This European Standard specifies a method for determining the tensile properties of pultruded, unidirectional rods made from continuous fibre-reinforced plastic composites, in parallel to fibre direction. It is applicable to pultruded rods which diameters are preferably ranging from 3 mm to 20 mm. This method is suitable for use with continuous-fibre-reinforced plastic composites made from carbon fibres and glass fibres. This method is suitable for use with all polymer matrix systems reinforced with unidirectional fibres having a cylindrical shape. This method is not intended to be used for testing specimens such as tubes or yarns already covered by other test methods.