prEN 16156

Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity - Safety requirement

This document specifies fire safety requirement for cigarettes.

Zigaretten - Beurteilung der Zündneigung - Sicherheitsanforderung

Dieses Dokument legt die Brandsicherheitsanforderung für Zigaretten fest.

Cigarettes - Évaluation du potentiel incendiaire - Prescription de sécurité

Le présent document spécifie la prescription de sécurité incendie applicable aux cigarettes.

Cigarete - Ocenjevanje nagnjenosti k vžigu - Varnostne zahteve

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 11-Aug-2025
• ICS: 13.220.40 - Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products
• ICS: 65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 401 - Project Committee - RIP Cigarettes
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 401 - Project Committee - RIP Cigarettes
• Current Stage: 6055 - CEN Ratification completed (DOR) - Publishing
• Start Date: 12-Jun-2024
• Due Date: 15-Jul-2025
• Completion Date: 12-Jun-2024
• Directive: 2001/95/EC - Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety
• Mandate: M/425 - Standardisation mandate to CEN relative to the fire safety requirement for cigarettes
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 16156:2023 - Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity - Safety requirement

Relations

• Revises: EN 16156:2010 - Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity - Safety requirement
• Effective Date: 03-May-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 16156:2023
01-oktober-2023
Cigarete - Ocenjevanje nagnjenosti k vžigu - Varnostne zahteve
Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity - Safety requirement
Zigaretten - Beurteilung der Zündneigung - Sicherheitsanforderung
Cigarettes - Évaluation du potentiel incendiaire - Prescription de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16156
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
65.160 Tobak, tobačni izdelki in Tobacco, tobacco products
oprema and related equipment
oSIST prEN 16156:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 16156
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

August 2023
ICS 13.220.40; 65.160 Will supersede EN 16156:2010
English Version

Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity - Safety
requirement
Cigarettes - Evaluation du potentiel incendiaire - Zigaretten - Beurteilung der Zündneigung -
Prescription de sécurité Sicherheitsanforderung
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 401.

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.

This draft European Standard 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, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye 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.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2023 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 16156:2023 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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prEN 16156:2023 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Requirements . 5
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the safety
requirements of Directive 2001/95/EC aimed to be covered . 6
Bibliography . 7

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prEN 16156:2023 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 16156:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 401 “Project
Committee - Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
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