EN 394:1993
(Main)Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids - Additional items
Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids - Additional items
This standard specifies the requirements for characteristics, minimum safety requirements and test methods for additional items to increase the safety of persons engaged in activities in or near water, which can be integral parts of a lifejacket or buoyancy aid or separate additions to one. The additional items specified can be incorporated as integral features of, or as separate additions to, lifejackets and buoyancy aids conforming with EN 393, EN 395, EN 396 and EN 399.
Rettungswesten und Schwimmhilfen - Zubehörteile
Diese Norm legt Anforderungen an Eigenschaften, Mindestsicherheitsanforderungen und Prüfmethoden für Zubehörteile fest, die feste Bestandteile von Rettungswesten und Schwimmhilfen oder diesen lose beigefügt sein können, um die Sicherheit von Personen, die mit Tätigkeiten in oder in der Nähe von Wasser beschäftigt sind, zu erhöhen.
Gilets de sauvetage et équipement individuel d'aide à la flottaison - Accessoires
La présente norme spécifie les prescriptions de caractéristiques, les prescription minimales de sécurité et les méthodes d'essai concernant les accessoires afin d'augmenter la sécurité des personnes exerçant une activité sur l'eau ou à proximité de l'eau, ces accessoires pouvant faire partie intégrante d'un gilet de sauvetage ou d'une aide à la flottaison, ou être rajoutés.
Rešilni jopiči in osebni plavalni pripomočki - Dodatki
General Information
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 28-Nov-1993
- Withdrawal Date
- 31-Jan-2006
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 162/WG 6 - Lifejackets
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 01-Feb-2006
- Completion Date
- 01-Feb-2006
- Directive
- 96/98/EC - Marine equipment
Relations
- Effective Date
- 22-Dec-2008
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 394:1993 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids - Additional items". This standard covers: This standard specifies the requirements for characteristics, minimum safety requirements and test methods for additional items to increase the safety of persons engaged in activities in or near water, which can be integral parts of a lifejacket or buoyancy aid or separate additions to one. The additional items specified can be incorporated as integral features of, or as separate additions to, lifejackets and buoyancy aids conforming with EN 393, EN 395, EN 396 and EN 399.
This standard specifies the requirements for characteristics, minimum safety requirements and test methods for additional items to increase the safety of persons engaged in activities in or near water, which can be integral parts of a lifejacket or buoyancy aid or separate additions to one. The additional items specified can be incorporated as integral features of, or as separate additions to, lifejackets and buoyancy aids conforming with EN 393, EN 395, EN 396 and EN 399.
EN 394:1993 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 394:1993 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN ISO 12402-8:2006, EN 61558-1:1997, EN 415-8:2008, EN 12628:1999, EN ISO 10535:2006. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 394:1993 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2014/90/EU, 89/686/EEC, 96/98/EC; Standardization Mandates: M/BC/CEN/88/10. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-1996
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Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids - Additional items
Rettungswesten und Schwimmhilfen - Zubehörteile
Gilets de sauvetage et équipement individuel d'aide a la flottaison - Accessoires
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 394:1993
ICS:
13.340.70 5HãLOQLMRSLþLY]JRQVND Lifejackets, buoyancy aids
SRPDJDODLQSODYDMRþL and floating devices
SULSRPRþNL
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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