prEN 1647

Leisure accommodation vehicles - Caravan holiday homes - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety

This document specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.

Bewohnbare Freizeitfahrzeuge - Mobilheime - Anforderungen an den Wohnbereich hinsichtlich Gesundheit und Sicherheit

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen fest, die für die Sicherheit und Gesundheit von Personen gedacht sind, wenn diese Mobilheime, wie in EN 13878 definiert, zeitweilig oder saisonbedingt bewohnen.
Es legt die Festigkeitsklassen gegen Schneelasten und die Stabilität des Aufbaus von Mobilheimen sowie die Mindestangaben, die in einem Benutzerhandbuch enthalten sein müssen, fest.
Es legt auch die entsprechenden Prüfverfahren fest.

Véhicules habitables de loisirs - Résidences mobiles - Exigences d'habitation relatives à la santé et à la sécurité

Le présent document spécifie les exigences destinées à assurer la sécurité et protéger la santé des personnes utilisant des résidences mobiles telles que définies dans l’EN 13878, comme logements temporaires ou saisonniers.
Il définit les classes de résistance aux charges de neige et indique les conditions à respecter pour assurer la stabilité de la structure des résidences mobiles, ainsi que les informations minimales devant figurer dans le manuel d’utilisation.
Il spécifie également les méthodes d’essai correspondantes.

Bivalna počitniška vozila - Premične počitniške hišice - Zdravstvene in varnostne zahteve za bivanje

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 14-Oct-2025
• ICS: 43.100 - Passenger cars. Caravans and light trailers
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 245 - Leisure accommodation vehicles
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 245/WG 6 - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety, and 12V direct current extra low voltage electrical installations
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 19-Sep-2024
• Due Date: 21-Aug-2024
• Completion Date: 19-Sep-2024
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1647:2024 - Leisure accommodation vehicles - Caravan holiday homes - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety

Relations

• Revises: EN 1647:2018+A1:2021 - Leisure accommodation vehicles - Caravan holiday homes - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety
• Effective Date: 12-Jul-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2024
Bivalna počitniška vozila - Premične počitniške hišice - Zdravstvene in varnostne
zahteve za bivanje
Leisure accommodation vehicles - Caravan holiday homes - Habitation requirements
relating to health and safety
Bewohnbare Freizeitfahrzeuge - Mobilheime - Anforderungen an den Wohnbereich
hinsichtlich Gesundheit und Sicherheit
Véhicules habitables de loisirs - Résidences mobiles - Exigences d'habitation relatives à
la santé et à la sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1647
ICS:
43.100 Osebni avtomobili. Bivalne Passenger cars. Caravans
prikolice in lahke prikolice and light trailers
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2024
ICS 43.100 Will supersede EN 1647:2018+A1:2021
English Version
Leisure accommodation vehicles - Caravan holiday homes
- Habitation requirements relating to health and safety
Véhicules habitables de loisirs - Résidences mobiles - Bewohnbare Freizeitfahrzeuge - Mobilheime -
Exigences d'habitation relatives à la santé et à la Anforderungen an den Wohnbereich hinsichtlich
sécurité Gesundheit und Sicherheit
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 245.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
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Contents Page
European foreword . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Testing . 8
5 Design and construction . 9
5.1 Occupancy . 9
5.2 Ceiling height . 9
5.3 Glazed areas . 9
5.4 Doors . 9
5.5 Glazing . 9
5.6 Classification of thermal insulation and heating . 9
5.7 Roof space ventilation . 10
5.8 Underfloor . 10
5.9 Fire behaviour of materials . 10
5.10 Stability (resistance to overturning) . 10
5.11 Structural classification of caravan holiday homes . 10
6 Internal equipment . 11
6.1 Bunks . 11
6.1.1 General. 11
6.1.2 Mattress and/or upholstery . 11
6.1.3 Clearance . 11
6.1.4 Protection against falling out . 11
6.1.5 Mechanical strength . 12
6.1.6 Security of folding bunks . 12
6.1.7 Access to high level bunks . 12
6.1.8 Protection against entrapment . 12
6.2 Cooking appliance . 13
6.3 Toilets . 13
6.3.1 General. 13
6.3.2 Toilets connected to water supply system . 13
6.3.3 Toilets not connected to water supply system . 13
6.4 Lighting . 13
6.5 Appliances . 13
7 Drinking water supply and drainage systems . 13
7.1 Drinking water . 13
7.1.1 Supply . 13
7.1.2 Materials . 14
7.1.3 Supply coupling . 14
7.2 Drainage system . 14
8 Installations . 14
8.1 Electricity . 14
8.2 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) . 14
8.3 Natural gas . 14
8.4 Liquid fuel . 14
9 Ventilation . 15
9.1 Safety ventilation . 15
9.2 Additional ventilation . 15
9.2.1 Larder and food storage . 15
9.2.2 Fold-away beds . 15
9.2.3 Wardrobes and bed lockers . 15
10 Fire precautions . 15
10.1 Means of escape . 15
10.1.1 General . 15
10.1.2 Escape path . 15
10.1.3 Sanitation compartments . 15
10.1.4 Emergency doors . 16
10.1.5 Interior doors . 16
10.1.6 Emergency windows and emergency panels . 16
10.1.7 Obstruction of doors, escape paths or emergency exits . 17
10.2 Protection of surfaces adjacent to heat generating appliances . 17
10.3 Protection of flammable elements . 18
10.3.1 Rigid and guided elements . 18
10.3.2 Non-guided elements . 18
10.4 Hotplates . 18
11 Warning notice . 18
11.1 Provision of warning notice . 18
11.2 Content of warning notice . 19
12 User's handbook . 19
Annex A (normative) Thermal insulation - Method of calculation (see 5.6) . 22
A.1 Explanation of terms used . 22
A.2 Objectives of calculation . 22
A.3 Method of calculation . 23
A.3.1 General . 23
A.3.2 Calculation of R , R , R .
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