaries: Cradle to gate with modules C1–C4 and module D, (A1–A3 + C + D)
has been chosen. Therefore, this EPD report considers the scope “cradle to gate with end of life of the
product”, covering the modules of extraction and processing of raw materials (A1), their transportation
to the production plant (A2), the average sheet steel family product manufacturing process (A3), end of
life (C1-C4) and potential benefits and loads from the reuse and recycling of the foam glass aggregate
at its end of life (D).
As permitted by PCR 2019:14 (version 1.11), remaining life cycle stages (modules A4-A5 and B1-B7)
have been excluded from the study as not being relevant for this product.
Therefore, since the steel can be identified and separated at its end of life, the end of life of the product
and possible benefits from material recovery of the EUROPERFIL S.A. product shall be included in the
EPD (i.e., modules C1-C4 and D).
For an EPD of type “a) cradle to gate with modules C1-C4 and module D (A1-A3 + C + D)”, the PCR
2019:14 requires that a declared unit must be used, and the inclusion of reference service life is optional.
Applicable lifecycle stages with the system boundaries and processes are described below.
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‐ Raw material supply (A1): This module considers the extraction and processing of raw materials
used for the manufacture of the product. Moreover, raw materials’ packaging enabling
transportation to the production plant is included. Likewise, the production of the energy
necessary for the manufacturing process (electricity, diesel, and other fuels) is also taken into
account.
‐ Transport of the raw materials (A2): This module consists of the transportation of all raw
materials covered by module A1, from the extraction, production, and treatment site to the
factory, considering the specific distances of each material supplier.
‐ Manufacturing of steel sheet (A3): This module refers to the production process of the average
product in the production plant. It includes the combustion of fuels (diesel) and the water
consumed during the manufacturing process. It also considers the waste generated from the
production process: the treatment and transport from the production plant to the waste manager.
Finally, it considers the packaging used for distribution: the production of the primary and
secondary packaging of the product (LDPE film, wood slats and LDPE stretch film), and the
transport of this packaging from suppliers to the EUROPERFIL S.A. factory.
The module collects the most likely scenarios based on the best knowledge currently available.
• Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary (D): This module analyses the benefits and burdens
related to the processes of recovery, reuse or recycling of waste from the product under study at their
end of life, which could form part of the life cycle of a new product.
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System diagram:
More information:
Company website for more information: https://www.europerfil.com/
Name and contact information of LCA practitioner:
Lavola – Anthesis Group
Rambla de Catalunya, 6, planta 2, 08007 Barcelona
+34 938 515 055
www.anthesisgroup.com
Cut-off rules:
In accordance with the provisions of the PCR 2019:14 construction products, version 1.11 and the
standard UNE-EN 15804:2012+A2:2020, at least 95% of total inflows and outflows (mass and energy)
per module have been included.
In addition, the following processes have not been included in the scope of the study:
‐ Manufacture of equipment used in production, buildings, or any other assets.
‐ Business trips.
‐ Maintenance activities at the production plants and research and development.
‐ Transportation of personnel to and within the plants.
‐ Diffuse particle emissions during the transport and storage of raw materials.
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- The final product on which the study has been based corresponds to an average virtual product
containing a total of 36 references with to different covers: galvanized product (20 references
produced in 2021) and pre-lacquered product (30 references produced in 2021). For the
calculation of this average product, the 50 references that make up both products have been
taken into account, from which an average value has been estimated for both. Then, from the
two average values (galvanized and pre-lacquered) it has been possible to calculate the
average virtual product of the family of steel sheet metal.
- An electrical mix corresponding to the company's consumption has been modeled according to
the data of its energy supplier (TOTALENERGIES ELECTRICIDAD Y GAS ESPAÑA, S.A.U.),
assigning the impact value to each resulting kWh.
- It has been assumed that all truck transport complies with the EURO 5 emission standard, when
carried out within European territory.
- As specified in ANNEX C of the Single Market for Green Products - The Product Environmental
Footprint Pilots - Environment - European Commission (europa.eu), an end-of-life situation has
been assumed for steel of 95% for the recycling process, and for the remaining 5%, it has been
considered destined for landfill since the steel cannot be incinerated.
- 50 km distance has been assumed for the transport of waste from product deinstallation point
to the waste manager's plant.
- Average production losses of 0.5% derived from the production process of the product have
been considered. These have been applied as input to the consumption of raw materials and
their transport to the production plant.
- Both for electricity consumption, as for the rest of the plant consumption, as well as for the
generation of waste, an allocation of loads per mass per kg of steel sheet metal produced has
been made.
- Regarding the transport of raw materials (module A2), specific distances have been introduced
by supplier and material, which have been weighted based on the composition resulting from
the average virtual product.
- For the transport of waste from the production plant to the waste manager, specific distances
have been introduced to each waste manager based on waste type.
Additional information:
Since the average electricity consumption of the production plants exceeds the threshold of 30% of the
total energy consumption of product stage A1-A3, the resulting electricity mix considered for the study
is shown below, divided by its energy sources, as required in the UNE EN 15804:2012+A2 (2020)
standard and the PCR 2019:14 Construction products, version 1.11 Published on 2021.02.05, valid until:
2024.12.20.
In relation to its contribution to the environmental impacts of the product, the production of 1 kWh of
electricity consumed by the average production plant of EUROPERFIL S.A. in 2021 generated 0,203 kg
of CO2 eq. emissions.
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9,8% 4,9%
3,0%
1,4%
26,1%
29,9%
24,9%
Data has been evaluated through a data quality matrix based on the Product Environmental Footprint
Category rules criterion for the data quality management, as it is established in the UNE-EN
15804:2012+A2. As a result of the data quality matrix, it is quantified that the gathered data achieves a
good level of quality (3.77 out of 5) in a range of very poor (1), poor (2), medium (3), good (4) and very
good (5).
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Modules declared, geographical scope, share of specific data (in GWP-GHG indicator) and data
variation:
Construction Resource
Product stage process Use stage End of life stage recovery
stage stage
Reuse-Recovery-Recycling-
De-construction demolition
Construction installation
Waste processing
Refurbishment
Manufacturing
Replacement
Maintenance
Transport
Transport
Transport
Disposal
potential
Repair
Use
Module A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
Modules
declared x x x ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND x x x x x
Geography EU EU EU ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND EU EU EU EU EU
Specific >95%
data used For modules A1-A3 it comes from specific - - - - - - - - - - - -
LCI data
Variation – From -36,98% until 95,40% regards the
products* - - - - - - - - - - - -
average product.
Variation – All products are produced at the same
sites - - - - - - - - - - - -
plant
*Variation calculated for 1 m² of each reference considering its corresponding application (kg/m²) value.
Content information
Post-consumer Renewable material,
Product components Weight (%)
material, weight (%) weight-%
STEEL 97,62 4,59 0
METAL COATING 1,80 0 0
ORGANIC COATING 0,59 0 0
TOTAL 1 kg 0,045 kg 0 kg
Post-consumer Renewable material,
Packaging materials Weight (%)
material, weight (%) weight-%
LDPE FILM 0,32 0 0
WOODEN SLATS 0,82 0 100
STRETCH FILM OF LDPE 0,06 0 0
TOTAL 1,2E-02 kg 0 kg 8,2E-03 kg
None of the components present in the final product are included in the "Candidate List of Substances
of Extreme Concern in the authorization procedure" of the REACH regulation.
Environmental Information
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The environmental information related to the analysed products has been calculated with the SimaPro
software version 9.3.0.2.1. As required by PCR 2019:14, construction products version 1.11, the
characterization factors indicated in Annex C of the EN 15804:2012+A2 standard have been used to
estimate the potential environmental impacts (method EN 15804 + A2 Method V1.02 / EF 3.0
normalization and weighting set). With respect to the results corresponding to the rest of the parameters
under study, the following methodologies have been used: EDIP to calculate waste production, CED
(Cumulative Energy Demand) to calculate energy use and inventory data for output flows.
The environmental results corresponding to the life cycle of the representative average product of
EUROPERFIL S.A. of the sheet steel family are shown below. These are divided by modules, covering
the stages defined above in the system boundary section (A1-A3+C1-C4+D), and considering all the
impact categories required by the PCR 2019:14 Construction products, version 1.11.
Estimated impact results are only relative statements that do not indicate impact category endpoints,
exceedances of assessed thresholds, safety margins, or risks.
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Results
Considering a functional unit of one square meter (m²) of sheet steel with a thickness of 0,70
mm and application factor of 7,30 Kg/m2.
GWP-fossil kg CO2 eq. 1,67E+01 4,10E-01 2,22E-01 1,74E+01 0 5,04E-02 0 2,76E-03 -7,71E+00
GWP-biogenic kg CO2 eq. 1,65E-02 2,39E-05 2,10E-04 1,68E-02 0 2,95E-06 0 3,73E-07 9,93E-03
GWP-
kg CO2 eq. 1,04E-02 3,31E-06 1,94E-04 1,06E-02 0 4,08E-07 0 9,41E-08 3,46E-03
luluc
GWP-
kg CO2 eq. 1,68E+01 4,10E-01 2,22E-01 1,74E+01 0 5,04E-02 0 2,76E-03 -7,69E+00
total
ODP kg CFC 11 eq. 8,22E-07 9,72E-08 3,30E-08 9,52E-07 0 1,20E-08 0 5,74E-10 -2,12E-07
EP-
kg N eq. 1,42E-02 4,55E-04 7,06E-04 1,54E-02 0 5,61E-05 0 1,24E-05 -1,80E-03
marine
EP-terrestrial mol N eq. 1,69E-01 5,01E-03 7,73E-03 1,82E-01 0 6,17E-04 0 1,36E-04 -7,20E-02
POCP kg NMVOC eq. 7,55E-02 1,36E-03 2,27E-03 7,91E-02 0 1,68E-04 0 3,78E-05 -4,14E-02
ADP-
kg Sb eq. 1,66E-04 1,78E-08 1,95E-08 1,66E-04 0 2,19E-09 0 1,33E-10 -1,56E-04
minerals&metals*
GWP-fossil = Global Warming Potential fossil fuels; GWP-biogenic = Global Warming Potential biogenic; GWP-luluc = Global
Warming Potential land use and land use change; ODP = Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer; AP = Acidificatio n
potential, Accumulated Exceedance; EP-freshwater = Eutrophication potential, fraction of nutrients reaching freshwater end
Acronyms compartment; EP-marine = Eutrophication potential, fraction of nutrients reaching marine end compartment; EP-terrestrial =
Eutrophication potential, Accumulated Exceedance; POCP = Formation potential of tropospheric ozone; ADP-minerals & metals
= Abiotic depletion potential for non-fossil resources; ADP-fossil = Abiotic depletion for fossil resources potential; WDP = Water
(user) deprivation potential, deprivation-weighted water consumption
* Disclaimer: The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties of these results are
high or as there is limited experience with the indicator.
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Potential environmental impact – additional mandatory and voluntary
indicators
Indicator Unit A1 A2 A3 Tot.A1-A3 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
GWP-GHG1 kg CO2 eq. 1,61E+01 4,07E-01 2,18E-01 1,67E+01 0 5,01E-02 0 2,72E-03 -7,24E+00
Use of resources
Indicator Unit A1 A2 A3 Tot.A1-A3 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
-
PERE MJ 1,37E+01 8,89E-03 9,72E-01 1,46E+01 0 1,10E-03 0 1,54E-04
5,89E+00
PERM MJ 0 0 1,11E+00 1,11E+00 0 0 0 0 0
-
PERT MJ 1,37E+01 8,89E-03 2,08E+00 1,57E+01 0 1,10E-03 0 1,54E-04
5,89E+00
-
PENRE MJ 1,86E+02 6,16E+00 3,31E+00 1,96E+02 0 7,59E-01 0 3,91E-02
6,68E+01
PENRM MJ 1,80E+00 0 1,20E+00 3,01E+00 0 0 0 0 0
-
PENRT MJ 1,88E+02 6,16E+00 4,52E+00 1,99E+02 0 7,59E-01 0 3,91E-02
6,68E+01
SM kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RSF MJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NRSF MJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW m³ 1,47E-01 1,59E-05 1,55E-03 1,49E-01 0 1,96E-06 0 7,87E-07 6,04E-02
PERE = Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PERM =
Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PERT = Total use of renewable primary energy
resources; PENRE = Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw
Acronyms materials; PENRM = Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; PENRT = Total use of non-
renewable primary energy re-sources; SM = Use of secondary material; RSF = Use of renewable secondary fuels; NRSF =
Use of non-renewable secondary fuels; FW = Use of net fresh water
Waste production
Hazardous
1,52E-
waste kg 1,20E-03 5,40E-06 1,22E-03 0 1,88E-06 0 9,28E-08 -9,16E-04
05
disposed
Non-
hazardous 3,04E-
kg 5,43E+00 2,81E-03 5,43E+00 0 3,75E-05 0 1,09E+00 -2,32E+00
waste 04
disposed
Radioactive
4,15E-
waste kg 3,33E-04 1,58E-05 3,90E-04 0 5,11E-06 0 2,54E-07 3,35E-05
05
disposed
1
The indicator includes all greenhouse gases included in GWP-total but excludes biogenic carbon dioxide uptake and
emissions and biogenic carbon stored in the product. This indicator is thus almost equal to the GWP indicator originally defined
in EN 15804:2012+A1:2013.
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Output flows
Components
kg 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00
for re-use
Material for
kg 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 3,95E-02 3,95E-02 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 6,21E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00
recycling
Materials for
energy kg 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00
recovery
Exported
energy, MJ 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00
electricity
Exported
energy, MJ 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00 0,00E+00
thermal
Results’ interpretation
Module A1 of Extraction and processing of raw materials is the one that presents a higher contribution
in the total impacts with respect to all the modules of the life cycle of the average product of the family
of steel sheets. Considering all indicators evaluated, it has a maximum value in the category of depletion
of mineral resources, 99.98%.
Hot-rolled low-alloy steel is the raw material that contributes the most to the total impact on all impact
categories analyzed (between 91,11% and 99.60% for all impact categories). This is because steel is
the main component that makes up the average virtual product corresponding to the family of steel
sheets of EUROPERFIL S.A.
From the other components, the metal coating of steel coils is the component with higher impact. In the
acidification category, the impact corresponds to 4.16%, while in the category of use of mineral and
metals resources the impact corresponds to 5.32% of the total of this category. Finally, in the hazardous
waste category, the metal coating of steel coils has an impact corresponding to 4,28%.
Module A2 presents a low or negligible contribution depending on the impact category evaluated, with
a maximum value of 10,08% for the stratospheric ozone depletion indicator.
Module A3 presents a low environmental contribution in the impact categories evaluated, below 3,42%
for the different categories.
Module C2 has a very low contribution in the impact categories assessed. Specifically, it has its
maximum value in the impact category of de ozone layer depletion, which reaches a value of 1.24%.
In module C3, the impacts of recycling are not imputed, since applying the polluter pays principle, these
are imputed in the following system.
Module C4 presents a low contribution in most of the impact categories evaluated except for the non -
hazardous waste production category, where it reaches a value of 16,76% of the total impact category.
Finally, module D presents a maximum reduction value in the abiotic depletion potential for non-fossil
resources (-6,35E+01 MJ/m² of product) followed by the category of production of global warming
potential that reaches a value of -7,69E+00 kg CO2 eq./m2 of product.
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In the following table, a graphic of the contribution of the different stages over the considered impact
categories is shown.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
GWP-total ODP AP EP POCP ADP-minerals ADP-fossil HWD NHW
A1 A2 A3 C1 C2 C3 C4
*As the mass of the packaging is under 5% of the product mass, the amount of biogenic carbon
contained in the packaging is not represented, according to UNE-EN 15804:2012+A2:2020.
The revision of this EPD is only due to a recent change in the company's corporate image.
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References
‐ The Product Category Rules (PCR) “PCR 2019:14 Construction products, version 1.11
published on 5 February 2021, valid until 20 December 2024” based on the European standard
UNE-EN 15804:2012+A2:2020.
‐ UNE-EN ISO 14040:2006 – Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – Principles
and framework
‐ UNE-EN ISO 14044:2006 – Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment –
Requirements
‐ UNE-EN ISO 14025:2006- Labels and environmental declarations.
‐ ISO/TR 14047: 2003 – Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – LCI application
examples
‐ ISO/TS 14048: 2003 – Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – Data inventory
‐ ISO/TR 14049: 2000 – Environmental management – Life Cycle Assessment – Examples of
application of objectives and scope and inventory analysis
‐ UNE-EN 15804:2012+A2: Sustainability in construction. Product environmental statements.
Commodity category rules for construction products.
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VERIFICATION STATEMENT CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICADO DE DECLARACIÓN DE VERIFICACIÓN
Certificate No. / Certificado nº: EPD08001
TECNALIA R&I CERTIFICACION S.L., confirms that independent third-party verification has been conducted
of the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) on behalf of:
TECNALIA R&I CERTIFICACION S.L., confirma que se ha realizado verificación de tercera parte independiente de la
Declaración Ambiental de Producto (DAP) en nombre de:
EUROPERFIL, S.A.
Avda. Vall d'Aran, s/n
Polígono Industrial de Cervera
25200 CERVERA (Lleida) - SPAIN
▪ ISO 14025:2010 Environmental labels and declarations. Type III environmental declarations.
▪ General Programme Instructions for the International EPD® System v.3.01
▪ PCR 2019:14 Construction products (EN 15804:A2) v.1.11
▪ UN CPC 412 Products of iron or steel
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