SIST EN 15649-4:2010/kFprA1:2011
(Amendment)Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B devices
Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B devices
This part of EN 15649 specifies safety requirements and test methods related to materials, safety, performance and consumer information for classified floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1. EN 15649-4 is applicable with EN 15649-1 and EN 15649-2. This European Standard is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1 regardless whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material. Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is positioned partly immersed. NOTE 1 Typical products forming Class B (see Annex B): - floating rafts with interior body holding system ("swim seats") mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes; - floating fantasy shaped (animal adaptations) structures with one or more openings to host a child's body, with or without body holding system; - floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape (animal, car imitation, etc.); - floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening. NOTE 2 Typical places for application: - pools; - protected areas of lakes, ponds; - protected area sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).
Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche spezifische sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Klasse B-Geräte
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de classe B
Plavajoči pripomočki za prosti čas, ki se uporabljajo na vodi in v njej - 4. del: Dodatne posebne varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode za pripomočke razreda B
General Information
- Status
- Not Published
- Public Enquiry End Date
- 19-Oct-2011
- Technical Committee
- SPO - Sports
- Current Stage
- 98 - Abandoned project (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 23-Jan-2012
- Due Date
- 28-Jan-2012
- Completion Date
- 23-Jan-2012
Relations
- Effective Date
- 01-Mar-2012
- Effective Date
- 01-Oct-2011
Overview
EN 15649-4:2010/FprA1 is a CEN standard amendment addressing additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B floating leisure articles. It is intended to be used together with EN 15649-1 and EN 15649-2, and covers safety aspects related to materials, performance, marking and consumer information for devices that provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is partly immersed. Class B devices may achieve buoyancy by inflation or by inherent buoyant materials.
This amendment (FprA1) updates normative references, clarifies examples of typical Class B products, and includes provisions such as the permitted location for safety information relative to inflation valves.
Key Topics
- Scope and applicability: Applies specifically to Class B floating leisure articles as classified in EN 15649-1, regardless of buoyancy method.
- Materials and construction: Requirements address material suitability and safety for intended use (e.g., resistance, durability), without prescribing proprietary technical details.
- Performance and testing: Establishes test methods to verify that devices meet safety and performance expectations for their intended environments.
- Consumer information and marking: Specifies required labeling and instructions for safe use. The amendment allows inflatable Class B devices to display safety information starting within 200 mm of an inflation valve.
- Product examples: Typical Class B items include floating rafts with interior holding systems (swim seats), fantasy-shaped floats with body openings, rings with interior seat segments and leg-slit floats designed for play and partial immersion.
Applications
This standard targets stakeholders involved in the design, manufacture, testing, distribution and procurement of recreational floating devices. Practical applications include:
- Manufacturers validating materials, marking and test protocols for compliance.
- Test laboratories applying standardized methods to assess performance and consumer safety information.
- Retailers and product safety assessors verifying correct labeling and intended-use limitations.
- Risk assessors and pool operators ensuring that Class B devices are used in appropriate environments.
Typical use locations specified by the standard are pools, protected areas of lakes and ponds, and protected sea shores (areas without offshore winds or currents).
Related Standards
- EN 15649-1: Classification and general safety requirements for floating leisure articles
- EN 15649-2: General test methods and additional requirements applicable across classes
Adoption of EN 15649-4 together with Parts 1 and 2 ensures consistent safety, testing and consumer information practices for Class B floating leisure articles used in sheltered recreational waters.
Frequently Asked Questions
SIST EN 15649-4:2010/kFprA1:2011 is a draft published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B devices". This standard covers: This part of EN 15649 specifies safety requirements and test methods related to materials, safety, performance and consumer information for classified floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1. EN 15649-4 is applicable with EN 15649-1 and EN 15649-2. This European Standard is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1 regardless whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material. Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is positioned partly immersed. NOTE 1 Typical products forming Class B (see Annex B): - floating rafts with interior body holding system ("swim seats") mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes; - floating fantasy shaped (animal adaptations) structures with one or more openings to host a child's body, with or without body holding system; - floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape (animal, car imitation, etc.); - floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening. NOTE 2 Typical places for application: - pools; - protected areas of lakes, ponds; - protected area sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).
This part of EN 15649 specifies safety requirements and test methods related to materials, safety, performance and consumer information for classified floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1. EN 15649-4 is applicable with EN 15649-1 and EN 15649-2. This European Standard is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles for use on or in water according to EN 15649-1 regardless whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material. Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is positioned partly immersed. NOTE 1 Typical products forming Class B (see Annex B): - floating rafts with interior body holding system ("swim seats") mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes; - floating fantasy shaped (animal adaptations) structures with one or more openings to host a child's body, with or without body holding system; - floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape (animal, car imitation, etc.); - floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening. NOTE 2 Typical places for application: - pools; - protected areas of lakes, ponds; - protected area sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).
SIST EN 15649-4:2010/kFprA1:2011 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.
SIST EN 15649-4:2010/kFprA1:2011 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to SIST EN 15649-4:2010+A1:2012, SIST EN 15649-4:2010. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
SIST EN 15649-4:2010/kFprA1:2011 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2001/95/EC; Standardization Mandates: M/372. 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)
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Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety
requirements and test methods for Class B devices
Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche
spezifische sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Klasse B-Geräte
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et
méthodes d'essai complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de classe B
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15649-4:2010/FprA1
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 15649-4:2010
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
July 2011
ICS 97.220.40
English Version
Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4:
Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for
Class B devices
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im
Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche spezifische
complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de classe B sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für
Klasse B-Geräte
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 136.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 15649-4:2010. 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-CENELEC Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, 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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