Footwear - Chemical tests - General principles on the preparation of samples (ISO 21061:2021)

This European Standard specifies preparation of samples for footwear and footwear components to carry out chemical tests.
This International Standard is applicable to all types of footwear and footwear components.
These are general conditions unless otherwise stated in the corresponding test method or product requirements.

Schuhe - Chemische Tests - Allgemeine Grundsätze für die Vorbereitung von Proben (ISO 21061:2021)

Dieses Dokument legt eine Reihe von Verfahren für die Probenvorbereitung von Schuhen und Schuh-bestandteilen zur Durchführung von chemischen Prüfungen fest. Außerdem legt es fest, wie die Proben zu kennzeichnen sind.
Die festgelegten Probenahmeverfahren sind dafür ausgelegt, gleichzeitige chemische Prüfungen für Schuhe zu ermöglichen.
Dieses Dokument ist für alle Arten von Schuhen und Schuhbestandteilen anwendbar.

Chaussures - Essais chimiques - Principes généraux relatifs à la préparation des échantillons (ISO 21061:2021)

Le présent document spécifie un ensemble de modes opératoires pour la préparation d’échantillons de chaussures et de composants de chaussure, dans l’optique de la réalisation d’essais chimiques. Il spécifie en outre la manière de désigner les échantillons.
Les modes opératoires d’échantillonnage spécifiés ci-après ont été conçus de manière à permettre la réalisation d’essais chimiques simultanés sur les chaussures.
Le présent document s’applique à tout type de chaussures et de composants de chaussure.

Obutev - Kemijski preskusi - Splošna načela za pripravo vzorcev (ISO 21061:2021)

Ta evropski standard določa pripravo vzorcev obutve in delov obutve za izvedbo kemijskih preskusov.
Ta mednarodni standard se uporablja za vse vrste obutve in delov obutve.
Gre za splošne pogoje, razen če je v ustrezni preskusni metodi ali zahtevah za izdelek navedeno drugače.

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Start Date
08-Dec-2021
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12-Feb-2022
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN ISO 21061:2022
01-februar-2022
Obutev - Kemijski preskusi - Splošna načela za pripravo vzorcev (ISO 21061:2021)
Footwear - Chemical tests - General principles on the preparation of samples (ISO
21061:2021)
Schuhe - Chemische Tests - Allgemeine Grundsätze für die Vorbereitung von Proben
(ISO 21061:2021)
Chaussures - Essais chimiques - Principes généraux relatifs à la préparation des
échantillons (ISO 21061:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 21061:2021
ICS:
61.060 Obuvala Footwear
SIST EN ISO 21061:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN ISO 21061
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

December 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 61.060
English Version

Footwear - Chemical tests - General principles on the
preparation of samples (ISO 21061:2021)
Chaussures - Essais chimiques - Principes généraux Schuhe - Chemische Tests - Allgemeine Grundsätze für
relatifs à la préparation des échantillons (ISO die Vorbereitung von Proben (ISO 21061:2021)
21061:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 September 2021.

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.

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European foreword
This document (EN ISO 21061:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216
"Footwear" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 309 “Footwear” the secretariat of which
is held by UNE.
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 June 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2022.
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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations 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, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 21061:2021 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 21061:2021 without any modification.

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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 21061
First edition
2021-11
Footwear — Chemical tests — General
principles on the preparation of
samples
Chaussures — Essais chimiques — Principes généraux relatifs à la
préparation des échantillons
Reference number
ISO 21061:2021(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Designation system . 2
4.1 General . 2
4.2 Component part designation. 3
4.3 Colour designation . 3
4.4 Material classification designation . 3
4.5 Useful information designation . 3
5 Preparation of samples .7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Photo and identification of material classification . 7
5.3 Disassembling of footwear . 7
5.4 Testing schedule . 7
5.5 Sampling . 8
5.6 Storage and conditioning . 8
Annex A (normative) Colour designation . 9
Annex B (normative) Procedure for preparation of samples .10
Annex C (normative) Materials used in the footwear industry .11
Bibliography .17
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to
the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see
www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216, Footwear, in collaboration with
the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 309, Footwear, in
accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.
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Introduction
With the development of society and the improvement of people’s living standards, the chemical
safety of footwear has widely gained attention. As more critical substance in footwear and footwear
components are needed, many chemical test methods for critical substances have been developed.
However, there lacks a unified sample preparation method for chemical tests. Due to the complex
materials and structures used in footwear and the different ways in which critical substances exist,
the sample taken from footwear is often not sufficiently homogeneous to give a representative test
specimen. It is thus very difficult to develop a single technique of sampling that can be used in all
circumstances. However, if every material in an article of footwear were tested, it would be a large
amount of work and yield a large test fee. As an example, see Table 1, a common article of footwear
can cut into over 10 kinds of test specimen when carrying out tests for one chemical. So, a sampling
method is needed urgently to provide general rules for preparation of samples, which can reduce and
even prevent the inconsistency of sampling procedures between different laboratories and which can
provide a guarantee for the stability of test results.
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Footwear — Chemical tests — General principles on the
preparation of samples
1 Scope
This document specifies a range of procedures for the sample preparation of footwear and footwear
components to carry out chemical tests. It further specifies how to designate the samples.
The sampling procedures specified are designed to allow concurrent chemical testing for footwear
This document is applicable to all types of footwear and footwear components.
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.
ISO 4044, Leather — Chemical tests — Preparation of chemical test samples
ISO 19952, Footwear — Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 19952 and the following 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
component in contact with the skin
component closely in contact with foot or leg skin during wearing
Note 1 to entry: Foot (leg) skin hose includes sock, stocking, tights, etc.
Note 2 to entry: If a footwear has no lining, the inside of upper should be taken as lining and regarded as
component in contact with the skin.
EXAMPLE Linings, tongues, insoles and insocks are components in contact with the skin.
3.2
accessory
indispensable visible component that has a technical function in the footwear construction
EXAMPLE Fasteners, zipper, laces.
3.3
decorative attachment
component with no functional property and usually designed for aesthetic purpose
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
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Figure 1 — Example of decorative attachment
3.4
accessible component
component that could be directly reached or touched without dismantling or destroying any permanent
joining of the footwear
3.5
inaccessible component
component hidden inside the footwear that cannot be reached or touched without dismantling or
destroying any permanent joining of the footwear
EXAMPLE Foam, shank, toe puff, stiffener, etc.
3.6
combined material
composite material
material constituted of a combination of several different raw materials which cannot be separated
mechanically
EXAMPLE Coated textile/leather (a textile/leather covered by a polymer film), complex upper (upper and
lining are fully stuck by glue or other techniques and it is impossible to separate them), rubber boot upper (the
sock is fully dissolved in rubber), soling material (in injected sole footwear the insole can be fully dissolved in the
sole), foam with adhesive or foam with residues of adhesive, etc.
3.7
composite test sample
mixture of several different test samples of the footwear from the same material classification
3.8
sample
raw, semi-worked, worked, semi-manufactured, manufactured, semi-made-up or made-up product
4 Designation system
4.1 General
For each sample, the following parameters shall be specified:
— component parts;
— colours;
— material classifications;
— any other useful information.
Table 1 gives examples of sample designation.
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4.2 Component part designation
Figure 2 defines the different components of the footwear. Figure 2 shall be used to identify the
components present in the tested footwear (see ISO 19952 for definitions to components listed).
If needed, position terms can be used to further specify the designation of the part. Figures 3 and 4 can
be used as reference.
There are four main positions viewing from above: front, back, lateral and medial. For parts in between,
there are four more sub-positions (see Figure 3). There are two main positions viewing form lateral:
top and lower. For parts in between, there are 4 more sub-positions (see Figure 4).
If the decorative attachments cover more than 50 % of the upper area, as shown in Figure 1, consider
the decorative attachment as an upper.
4.3 Colour designation
The colour of test samples shall be determined according to the colour designation given in Annex A.
4.4 Material classification designation
Specify the material classification of each test sample. The material classification of each test sample
shall be in accordance with Annex C. For example, leather and fur, textile, polymer (including synthetic
materials, plastic etc.), rubber, foam, wood, metal and fibrous board, etc.
In certain cases, it is difficult for laboratories to easily identify the material of the component, for
example:
— Rubber, PU, plastic, foam should be termed as polymers.
— Natural and synthetic fibres should be termed as textiles.
NOTE The material classification can be completed by additional information:
— Leather can be further classified into bovine, sheep, goat, coated bovine, bovine suede, split bovine, etc.
— Textile can be further classified into cotton, silk, polyamide, polyester, fibre blending, etc.
4.5 Useful information designation
For test samples, the information below shall be specified:
— component in contact with the skin or component not in contact with the skin;
— accessory;
— if the component is covered by glue(s);
— accessible component or inaccessible component.
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Key
1 toe puff 9 heel lift 17 interlining
2 welt 10 midsole 18 tongue
3 bottom filling 11 top piece 19 lace hook
4 outsole 12 heel 20 facer
5 decorative attachment 13 quarter 21 lace
6 insock 14 stiffener 22 eyelet
7 insole 15 collar 23 vamp
8 shank 16 lining 24 seam
Figure 2 — Components of footwear
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Table 1 — Example of sample designation
Test sam-
Component part Colour Material classification Useful information
ples
1 Vamp (upper) Black Coated leather
Polyurethane (PU) coat- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
2 Quarter (upper) Black
ed textile pre-test: negative
3 Counter (upper) Dark grey PU coated textile PVC pre-test: negative
component in contact
4 Quarter (lining) Light orange Natural textile
with the skin
component in contact
5 Counter (lining) Light orange Natural textile
with the skin
component in contact
b
6 Counter (lining) Light brown Synthetic textile
with the skin
a
7 Toe puff Dark yellow Polymer
a
8 Stiffener Light grey Polymer
component in contact
9 Vamp (lining) Brown Leather
with the skin
component in contact
10 Insock Brown Leather
with the skin
11 Back lower cushion Grey Foam PVC pre-test: negative
12 Insole Brown combined material
13 Shank Light grey Metal Steel
14 Wedge Dark grey Cellulosic material Paper board
15 Midsole Grey PU PVC pre-test: negative
16 Heel Light grey PU PVC pre-test: negative
17 Top piece Black Rubber
18 Outsole Black Rubber
c
19 Facer White Textile
Decorative attachment,
20 Light yellow Metal Brass
front lateral
Decorative attachment, through rivet
21 Light yellow Metal
back Stainless steel
It is possible that a component is constituted of several materials.
In ce
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 21061:2020
01-junij-2020
Obutev - Kemijski preskusi - Splošna načela za pripravo vzorcev (ISO/DIS
21061:2020)
Footwear - Chemical tests - General principles on the preparation of samples (ISO/DIS
21061:2020)
Schuhe - Chemische Tests - Allgemeine Grundsätze für die Vorbereitung von Proben
(ISO/DIS 21061:2020)
Chaussures - Essais chimiques - Principes généraux relatifs à la préparation des
échantillons (ISO/DIS 21061:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 21061
ICS:
61.060 Obuvala Footwear
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Designation system . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Component part designation . 3
4.3 Colour designation . . 3
4.4 Material classification designation . 3
5 Preparation of samples. 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Photo and identification of material classification . 5
5.3 Disassembling of footwear . 6
5.4 Testing schedule . 6
5.5 Sampling . 6
5.6 Storage and conditioning . 6
Annex A (informative) Colour designation . 8
Annex B (normative) Procedure for preparation of samples . 9
Bibliography .10
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www .iso .org/ directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www .iso .org/ patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see www .iso .org/
iso/ foreword .html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 216, Footwear.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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Introduction
With the development of society and the improvement of people’s living standards, the chemical safety
of footwear has widely gained attention. More critical substance in footwear and footwear components
are required, so many chemical test methods for critical substance have correspondingly been
developed.
However, there lacks a unified sample preparation method for chemical tests. Due to the complex
materials and structures used in footwear, and the different ways that critical substances exist, the
sample taken from footwear often can’t be mixed well to give a representative test piece, so it is very
difficult to develop a single technique of sampling that will serve in all circumstances. But if every
material in an article of footwear were to be tested, it would be a large amount of work and a large test
fee. As an example, in Annex A, a common article of footwear can cut into over 10 kinds of test specimen
when carrying out tests for one chemical. So, a sampling method is needed urgently to provide general
rules for preparation of samples, which can reduce and even prevent the inconsistency sampling
procedure in different laboratories and can provide a guarantee for the stability of test results.
This standard intends to specify terms and definitions, instruction of procedures and some special
examples etc., to give a rough specification for sampling shoes when carrying out chemical tests, and
can be acceptable in meeting the common types of problem encountered in sampling for the assessment
of footwear critical substance content.
The sampling procedures described are designed to allow concurrent chemical testing for footwear.
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