FprCEN/TS 17394-1

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
kSIST-TS FprCEN/TS 17394-1:2019
01-september-2019

Tekstilije in tekstilni izdelki - 1. del: Varnost otroških oblačil - Varnost pritrditve

Textiles and textile products - Part 1: Safety of children's clothing - Security of

Textilien und textile Produkte - Teil 1: Sicherheit von Kinderbekleidung - Sicherheit der

Textiles et produits textiles - Partie 1 : Sécurité des vêtements d’enfants - Sécurité

d’attache des composants fixés aux vêtements pour enfants en bas âge - Spécification

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

Textiles et produits textiles - Partie 1 : Sécurité des Textilien und textile Produkte - Teil 1: Sicherheit von

vêtements d'enfants - Sécurité d'attache des Kinderbekleidung - Sicherheit der Befestigung von

composants fixés aux vêtements pour enfants en bas befestigten Komponenten an Kleinkinderbekleidung -

This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Vote. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

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, Turkey and

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change

© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. FprCEN/TS 17394-1:2019 E

European foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 6

4 Requirements ................................................................................................................................................... 8

4.1 Buttons including tack buttons and toggle buttons ............................................................................ 8

4.2 Metal mechanically applied press fasteners ......................................................................................... 8

4.3 All other attached components including non-metal press fastenings, eyelets, textile,

stitched on components ................................................................................................................................ 9

Annex A (informative) Rationale for requirements ..................................................................................... 10

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

This document (FprCEN/TS 17394-1:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248

This document has been developed from CEN/TR 16792, Safety of Children's clothing –

Recommendations for the design and manufacture of children's clothing – Mechanical safety, and is

prEN 17394-2:2019, Safety of children's clothing – Security of attachment of buttons – Test Method

FprCEN/TS 17394-3:2019, Safety of Children's Clothing - Security of Attachment of metal mechanically

FprCEN/TS 17394-4:2019, Safety of Children's clothing – Security of attachment of components except

It is anticipated that this Technical specification will become an EN in due course.

This document provides requirements for security of attachment for clothing components that are

considered as small parts such as buttons, press fasteners, rivets, sequins, diamantes (or pieces of these

components) which fit entirely within the small parts cylinder without compression, for infants'

Release of these small components from clothing is considered to present hazards of choking,

swallowing, ingestion, inhaling (aspiration) or insertion into eye, nose or ears for infants. This age

group is particularly vulnerable as they often do not have the language skills to convey the accident to

In older children and adults, incidents of accidental insertion or swallowing etc are significantly

reduced, predominantly due to the ability of the child to remove the component themselves or to

NOTE 1 The above items are covered by other CEN Technical Committees and as such are out of scope of this

NOTE 2 Disguise costumes including carnival costumes are examples of clothing which are also toys and fall

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.

prEN 17394-2:2019, Safety of children’s clothing – Security of attachment of buttons – Test Method

FprCEN/TS 17394-3:2019, Safety of Children's Clothing - Security of Attachment of metal mechanically

FprCEN/TS 17394-4:2019, Safety of Children's clothing – Security of attachment of components except