This Standard establishes the specifications for the execution of static pile load tests in which a single pile is subjected to an axial static load in compression in order to define its load-displacement behaviour. The provisions of EN 22477-1 apply to vertical piles as well as raking piles. All types of piles are covered by this standard. The tests considered in this Standard are limited to maintained load tests. Pile load tests with constant penetration rate and cyclic load tests are not covered by this standard. EN ISO 22477-1 shall be used in conjunction with EN 1997-1. Numerical values of partial factors for limit states and of correlation factors to derive characteristic values from static pile load tests to be taken into account in design are provided in EN 1997-1. This Standard provides specifications for: a) checking that a pile will behave as designed, b) measuring the resistance of a pile under given geotechnical conditions.