8. Scope This European Standard specifies, product characteristic, test/assessment method and the way of expressing test results, for stainless steel as defined in EN 10088-1:2014 and designated as in EN 10088-1:2014 for the use of the reinforcement of concrete. It applies to stainless steel products with ribbed or indented surfaces, which are in the form of: bars, coils, rods, wires; sheets of factory-made machine-welded fabric; lattice girders; hybrid lattice girders composed by stainless steel and by weldable reinforcing steel according to EN 10080:2005. This European Standard does not apply to: pre-stressed stainless steels; indented strip; stainless steel tube filled with carbon steel swarf, which is then hot or cold reduced; stainless steel smooth bar with weld material deposited on it; galvanized reinforcing steel; epoxy-coated reinforcing steel.