FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026

• Abstract:

  This European standard deals with the safety of electric warming plates, warming trays and similar appliances intended to keep food or vessels warm, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V including direct current (DC) supplied appliances and battery-operated appliances.

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 01-Apr-2027
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.040.50 - Small kitchen appliances
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive:

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  2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Mandate: M/536 - [C(2015)536] Standardisation request as regards radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/oprAA:2026 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-12: Particular requirements for warming plates and similar appliances

• Amends: FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-12: Particular requirements for warming plates and similar appliances
• Effective Date: 05-Oct-2024

FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 is a CENELEC draft amendment to the European standard for the safety of electric warming plates, warming trays and similar appliances. It applies to household and similar use, with rated voltage up to 250 V, including DC-supplied and battery-operated appliances, and it updates the safety text, marking, test provisions and EU legal links for that product family.

What does FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 specify?

FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 modifies prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026. The base standard deals with the safety of electric warming plates, warming trays and similar appliances intended to keep food or vessels warm for household and similar purposes.

The amendment is read together with Part 1 and is organized as changes to the introduction, scope, normative references, terms and definitions, marking and instructions, heating, moisture resistance, abnormal operation, mechanical strength, the annexes and the bibliography.

Annex	What it covers
ZA	Normative references to international publications and their European publications
ZZA	Relationship with the safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU (Low Voltage Directive, LVD)
ZZB	Relationship with Regulation 2024/1230/EU - marked not applicable
ZZC	Relationship with the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU (Radio Equipment Directive, RED)

The amendment also states that the document contains requirements for appliances with radio function, remote communication and remote operation.

What are the key requirements of FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026?

FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 mainly tightens how the appliance is described, marked and tested. For manufacturers and test labs, the practical effect is that design, instructions and safety verification need to reflect children, vulnerable people, domestic animals, surface temperatures and the actual installation position of the appliance.

• Clause 1, Scope broadens the safety wording to reasonably foreseeable hazards for people and domestic animals in and around the home, while excluding vibration, pulse and mechanical hazards from ships, aircraft and vehicles. In practice, the appliance is assessed for home use conditions, not transport-environment hazards.
• Clause 3.1.9 adds that if there is doubt about the most unfavourable condition, the test is repeated with or without a shallow pan. In practice, the test set-up must cover both possibilities when the worst case is unclear.
• Clause 7, Marking and instructions requires the warning text to be in an official language of the country of sale, and the warning or symbol to be placed on the touchable surface with the highest temperature and visible during normal operation. This matters because users must be able to see the warning where the heat risk is greatest.
• Clause 7.12 extends the instruction content for reduced-capability users, children and domestic animals, including supervision, age 8 supervision conditions, keeping the appliance out of reach of children under 8 and domestic animals, and checking for domestic animals in a compartment or cavity before use. This affects manuals, safety notices and product labelling.
• Clause 7.14 and 7.15 update warning presentation and wording, including a minimum 4 mm height for the text “CAUTION. Hot surface” and replacing “hot surfaces” with “external accessible surfaces”. In practice, the safety message must be readable and tied to surfaces a user can actually touch.
• Clause 11, Heating changes the temperature-rise assessment for external front, top and rear surfaces touchable by test probe B of EN 61032. The allowed rise depends on whether the appliance is installed below or above 850 mm from the floor, and other external surfaces follow Table 101. This means thermal testing must reflect installation height and the exact accessible surface area.
• Clauses 15, 19 and 21 remove the word “approximately” from several checks, and Clause 21.101 specifically refers to all glass-ceramic or similar surfaces. In practice, the test language becomes more definite and the mechanical-strength assessment is aimed at the full relevant surface rather than only one part.
• Annexes ZZA and ZZC link the standard to the LVD and RED and say that, when cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, compliance with the normative clauses can give a presumption of conformity within the scope of the standard. The amendment also notes that routine tests are not covered.

What terms does FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 define?

• Warming plate - an electric appliance intended to keep food or vessels warm.
• Warming tray - a similar appliance used for the same keeping-warm purpose.
• Radio appliance - used in this scope with the same meaning as radio equipment.
• Appliance - used in this scope with the same meaning as equipment.
• Test probe B - the probe from EN 61032 used to check which external surfaces are touchable.
• LVD - the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, which Annex ZZA maps to the standard.
• RED - the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, which Annex ZZC maps to the standard.

Who uses FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026?

FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 is used by manufacturers of warming plates, warming trays and similar small kitchen appliances, especially when products include radio functions or remote operation. It is also used by test laboratories, compliance teams, certification bodies, quality managers and buyers who need to check whether a product design, marking set and test plan match the safety requirements for household and similar use.

What changed in FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 from the previous edition?

FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 supersedes EN 60335-2-12:2003+A1:2008+A2:2019+A11:2019. The changes stated in the document include requirements and instructions for children, vulnerable people and domestic animals, lower maximum temperature rises for external accessible surfaces under normal operating conditions, date references in Annex ZA, and new Annexes ZZA and ZZC to link the standard with the LVD and RED. The document also states that routine tests are not covered.

Which standards are used with FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026?

The amendment refers to EN IEC 60335-1:2023 as Part 1, so the Part 2 requirements are used together with the general safety requirements of the series. It also updates the normative references to IEC 60320-1:2021 for appliance couplers and IEC 60584-1 for thermocouples, which support connector and temperature-measurement related testing. Annex ZZA and Annex ZZC then connect the document to the LVD and RED.

What does the FprEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/FprAA:2026 document contain?

The document is mainly a set of amendments to the base Part 2 standard rather than a full rewrite. It contains clause-by-clause changes to the scope, references, definitions, marking, heating, moisture resistance, abnormal operation and mechanical strength, plus updated annex text for EU legal alignment.

It also includes the correspondence tables in Annex ZZA and Annex ZZC, which map clauses to the safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU and the essential requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU. Clause 11 and Table 101 are especially important for testing, because they define how external surface temperature rise is checked on touchable areas and how installation height affects the limits.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2026
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-12. del: Posebne zahteve
za grelne plošče in podobne aparate - Dopolnilo AA
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-12: Particular requirements
for warming plates and similar appliances
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-12:
Besondere Anforderungen für Warmhalteplatten und ähnliche Geräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-12: Exigences
particulières pour les chauffe-plats et appareils analogues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAA:2026
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.040.50 Majhni gospodinjski aparati Small kitchen appliances
oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2- en
12:2026/oprAA:2026
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
April 2026
ICS 13.120; 97.040.50 -
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-12:
Particular requirements for warming plates and similar
appliances
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-12: Règles particulières pour les chauffe-plats et ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-12: Besondere Anforderungen für
appareils analogues Warmhalteplatten und ähnliche Geräte
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026; it is submitted to CENELEC
members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2026-07-17.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 61.

If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the 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 Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAB:2026 (E)
Contents Page
16 European foreword . 3
17 1 Modification to the Introduction. 4
18 2 Modification to Clause 1 “Scope” . 4
19 3 Modification to Clause 2 “Normative references”. 4
20 4 Modification to Clause 3 “ Terms and definitions” . 5
21 5 Modification to Clause 7 “ Marking and instructions . 5
22 6 Modification to Clause 11 “Heating” . 6
23 7 Modification to Clause 15 “Moisture resistance”. 6
24 8 Modification to Clause 19 “ Abnormal operation” . 6
25 9 Modification to Clause 21 “Mechanical strength”. 7
26 10 Modification to the annexes . 7
27 11 Modification to Bibliography . 13
prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAB:2026 (E)
28 European foreword
29 This document (prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAB:2026) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 “Safety of household
30 and similar electrical appliances”.
31 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
32 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dav + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dav + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dav + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
33 This document is read in conjunction with prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026.
34 prEN IEC 60335-2-12/prAB:2026 includes the following significant technical modifications:
35 — Introduce requirements and instruction for children, vulnerable people and domestic animals;
36 — Introduce the reduction of Maximum temperature rises of external accessible surfaces under normal
37 operating conditions;
38 — Introduce the date references in Annex ZA;
39 — Introduce the Annexes ZZA and ZZC to link the standard with LVD and RED;
40 — Routine tests are not covered by this standard.
41 The numbering system for European clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes that are additional
42 to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letter “Z”.
43 This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the European
44 Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA State subsequently approves these requests for its Member
45 States.
46 For the relationship with EU legislation, see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZC, which are an integral part of
47 this document.
48 Secretary’s note: The text contained in the Secretary’s notes will be removed from the standard before
49 publication, as it is provided solely to inform stakeholders about the reasons for introducing the European
50 common modifications
prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAB:2026 (E)
51 1 Modification to the Introduction
52 Delete the words “manufacturer's”.
53 2 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope”
54 Replace the paragraph starting from “As far as is practicable …” up to “…children playing with the appliance.”
55 with the following:
56 “This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards of intended use presented by appliances, which
57 are encountered by all persons and domestic animals in and around the home.
58 The vibration, pulse and mechanical hazards caused by environmental condition in board ships, aircraft and
59 vehicles are not covered by this document.”
60 Convert the paragraph starting with “Attention is drawn to the…” into a note.
61 Addition:
62 With European Amendment A11 the EN 60335-2-12:2003+A1:2008+A2:2019+A11:2019 is superseded.
63 This European Amendment A11, supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
64 — EN IEC 60335-1:2023 (Part 1)
65 — EN IEC 60335-2-12:2026 (Part 2)
66 Secretary’s note: The above addition has been moved from the Introduction (informative text) to the Scope
67 (normative text) of the standard following discussions with the HAS consultants. According to an EC decision
68 (document GROW.H.3/SM/MH/DT 12/1/2024), Part 1 must be referenced by date in Part 2. Consequently, the
69 standard has been included in Clause 2, “Normative references”.
70 This document contains requirements for appliances with radio function, remote communication, and remote
71 operation.
72 For the scope of this document, the term radio appliance is used with the same meaning of radio equipment.
73 For the scope of this document, the term appliance is used with the same meaning of equipment.
74 Secretary’s note: the above sentence has been modified in base of the RED HAS comment. The same
75 sentence are included also in clause 3 “Term and Definitions”
76 Compliance with this Part 2 when used together with the Part 1 provides one means of conformity with the
77 safety objectives as listed in Table ZZA.1 and Table ZZC.1.
78 3 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references”
79 Modification:
80 Delete the reference to IEC 60320-1.
81 Secretary’s note: The HAS consultant observed that in Part 1, IEC 60320-1 is cited in Clause 2 without a date,
82 while in this Part 2 it is cited again in Clause 2 with the date “2021.” To avoid duplication, the undated reference
83 in Part 1 will be removed, and the dated reference in Part 2 will be retained.

As impacted by EN IEC 60335-1:2023/A11:2023 and EN IEC 60335-1:2023/prAB:2026.
prEN IEC 60335-2-12:2026/prAB:2026 (E)
84 Addition:
85 EN IEC 60335-1:2023, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
86 Secretary’s note: Part 1 (EN IEC 60335-1:2023 + A11:2023 + prA12:2026) shall not be included in Annex ZA,
87 in accordance with document BT181/DG17869/DV, “Guidance document for the preparation of Annex ZA”.
88 4 Modification to Clause 3, “Terms and definitions”
89 3.1.9 Add the following sentence in the paragraph starting with “The appliance is operated without…”
90 “If there is doubt which condition is the most unfavourable, the test is repeated with or without a shallow pan.”
91 5 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions”
92 7.1 Addition:
93 The text shall be written in an official language of the country in which the appliance is to be sold. The warning
94 or symbol shall be put on the touchable surface of the appliance having the highest temperature and shall be
95 visible during normal operation.
96 7.12 Modification
97 Replace the fourth paragraph starting with “This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including
98 children)…” with the following:
99 “The instructions shall state the substance of the following, if applicable:
100 — This appliance may be used by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of
101 experience and knowledge, when they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the
102 appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
103 — This appliance may be used by children from the age 8 years if they are continuously supervised.
104 — Children and domestic animals should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
105 — Keep the appliance out of reach of children aged less than 8 years and domestic animals.
106 — Cle
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