EN 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care

Deals with the safety of electric appliances for the care of skin or hair of persons or animals, intended for household and similar purposes. The rated voltage of the appliance being not more than 250 V.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-23: Besondere Anforderungen für Geräte zur Behandlung von Haut oder Haar

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-23: Règles particulières pour les appareils destinés aux soins de la peau ou des cheveux

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-23. del: Posebne zahteve za aparate za nego kože ali las (IEC 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008)

Obravnava varnost električnih aparatov za nego kože ali las ljudi ali živali za gospodinjsko in podobno uporabo. Nazivna napetost aparata ne presega 250 V.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-May-2008
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Apr-2013
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.170 - Body care equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 61 - IEC_TC_61
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 61 - IEC_TC_61
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 28-May-2008
• Completion Date: 28-May-2008
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• 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: 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
• Directive: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care

Relations

• Replaced By: EN IEC 60335-2-23:2023 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care
• Effective Date: 26-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 60335-2-23:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Revised: EN IEC 60335-2-23:2023/A11:2023 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care
• Effective Date: 27-Jan-2015

Overview

EN 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008 is the CENELEC amendment to the European adoption of IEC 60335-2-23. It specifies particular safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliances intended for skin or hair care. Amendment A1 (approved 2008-04-16) refines normative references, marking and instruction details, abnormal-operation tests and bibliographic cross-references to support harmonized national implementation.

This document is essential for manufacturers, testing laboratories and conformity assessment bodies involved with electrical skin- and hair-care appliances, such as hairdryers, styling tools and skin-treatment devices.

Key Topics

• Scope and status: Amendment A1 supplements EN 60335-2-23:2003 and was to be implemented nationally by 2009-02-01, with conflicting national standards withdrawn by 2013-05-01.
• Normative references: The amendment updates references (for example replacing ISO 3864 by ISO 3864-1) and aligns graphical symbols and safety-sign principles with current standards.
• Marking and instructions: Specific references are updated to IEC 60417-5582 (2002-10) and ISO 3864-1 to ensure consistent safety markings and user information across languages and markets.
• Abnormal operation tests: The amendment clarifies hairdryer abnormal-operation procedures. Hairdryers are operated until steady conditions, then motor voltage is reduced while maintaining the heating element input at 1.15 times rated power. Voltage reduction rates specified:
  • 1 V per minute for motors with working voltage ≤ 30 V
  • 5 V per minute for motors with working voltage > 30 V These procedural details assist test laboratories in reproducing realistic abnormal conditions and verifying thermal protection performance.
• Cross-application notes: If an appliance within this Part 2 includes specific features (e.g., ion generators), the amendment notes applicability of other Part 2 standards such as IEC 60335-2-65 where reasonable.

Applications

This standard and amendment A1 are applied to:

• Product design and risk assessment for hairdryers, styling tools and skin-treatment appliances
• Test protocols for thermal cut‑outs, electrical safety, mechanical strength and marking verification
• Technical documentation used in CE marking and national conformity procedures

Benefits include clearer test requirements, harmonized marking guidance and reduced divergence in national implementations.

Related Standards

• IEC 60335-2-23 (base international standard)
• IEC 60335-2-17 (blankets, pads and similar flexible heating appliances)
• IEC 60335-2-65 (air-cleaning appliances; relevant where ion generators are incorporated)
• ISO 13732-1 (methods for assessment of human responses to hot surfaces)
• IEC 60417-5582 and ISO 3864-1 (graphical symbols and safety signs)

Practical note: Manufacturers and test houses should adopt the amendment's updated references and test procedures to ensure compliance and to streamline market access across CENELEC member countries.

Standards Content (Sample)

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01-september-2008
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Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-23: Particular requirements
for appliances for skin or hair care
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-23:
Besondere Anforderungen für Geräte zur Behandelung von Haut oder Haar
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-23: Règles particulières
pour les appareils destinés aux soins de la peau ou des cheveux
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.170 Oprema za nego telesa Body care equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60335-2-23/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2008
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.120; 97.170
English version
Household and similar electrical appliances -
Safety -
Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or hair care
(IEC 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008)
Appareils électrodomestiques  Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte
et analogues - für den Hausgebrauch
Sécurité - und ähnliche Zwecke -
Partie 2-23: Règles particulières Teil 2-23: Besondere Anforderungen
pour les appareils destinés für Geräte zur Behandelung
aux soins de la peau ou des cheveux von Haut oder Haar
(CEI 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008) (IEC 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008)

This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-23:2003; it was approved by CENELEC
on 2008-04-16. 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.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This amendment exists 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
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2008 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60335-2-23:2003/A1:2008 E

Foreword
The text of document 61/3411/FDIS, future amendment 1 to IEC 60335-2-23:2003, prepared by
IEC Technical Committee 61, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A1 to EN 60335-2-23:2003
on 2008-04-16.
The following dates are applicable:
- latest date by which the amendment has to be
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2009-02-01
- date on which national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2013-05-01
This amendment supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of EN 60335-2-23:2003.
There are no special national conditions causing a deviation from this amendment.
There are no national deviations from this amendment.
p NOTE  In this document, p is used in the margin to indicate instructions for preparing the printed version.
____________
Endorsement notice
The text of amendment 1:2008 to the International Standard IEC 60335-2-23:2003 was approved by
CENELEC as an amendment to the European Standard without any modification.
p In the Bibliography, add the following notes to the standards mentioned:
IEC 60335-2-17 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60335-2-17:2002 (not modified).
IEC 60335-2-65 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60335-2-65:2003 (not modified).
ISO 13732-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13732-1:2006 (not modified).
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p Add:
Annex ZC
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
Replace the reference to ISO 3864 by:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
1)
ISO 3864-1 – Graphical symbols – Safety colours and – –
safety signs –
Part 1: Design principles for safety signs
in workplaces and public areas

1)
Undated reference.
IEC 60335-2-23
Edition 5.0 2008-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –
Part 2-23: Particular requirements for appliances for skin or
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