EN 17885:2023/prA1

Candle accessories - Specification for fire safety and product safety labels

This document specifies requirements and test methods for the fire safety of candle accessories, as well as safety information ‎and requirements on how safety information will be displayed.
The safety requirements and test methods specified in this document are intended to cover the most common risks.
This document does not specify requirements or test methods for uncommon risks arising from the unforeseen combination of accessories and candles.

Kerzenzubehör - Spezifikation für die Feuersicherheit und Produktsicherheitskennzeichnung

Der folgende Absatz ist am Ende des Abschnitts zu ergänzen:
„Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar für Geburtstagskerzenhalter, die nur eine Kerze aufnehmen können und keine Pyrotechnik enthalten.“

Accessoires pour bougies - Spécification relative à la sécurité incendie et étiquetages de sécurité du produit

Ajouter l'alinéa suivant à la fin de l'article.
« Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux porte-bougies pour gâteaux d’anniversaire qui ne peuvent supporter qu’une seule bougie et qui ne contiennent pas d’éléments pyrotechniques. »

Dodatki za sveče - Specifikacija za oznake za požarno varnost in varnost izdelkov - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 20-Oct-2026
• ICS: 13.220.40 - Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products
• ICS: 71.100.99 - Other products of the chemical industry
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 369 - Project Committee - Candle fire safety
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 369 - Project Committee - Candle fire safety
• Current Stage: 4097 - End of interruption of work - split/merged
• Start Date: 12-Mar-2025
• Completion Date: 14-Apr-2025
• Ref Project: SIST EN 17885:2023/oprA1:2025 - Candle accessories - Specification for fire safety and product safety labels

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 17885:2023+A1:2025 - Candle accessories - Specification for fire safety and product safety labels
• Effective Date: 17-Mar-2025
• Amends: EN 17885:2023 - Candle Accessories - Specification for fire safety and product safety labels
• Effective Date: 17-Jul-2024

Overview

EN 17885:2023/prA1 is a CEN technical specification focused on candle accessories - fire safety and product safety labels. The document specifies general requirements and test methods for the fire performance of accessories used with candles and sets out how safety information must be presented on product labels. It is intended to address the most common hazards associated with candle accessories; it does not cover uncommon or unforeseen risks from unusual combinations of accessories and candles. The draft amendment prA1 (Nov 2024) from CEN/TC 369 updates the scope and flammability clauses and is submitted for enquiry.

Key topics and requirements

• Fire safety requirements: Specifies performance requirements to reduce ignition and burning risks for materials and components used as candle accessories.
• Test methods: Defines the types of tests and evaluation methods to assess flammability and burning behaviour of accessory materials (details in the standard text).
• Product safety labels: Sets requirements for safety information content and how safety information is displayed (legibility, symbols, language, placement).
• Scope limits: Covers the most common risks only; does not apply to uncommon risks arising from unforeseen combinations of accessories and candles.
• Amendment prA1 changes: Adds a scope clarification excluding birthday cake candle holders that can hold only one candle and do not contain pyrotechnics; modifies the flammability clause accordingly (see full amendment text for precise legal effect).
• Standards language and applicability: Published by CEN and prepared by CEN/TC 369; available in EN official languages with translations allowed by national bodies.

Applications - Who uses this standard

• Manufacturers and designers of candle accessories (holders, rings, trays, decorative attachments) to design products that meet fire safety and labelling expectations.
• Product safety and compliance teams to develop compliant labels and instructions for safe use.
• Testing and certification laboratories that perform flammability and product-safety label evaluations.
• Retailers and importers verifying supplier compliance before market placement.
• Regulators and standardization bodies referencing harmonized requirements for consumer protection.

Related guidance

• Consult CEN/TC 369 publications for broader candle fire safety guidance and any national implementations of EN 17885.
• For integrated product compliance, consider complementary EU/national product safety and labelling regulations applicable to consumer goods and flame-risk products.

Keywords: EN 17885:2023/prA1, candle accessories, fire safety, product safety labels, CEN, flammability, test methods, safety information.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Dodatki za sveče - Specifikacija za oznake za požarno varnost in varnost izdelkov -
Dopolnilo A1
Candle accessories - Specification for fire safety and product safety labels
Kerzenzubehör - Spezifikation für die Feuersicherheit und
Produktsicherheitskennzeichnung
Accessoires pour bougies - Spécification relative à la sécurité incendie et étiquetages de
sécurité du produit
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 17885:2023/prA1
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
71.100.99 Drugi proizvodi kemijske Other products of the
industrije chemical industry
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 17885:2023
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
November 2024
ICS 13.220.40; 71.100.99
English Version
Candle accessories - Specification for fire safety and
product safety labels
Accessoires pour bougies - Spécification relative à la Kerzenzubehör - Spezifikation für die Feuersicherheit
sécurité incendie et étiquetages de sécurité du produit und Produktsicherheitskennzeichnung
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 369.

This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 17885:2023. 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
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