prEN 18102

Child care articles - Children’s bedguards for domestic use - Safety requirements and test methods

This document specifies safety requirements and test methods for children’s bedguards for domestic use intended for use with junior or adult beds.
These bedguards, when used in conjunction with a bed/mattress combination, are intended to prevent children aged between 18 months and 4 years from falling out of bed.
This document is not applicable to bedguards designed for adult use, or to bedguards which are an integral part of a bed, i.e. a permanent fixture not intended to be detached.
If the bedguard has several functions or can be converted into another function, the relevant European standard/s apply to it.

Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Kinderbettschutzgitter für den Wohnbereich

Dieses Dokument legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Kinderbettschutzgitter für den Wohnbereich fest, die zur Verwendung in Betten für Kinder oder Erwachsene vorgesehen sind.
Diese Bettschutzgitter sollen in Verbindung mit einer Bett-Matratzen-Kombination verhindern, dass Kinder im Alter zwischen 18 Monaten und 4 Jahren aus dem Bett fallen.
Dieses Dokument gilt weder für Bettschutzgitter, die für Erwachsene bestimmt sind, noch für Bettschutzgitter, die ein fester Bestandteil des Bettes sind, d. h. eine dauerhafte Einrichtung, die nicht abgenommen werden kann.
Falls das Bettschutzgitter mehrere Funktionen aufweist oder für eine andere Funktion umgewandelt werden kann, gilt/gelten dafür jeweils die einschlägige(n) Europäische(n) Norm(en).

Articles de puériculture - Barrières de lit pour enfant à usage domestique - Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d’essai

Le présent document spécifie les exigences de sécurité et les méthodes d’essai pour les barrières de lit pour enfant à usage domestique destinées à être utilisées avec des lits d’enfant ou d’adulte.
Ces barrières de lit, lorsqu’elles sont utilisées avec une combinaison lit/matelas, sont destinées à empêcher les enfants de 18 mois à 4 ans de tomber du lit.
Le présent document n’est pas applicable aux barrières de lit conçues pour un usage par un adulte, ni aux barrières de lit qui font partie intégrante d’un lit, c’est-à-dire qui sont fixées de manière permanente et qui ne sont pas prévues pour être détachées.
Si la barrière de lit offre plusieurs fonctions ou peut être convertie en une autre fonction, la ou les Normes européennes pertinentes s’appliquent.

Izdelki za otroke - Varnostne ograje za otroške posteljice za domačo uporabo - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 05-Dec-2023
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 252 - Child use and care articles
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 252/WG 4 - Early learning and protection
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 05-Sep-2024
• Due Date: 11-Oct-2022
• Completion Date: 05-Sep-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/264 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC in the field of consumer safety related to the safety of child-care articles
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 18102:2024 - Child care articles - Children’s bedguards for domestic use - Safety requirements and test methods

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2024
Izdelki za otroke - Varnostne ograje za otroške posteljice za domačo uporabo -
Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode
Child care articles - Children’s bedguards for domestic use - Safety requirements and
test methods
Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren für Kinderbettschutzgitter für den Wohnbereich
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18102
ICS:
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2024
ICS 97.190
English Version
Child care articles - Children's bedguards for domestic use
- Safety requirements and test methods

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 252.
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
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© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 18102:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Test equipment . 6
4.1 Tolerances . 6
4.2 Test surface . 6
4.3 Test mattress . 6
4.4 Small parts cylinder . 7
4.5 Test probes . 7
4.6 Ball chain loop and spherical mass . 7
4.7 Ball chain loop and spherical mass . 8
4.8 Test mass . 10
5 General requirements and test conditions . 10
5.1 Product conditioning . 10
5.2 Test conditions . 10
6 Chemical hazards . 10
6.1 General. 10
6.2 Migration of certain elements (see A.2) . 10
6.3 Formaldehyde (see A.2). 11
6.4 Colourants (see A.2) . 11
6.5 Aniline (see A.2) . 12
7 Thermal hazards . 12
7.1 Requirements . 12
7.2 Test method . 12
8 Mechanical hazards . 12
8.1 General. 12
8.2 Choking and ingestion hazards (see A.3.2) . 12
8.3 Suffocation hazards (see A.3.3) . 13
8.4 Entrapment hazards (see A.3.4) . 14
8.5 Hazards due to folding of the product (see A.3.5) . 15
8.6 Entanglement hazards (see A.3.6) . 16
8.7 Protrusion and projection hazards (see A.3.7) . 17
8.8 Hazardous edges (see A.3.8) . 17
8.9 Protective function (see A.3.9) . 17
8.10 Structural integrity (see A.3.10) . 17
9 Product information . 19
9.1 General. 19
9.2 Marking . 19
9.3 Purchase information. 19
9.4 Instructions for use . 20
Annex A (informative) Rationales . 22
A.1 General . 22
A.2 Chemical hazards (Clause 6). 22
A.3 Mechanical hazards (Clause 8) . 22
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the safety
requirements of Directive 2001/95/EC aimed to be covered . 24
Bibliography . 27
European foreword
This document (prEN 18102:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 252 “Child care
articles”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
1 Scope
This document specifies safety requirements and test methods for children’s bedguards for domestic
use intended for use with junior or adult beds.
These bedguards, when used in conjunction with a bed/mattress combination, are intended to prevent
children aged between 18 months and 4 years from falling out of bed.
This document is not applicable to bedguards designed for adult use, or to bedguards which are an
integral part of a bed, i.e. a permanent fixture not intended to be detached.
If the bedguard has several functions or can be converted into another function, the relevant European
standard/s apply to it.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 71-2:2020, Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability
EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021, Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements
EN 71-10:2005, Safety of toys — Part 10: Organic chemical compounds — Sample preparation and
extraction
EN 71-11:2005, Safety of toys — Part 11: Organic chemical compounds — Methods of analysis
EN 622-1:2003, Fibreboards — Specifications — Part 1: General requirements
EN 717-1:2004, Wood-based panels — Determination of formaldehyde release — Part 1: Formaldehyde
emission by the chamber method
EN ISO 105-A03:2019, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part A03: Grey scale for assessing staining
(ISO 105-A03:2019)
EN ISO 2439:2008, Flexible cellular polymeric materials — Determination of hardness (indentation
technique) (ISO 2439:2008)
EN ISO 14184-1:2011, Textiles — Determination of formaldehyde — Part 1: Free and hydrolysed
formaldehyde (water extraction method) (ISO 14184-1:2011)
EN ISO 14362-1:2017, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo
colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants accessible with and without extracting
the fibres (ISO 14362-1:2017)
EN ISO 17234-1:2020, Leather — Chemical tests for the determination of certain azo colourants in dyed
leathers — Part 1: Determination of certain aromatic amines derived from azo colorants (ISO 17234-
1:2020)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
underframe
part of the bedguard which fits under the mattress
Note 1 to entry: The underframe is sometimes referred to as the “arm”, “leg” or “horizontal member”.
3.2
single-sided bedguard
bedguard with a vertical element on one side of the bed only, intended to fit against one long side of a
mattress
3.3
double-sided bedguard
bedguard with a vertical element on both sides of the bed, intended to fit against both long sides of a
mattress
4 Test equipment
4.1 Tolerances
Unless otherwise specified, the accuracy of the test equipment shall be:
a) Forces: ±5 % of the nominal force;
b) Masses: ±0,5 % of the nominal mass;
c) Dimensions: ±1 mm;
d) Angles: ±0,5°;
e) Time: ±1 s.
The tests are described in terms of the application of f
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