<p><b>What does AbZ mean? What does it state?</b></p><br><p>Approvals for products and designs.</p><br><p>In its capacity as the German approval body, the Deutsche Institut f&#252;r Bautechnik (DIBt) grants general national technical approvals (abZ) and European technical approvals (ETA) for building products and designs.</p><br><p>Around 2000 national approvals are issued every year. At a European level, the DIBt competes with the European approval bodies and leads when it come to the issuing of European technical approvals. The Institute works for companies that have their product markets in Germany and other European countries.</p><br><p>General national technical approvals are granted for building products and designed that fundamentally deviate from the DIN standards.</p><p>They serve as a reliable proof of use of building products or usability of designs with regard to the structural demands placed on structures.</p><p>European technical approvals are issued for building products that fall within the scope of the German Building Products Act;</p><br><br><table class="techDescTable"><thead><tr><th><b>Advantages</b></th></tr> </thead><tbody><tr class="Even"><td>no search for component tests</td></tr><tr class="UnEven"><td>simple calculation using sizing tables</td></tr><tr class="Even"><td>simple realisation by planners and craftsmen</td></tr><tr class="UnEven"><td>simple determination and measuring of the type of glass</td></tr></tbody></table>