SIST EN 14988:2017+A2:2024
(Main + Amendment)Children's high chairs - Requirements and test methods
Children's high chairs - Requirements and test methods
This European Standard specifies safety requirements for free standing children's high chairs that elevate children to dining table height usually for the purposes of feeding or eating. Children's high chairs are for children up to 3 years of age who are capable of sitting unaided.
With the exception of special high chairs for medical purposes, this standard applies to children's high chairs for domestic and non-domestic use.
NOTE If a children's high chair has to or can be converted into other functions, additional European Standards may apply.
Kinderhochstühle - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Dieses Dokument legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen an freistehende Kinderhochstühle fest, die ein Kind auf die Höhe eines Esstisches heben, üblicherweise zum Füttern oder Essen. Kinderhochstühle sind für Kinder bis zu einem Alter von 3 Jahren, die eigenständig sitzen können.
Dieses Dokument ist für Kinderhochstühle für den Wohn- und Nicht-Wohnbereich anwendbar, mit Ausnahme von Spezialhochstühlen für medizinische Zwecke.
ANMERKUNG Falls ein Kinderhochstuhl für andere Funktionen umgebaut werden muss oder kann, können zusätzliche Europäische Normen gelten.
Chaises hautes pour enfants - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
Otroški visoki stoli - Zahteve in preskusne metode (vključno z dopolnilom A2)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 14988:2017+A1:2020
Otroški visoki stoli - Zahteve in preskusne metode (vključno z dopolnilom A2)
Children's high chairs - Requirements and test methods
Kinderhochstühle - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Chaises hautes pour enfants - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14988:2017+A2:2024
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.
EN 14988:2017+A2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.140; 97.190 Supersedes EN 14988:2017+A1:2020
English Version
Children's high chairs - Requirements and test methods
Chaises hautes pour enfants - Exigences et méthodes Kinderhochstühle - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
d'essai
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 November 2019 and includes Amendment approved by CEN on 20
November 2023.
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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists 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.
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© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 14988:2017+A2:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 General . 6
4.1 Test conditions . 6
4.2 Application of forces . 6
4.3 Tolerances . 6
4.4 Test sequence . 7
4.5 Determination of the junction line . 7
5 Test equipment . 8
5.1 General . 8
5.2 Test mass A . 8
5.3 Impact hammer . 8
5.4 Large loading pad . 9
5.5 Small loading pad . 9
5.6 Stops . 10
5.7 Floor surface . 10
5.8 Beams . 10
5.9 Probes for finger entrapment . 10
5.10 Test mass B . 10
5.11 Small parts cylinder . 10
5.12 Small torso probe . 11
5.13 Test mass C . 11
5.14 Leg probe . 12
5.15 Wedge block . 12
5.16 Large head probe . 13
5.17 Impactor . 14
5.18 Wood block . 14
5.19 Feeler gauge . 14
5.20 Test mass D . 14
6 Chemical hazards - Migration of certain elements (see A.2) . 14
7 Thermal hazards (see A.3) . 15
8 Mechanical hazards (see A.4) . 15
8.1 Hazards caused by folding of the product . 15
8.2 Hazards caused by height adjustment . 16
8.3 Entrapment hazards (see A.4.1) . 17
8.4 Hazards caused by moving parts (see A.4.2) . 17
8.5 Entanglement hazards (see A.4.3) . 18
8.6 Choking and ingestion hazards (see A.4.4) . 19
8.7 Hazards caused by edges, corners and protruding parts (see A.4.6) . 21
8.8 Strength and durability hazards (Structural integrity, see A.4.7) . 21
8.9 Hazards from falls out of the high chair (see A.4.8) . 24
8.10 Suffocation hazards (see A.4.5) . 33
8.11 Castors and wheels (see A.4.9) . 33
8.12 Stability (see A.A.4.10) . 35
9 Marking and product information . 39
9.1 General . 39
9.2 Marking . 39
9.3 Instructions for use . 40
9.4 Purchase information . 41
Annex A (informative) Rationales . 42
A.1 Introduction. 42
A.2 Chemical hazards (see Clause 6) . 42
A.3 Thermal hazards (see Clause 7) . 42
A.4 Mechanical hazards (see Clause 8) . 42
Annex B (informative) A- deviations . 45
Annex C #Deleted text$ . 47
Bibliography . 50
European foreword
This document (EN 14988:2017+A2:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 364
"High Chairs", the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2024, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by April 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2019-03-29, and Amendment 2 approved
by CEN on 2023-11-30.
This document supersedes #EN 14988-1:2017+A1:2020$.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !"
and #$.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
This document contains the following main modifications in comparison to the previous versions:
— EN 14988-1:2006+A1:2012 and EN 14988-2:2006+A1:2012 have been merged into one single
document;
— complete review of the standard in a hazard base format;
— modifications necessary to comply with European Decision 2013/121/EU;
— addition of a dynamic strength test;
— inclusion of specific requirements for high chair with more than two castors/wheels;
— improvement of restraint system requirements to require a passive crotch restraint for products
with a horizontal component in front of the baby.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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 the
United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies safety requirements for free standing children's high chairs that elev
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