CEN/TC 291 - Self-Service shopping trolleys
Standardization in the field of self-service shopping trolleys with basket, with or without a child carrying facility and with or without shelves. These Standards concern hand driven trolleys which may or may not be used on moving pathways.
Self-Service shopping trolleys
Standardization in the field of self-service shopping trolleys with basket, with or without a child carrying facility and with or without shelves. These Standards concern hand driven trolleys which may or may not be used on moving pathways.
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CEN/TC 291 is a Technical Committee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Self-Service shopping trolleys" and is responsible for: Standardization in the field of self-service shopping trolleys with basket, with or without a child carrying facility and with or without shelves. These Standards concern hand driven trolleys which may or may not be used on moving pathways. This committee has published 5 standards.
CEN/TC 291 develops CEN standards in the area of H03 - CONSUMER QUESTIONS. The scope of work includes: Standardization in the field of self-service shopping trolleys with basket, with or without a child carrying facility and with or without shelves. These Standards concern hand driven trolleys which may or may not be used on moving pathways. Currently, there are 5 published standards from this technical committee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Technical Committee (TC) in CEN is a group of experts responsible for developing international standards in a specific technical area. TCs are composed of national member body delegates and work through consensus to create standards that meet global industry needs. Each TC may have subcommittees (SCs) and working groups (WGs) for specialized topics.
This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, testing and safety specifications for general purpose self-service basket trolleys, with or without a child carrying facility, which are also equipped with at least one goods carrying facility.
This part of this document applies to manually driven trolleys that are not intended for use on passenger conveyors.
- Standard17 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, testing and safety specifications for general purpose self service basket trolleys, fitted with a baby and/or child carrying facility(ies) for use by customers of self service stores to carry goods.
This document applies to basket trolleys conforming to EN 1929-1 with the following arrangements:
¾ One baby carrying facility;
¾ Two baby carrying facilities;
¾ One baby carrying facility, one child carrying facility;
¾ Two child carrying facilities.
This document applies to manually driven trolleys that are not intended for use on passenger conveyors.
The technical characteristics of accessories (see 3.8 of EN 1929-1:1998) are not covered by this document.
- Standard12 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, testing and safety specifications for general purpose self service basket trolleys, with or without a child carrying facility, intended to be used on passenger conveyors, accompanied by a user.
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This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, testing and safety specifications for general purpose self-service basket trolleys, with additional goods carrying facility(ies), with or without a child carrying facility, intended to be used on passenger conveyors, accompanied by a user.
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This standard specifies requirements for construction, performance, testing and safety specifications for general purpose self service trolleys, fitted or not with a child carrying for use by customers of self service stores to carry goods. This standard applies to manually driven trolleys which are not intended to be used on passenger conveyors.
- Standard21 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day