EN 15312:2007/FprA1
(Amendment)Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including safety and test methods
Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including safety and test methods
This European Standard is applicable to free access multi-sports equipment and combinations intended for permanent installation (not temporary), which includes, but not exclusively, equipment for sports such as badminton, basketball, football, handball, hockey, table tennis, tennis, volleyball. This European Standard specifies requirements, including safety, for the equipment itself as well as for its installation, inspection and maintenance. This European Standard is applicable to multi-sports equipment in-tended for individual and collective public use primarily by children and teenagers. This type of equipment is not intended for use by very young children, e.g. less than 36 months. This European Standard is not applicable to playground equipment as defined in EN 1176-1, free access facilities used for roller sports equipment (see EN 14974), fitness trails, artificial climbing structures (see EN 12572).This European Standard does not deal with beach equipment, the ground surfaces the local environment and any feature outside the multi-sports equipment. This European Standard does not include any specific requirements other than for access and egress for disabled users.
Frei zugängliche Multisportgeräte - Anforderungen einschließlich Sicherheit und Prüfverfahren
Equipements sportifs en accès libre - Exigences, y compris de sécurité et méthodes d'essais
Prosto dostopna večnamenska športna oprema - Zahteve, vključno z varnostjo in preskusne metode
General Information
- Status
- Not Published
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 136 - Sports, playground and other recreational equipment
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 136/WG 22 - Gymnastic and playing field equipment
- Current Stage
- 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
- Start Date
- 29-Jun-2010
- Due Date
- 26-Oct-2010
- Completion Date
- 29-Jun-2010
Relations
- Effective Date
- 18-Jan-2023
- Effective Date
- 22-Dec-2008
Overview
EN 15312:2007/FprA1 (CEN) is the European standard for free access multi‑sports equipment intended for permanent installation in public settings. It defines safety, design, installation, inspection and maintenance requirements and specifies relevant test methods. The scope covers multi‑sport equipment for games such as badminton, basketball, football, handball, hockey, table tennis, tennis and volleyball-primarily for use by children and teenagers (not for children under 36 months). The standard applies to permanent outdoor multi‑sports facilities and excludes playground equipment (EN 1176), roller‑sports facilities (EN 14974), artificial climbing structures (EN 12572), beach equipment and ground surface or environmental features.
Key topics and requirements
- Safety by design: requirements to minimise entrapment, crush and cut hazards, and to avoid toxic surface coatings.
- Entrapment testing: procedures and probes for finger (8 mm and 25 mm rods) and head/neck entrapment (small and large probes, test templates) to verify openings and V‑shaped gaps.
- Net and goal requirements: design and mesh limits to prevent climbing or sitting in upper net sections; square mesh horizontal spacing ≤ 50 mm, nets without horizontal elements ≤ 100 mm centre‑to‑centre. Net strength and load tests updated (example amendment lowers specified test load to 1 080 N in certain tests).
- Impact and durability tests: impact resistance procedures (e.g., a 50 kg mass dropped from 0.50 m for very intense forceful kick simulations) and cyclic/repeated impact tests with defined timing tolerances.
- Installation, inspection and maintenance: guidance for permanent installation, routine inspection intervals and maintenance to keep equipment safe for public use.
- Accessibility: includes requirements for access and egress for disabled users (no other specific accessibility measures are included).
Practical applications
- Designing, manufacturing and certifying permanent multi‑sports courts, goals, posts and surround structures for schools, parks, municipalities and sports centres.
- Specifying performance and safety tests for product development and quality control.
- Site installation checks, periodic inspection programs and maintenance planning for facility managers.
- Risk assessments and compliance verification by testing laboratories, safety inspectors and procurement teams.
Who should use this standard
- Multi‑sports equipment manufacturers and designers
- Test laboratories and conformity assessment bodies
- Municipal planners, schools and sports facility managers
- Installers, maintenance teams and safety inspectors
Related standards
Relevant standards include EN 1176 (playground equipment), EN 748/749/750/1270 (sport‑specific equipment), EN 12572 (artificial climbing structures) and EN 14974 (roller‑sports facilities). Use these together with EN 15312 for comprehensive safety and conformity in outdoor sports installations.
Keywords: EN 15312:2007, free access multi‑sports equipment, safety requirements, test methods, installation, inspection, maintenance, CEN.
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 15312:2007/FprA1 is a draft published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including safety and test methods". This standard covers: This European Standard is applicable to free access multi-sports equipment and combinations intended for permanent installation (not temporary), which includes, but not exclusively, equipment for sports such as badminton, basketball, football, handball, hockey, table tennis, tennis, volleyball. This European Standard specifies requirements, including safety, for the equipment itself as well as for its installation, inspection and maintenance. This European Standard is applicable to multi-sports equipment in-tended for individual and collective public use primarily by children and teenagers. This type of equipment is not intended for use by very young children, e.g. less than 36 months. This European Standard is not applicable to playground equipment as defined in EN 1176-1, free access facilities used for roller sports equipment (see EN 14974), fitness trails, artificial climbing structures (see EN 12572).This European Standard does not deal with beach equipment, the ground surfaces the local environment and any feature outside the multi-sports equipment. This European Standard does not include any specific requirements other than for access and egress for disabled users.
This European Standard is applicable to free access multi-sports equipment and combinations intended for permanent installation (not temporary), which includes, but not exclusively, equipment for sports such as badminton, basketball, football, handball, hockey, table tennis, tennis, volleyball. This European Standard specifies requirements, including safety, for the equipment itself as well as for its installation, inspection and maintenance. This European Standard is applicable to multi-sports equipment in-tended for individual and collective public use primarily by children and teenagers. This type of equipment is not intended for use by very young children, e.g. less than 36 months. This European Standard is not applicable to playground equipment as defined in EN 1176-1, free access facilities used for roller sports equipment (see EN 14974), fitness trails, artificial climbing structures (see EN 12572).This European Standard does not deal with beach equipment, the ground surfaces the local environment and any feature outside the multi-sports equipment. This European Standard does not include any specific requirements other than for access and egress for disabled users.
EN 15312:2007/FprA1 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 15312:2007/FprA1 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 15312:2007+A1:2010, EN 15312:2007. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
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Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including safety, and test methods
Frei zugängliche Multisportgeräte - Anforderungen einschließlich Sicherheit und
Prüfverfahren
Equipements sportifs en accès libre - Exigences, y compris de sécurité, et méthodes
d'essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15312:2007/prA1
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
SIST EN 15312:2007/oprA1:2009 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
SIST EN 15312:2007/oprA1:2009
SIST EN 15312:2007/oprA1:2009
EUROPEAN STANDARD
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EN 15312:2007
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
April 2009
ICS 97.220.40
English Version
Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including
safety, and test methods
Equipements sportifs en accès libre - Exigences, y compris Frei zugängliche Multisportgeräte - Anforderungen
de sécurité, et méthodes d'essais einschließlich Sicherheit und Prüfverfahren
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 136.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 15312:2007. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made
by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.
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France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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EN 15312:2007/prA1:2009 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Modification to the Foreword .4
2 Modification to Clause 1 .4
3 Modifications to Clause 2 .4
4 Modifications to 4.1 .4
5 Modification to 4.4.2.1.3 .4
6 Modifications to 4.4.2.2 .4
7 Modification to Figure 4 .5
8 Modifications to 4.11 .5
9 Modification to 5.2.1.1 .5
10 Modification to 5.2.1.3 .5
11 Modifications to 5.4.1 .5
12 Modification to 5.5.1.2.2 .5
13 Modification to 5.6 .6
14 Modification to 6.2.3 and 6.2.4 .6
15 Modifications to Clause 7 .6
16 Modification to Clause 9 .6
17 Modification to A.2.2 .6
18 Modification to Annex D .7
19 Modification to F.2 . 15
20 Modification to Bibliography . 16
SIST EN 15312:2007/oprA1:2009
EN 15312:2007/prA1:2009 (E)
Foreword
This document (EN 15312:2007/prA1:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports,
playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
SIST EN 15312:2007/oprA1:2009
EN 15312:2007/prA1:2009 (E)
1 Modification to the Foreword
st
1 paragraph: Replace title of CEN/TC 136 with "Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and
equipment".
2 Modification to Clause 1
th
4 paragraph: Replace "EN 12572" by "EN 12572-1, EN 12572-2 and EN 12572-3".
3 Modifications to Clause 2
Replace "EN 636-3, Plywood – Specifications – Part 3: Requirements for plywood for use in exterior
conditions" by "EN 636, Plywood – Specifications".
Replace " prEN 1176-1:2006, …" by "EN 1176-1:2008, …".
Delete "EN 1991-1-2, …".
Add "EN 1991-1-5, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-5: General actions - Thermal actions".
Delete "EN 12572-1, …".
4 Modifications to 4.1
st
1 paragraph: Replace "should" by "shall".
th
Replace the 6 paragraph by the following:
"In the choice of a material or substance for equipment, consideration should be given to the eventual
disposal of the material or substance having regard to any possible environmental toxic hazard. Special
attention should be given to surface coatings to avoid potential toxic hazards."
th
Delete 7 paragraph "Special attention…"
5 Modification to 4.4.2.1.3
Replace "1)" and "2)" by "a)" and "b)".
nd
2 dash: Replace the existing text by the following:
"Range 2: (template centre line from horizontal to + 45°); when the template apex contacts the base of
the opening, the depth of the opening shall be less than the ‘A’ portion of the template. If the depth of the
opening is greater than the ‘A’ portion of the template all parts of the opening above the ‘A’ portion shall
also allow insertion of the shoulder section of the template or probe n°3."
6 Modifications to 4.4.2.2
Add first sentence "Equipment should be constructed to that the following hazardous situations, which might
cause entrapment are not created:"
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EN 15312:2007/prA1:2009 (E)
a): Replace text by the following: "gaps in which fingers can be trapped whilst the remainder of the body is
moving or continues in forced movement;"
Delete the following sentence after c) "in which this type of entrapment can be encountered, are not created.".
nd
2 paragraph: Replace "1 200 mm" by "1 000 mm".
7 Modification to Figure 4
Add titles to Figure 4 a), b) and c) as follows: "a) Front view", "b) Back view" and "c) Front view".
8 Modifications to 4.11
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Replace 1 paragraph with the following:
"Any part of multi-sports equipment where the user is encouraged to access (e.g. play elements such as
ladders, climbing walls, etc.…) to an elevated surface above 1 000 mm height is classified as a play structure
and shall comply with the requirements 4.2.4 "protection against falling", 4.2.8 "protection against injuries
during movement and falling" and 4.2.7.3 "entrapment of clothing/hair" of prEN 1176-1:20086, 4.2.4
"Protection against falling", 4.2.8 "Protection against injuries during movement and falling" and 4.2.7.3
"Entrapment of clothing/hair"."
nd
2 paragraph: Replace
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