1、BS EN15649-1:2009ICS 97.200.50NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBRITISH STANDARDFloating leisurearticles for use on andin the waterPart 1: Classification, materials,general requirements and test methods+A1:2012BS EN 15649-1:2009 +A2:2013BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013I
2、SBN 978 0 580 79922 8Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Comments31 January 2012 Implementation of CEN amendment A1:201231 January 2014 Implementation of CEN amendment A2:2013This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 J
3、anuary 2010 The British Standards Institution 2014. Published by BSI Standards Limited 2014National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013. It supersedes BS EN 15649-1:2009+A1:2013, which is withdrawn.The start and finish of text introduced or altered by am
4、endment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by .The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee SW/136, Sports, playground and other recrea
5、tional equipment, to Subcommittee SW/136/8, Swimming pools and aquatic equipment.A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.The publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its
6、correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 15649-1:2009+A2 December 2013 ICS 97.220.40 English Version Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 1: Classification, materi
7、als, general requirements and test methods Articles de loisirs flottants utiliser sur ou dans leau - Partie 1: Classification, matriaux, exigences et mthodes dessai gnrales Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 1: Klassifikation, Werkstoffe, allgemeine Anforderungen und P
8、rfverfahren This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 September 2009 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 29 November 2011 and Amendment 2 approved by CEN on 12 October 2013. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for gi
9、ving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three of
10、ficial 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
11、of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
12、, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2013 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide
13、for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 E EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 0 Introduction 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 7 3 Terms and definitions .8 4 Classification and criteria to distinguish floating leisure articles from aquatic toys 10 5 General saf
14、ety requirements and test methods related to all classes 11 6 Material requirements and test methods . 22 7 Durability of warnings and markings . 25 Annex A (normative) Templates 27 #Annex B (informative) Examples of openings$ 29 Bibliography . 35 BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E
15、)EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 0 Introduction 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 7 3 Terms and definitions .8 4 Classification and criteria to distinguish floating leisure articles from aquatic toys 10 5 General safety requirements and test methods related to all classes 11
16、6 Material requirements and test methods . 22 7 Durability of warnings and markings . 25 Annex A (normative) Templates 27 #Annex B (informative) Examples of openings$ 29 Bibliography . 35 EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013) has been prepared by Technical Co
17、mmittee CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2014, and con
18、flicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2014. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This docume
19、nt includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2011-11-29 and Amendment 2, approved by CEN on 2013-10-12. This document supersedes EN 15649-1:2009+A1:2012. The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags and . This document has been prepared under a mand
20、ate given to CEN by the European Commission and the Eu-ropean Free Trade Association. This European Standard is one of a series consisting of seven standards dealing with floating leisure articles for use on and in the water. Compliance of a product to this standard requires that the requirements of
21、 the relevant specific part and, additionally, the requirements of EN 15649-1 and EN 15649-2 have to be met. If a product includes multiple use related to several classes, it has to meet the requirements of all these classes. BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E)EN 15649-1:2009+A2:20
22、13 (E) 4 Deleted text deleted text According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav
23、 Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E
24、)EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 4 Deleted text deleted text According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fi
25、nland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 5
26、0 Introduction 0.1 Motives, problems, risk assessment, methods Investigations in statistical data related to drowning accidents and near-drownings create a new awareness about the enormous relevance of drownings in many countries. In particular, during the child age period drowning is the second mos
27、t fatal accident. Due to a lack of exactness of the available statistical data, they do not reveal details concerning the relation between drowning accidents and the involvement of certain products. Such links can be shown only for segments of the wide range of water activities related products. Con
28、sumer protection has to rely on conclusions by risk analysis, experience and analogy to known cases. Considerations based on probability and the precautionary principle is the second access to the problem. That applies in particular for the product group “Floating leisure articles for use on and in
29、the water” as this group is constituted here and now as a market segment to be addressed by standardization for safety reasons. Beyond the statistical deficiencies, relations between certain products and an increased risk of drowning are plausible. A risk analysis undertaken by WG 13 shows what the
30、partial and final risks are. Until now, standardization has addressed the risks through a wide series of standards aiming at the protection against drowning and covering a number of products used in leisure activities on and in the water. There are standards covering the relevant products for activi
31、ties like playing in the water, water sports, boating, diving, learning to swim and even the emergency devices as buoyancy aids and live jackets. Beyond these typical and traditional activities and products, there is a new tendency for the creation and marketing of more and more new products. They a
32、re all aiming to increase pleasure and entertainment on the water but also more speed, action and thrill as far as the new adventurous activities as “tubing”, “white water rafting” etc. is concerned. The new products are partly modified traditional core products or they are derived from them and fur
33、ther developed to something new. Additionally, there is a clear trend to bring more and more formerly land based playground equipment on the water. The term “amphibiation” is justified as in many cases the original function of the product is maintained, i.e. they can be used both ways. Typical examp
34、les for the first mentioned kind of new products are modifications of inflatable boats into a bathing raft in fantasy shape or the further development of the earlier swim-ring into a flotation seat. Examples for “amphibians” exist in inflatable trampolines, climbing installations being put on the wa
35、ter for action and fun. Inflatable floating armchairs and sun loungers including the mini bar and sun shade rather serve for more comfort and relaxation when bathing. This trend is clear and very likely to continue. It can be shown that the nature of these new products provide an equal or even highe
36、r risk potential than the original core products. In parallel, the number of these products override the number of the core products. In cases of collective use, the frequency of use is considerably increased which in turn increases the likelihood of accidents drownings. Drowning is the final risk o
37、f the mentioned product related activities, there are other somewhat lesser evils partial risks which are likely to happen too independently or in combination with the final risk. Having in mind the existing safety related standardization, an evident discrepancy emerges. Standardization in the past
38、was focussed on the core products and has neglected the huge amount of products forming the so called “grey zone”. We always were aware of this fact, but the “grey zone” was so disturbingly complicated and never really considered and investigated. The triggering incident to change this was the swim
39、seat case, its interaction with aquatic toys and all the many related products mentioned above. The fact of negligence highlights the reason. It was due to this inconsistency, variety and complexity that these products were usually excluded from the scopes of related standards. Experts involved in t
40、his standardization work therefore invented the term “grey zone products”. A systematic risk analysis or an investigation in drowning accidents was never made. What matters today is not so much the fact of a disturbing gap in the series of existing standards but the knowledge that there is a number
41、of coincidences: all in all the main user groups of these products are children and adolescents who in turn are the main victims of drowning; BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E)EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 6 the main areas where drowning happens are identical with the areas of use f
42、or such products (rivers, lakes, pools, bathing beaches); the risks can be easily identified partly proven, the increase in numbers and frequencies were already mentioned. 0.2 Equal risk, equal requirement Equality of risks shall lead to an equality of technical rules (risk-/rule-alignment); closing
43、 the standardization gap, completeness; setting of clear boundaries between the product areas in order to avoid incorrect certification (e.g. unjusti-fied CE-Mark), “standard jumping” including escape from tougher standards into weaker ones, contrib-uting to overcome the problems of an extremely wid
44、e and vague definition of aquatic toys in the toy di-rective (88/378/EEC) and the distinction of shallow and deep water as dividing criterion; avoidance of individually established testing procedures by the various test houses in the absence of a unified technical rule. 0.3 Risks and need for preven
45、tion Relevance of drowning is proven (age groups, places, partly product involvement); new products increase frequency of use and amount of products likely to contribute to accident; theoretical risk analysis shows additional risks below the final risk of drowning; plausibility and likelihood of har
46、m to users is evident, so is the probability of adequate safety standards to avoid or minimise this; to contribute positively to the basic problem of parental supervision which is needed and claimed with regard to child activities but in many cases weak, not existing or neglected; safety by utmost i
47、nherent safety by design from the product in addition to this technical safety shall be supplemented through supervision it is recommended for younger children; we have to recognise that there are new trends to bring more and more former land based products on the water, as well as trends to adventu
48、re activities increasing the thrill of water related leisure activities and entertainment; need for prevention. 1 Scope This European Standard specifies safety requirements and test methods related to materials, safety, performance for classified floating leisure articles for use on and in water in
49、accordance with Clause 4 (see Table 1). This document (EN 15649-1) is only applicable with EN 15649-2 and the relevant specific parts (EN 15649-3 to EN 15649-7). NOTE 1 Specific safety requirements are specified in the specific parts EN 156493 to EN 156497. NOTE 2 The specific parts can include exclusions from the general requirements specified in this document and/or EN 156492. BS EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E)EN 15649-1:2009+A2:2013 (E) 6 the main areas where drowning happens are identical with
