SIST EN 71-2:2006
(Main)Safety of toys - Flammability
Safety of toys - Flammability
This European Standard specifies the categories of flammable materials which are prohibited in all toys, and requirements concerning flammability of certain toys when they are subjected to a small source of ignition.
The test methods described in Clause 5 are used for the purposes of determining the flammability of toys under the particular test conditions specified. The test results thus obtained cannot be considered as providing an overall indication of the potential fire hazard of toys or materials when subjected to other sources of ignition.
This European Standard includes general requirements relating to all toys and specific requirements and methods of test relating to the following toys, which are considered as being those presenting the greatest hazard:
- toys to be worn on the head: beards, moustaches, wigs etc. made from hair, pile or material with similar features; moulded and fabric masks; hoods, head-dresses etc.; flowing elements of toys to be worn on the head, but excluding paper novelty hats of the type usually supplied in party crackers;
- toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play;
- toys intended to be entered by a child;
- soft-filled toys (animals and dolls etc.) with a piled surface or textile surface.
NOTE Additional requirements for flammability of electric toys are specified in EN 50088, Safety of electric toys and EN 62115, Electric toys - Safety (IEC 62115 : 2003 + A1 :2004, modified)
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 2: Entflammbarkeit
Sécurité des jouets - Inflammabilité
La présente Norme européenne spécifie les catégories de matériaux inflammables dont l’emploi est prohibé pour tous les jouets, ainsi que les exigences relatives a l’inflammabilité de certains jouets lorsqu’ils sont soumis a une petite source d’allumage.
Les méthodes d’essai décrites a l’Article 5 sont utilisées pour déterminer l’inflammabilité des jouets dans des conditions d’essai particulieres spécifiées. Les résultats d’essai ainsi obtenus ne peuvent pas etre considérés comme une information générale sur le risque au feu des jouets ou des matériaux lorsqu’ils sont soumis a d’autres sources d’allumage.
La présente Norme européenne traite des exigences générales relatives a tous les jouets et des exigences et des méthodes d’essai particulieres concernant les jouets suivants, qui sont considérés comme ceux présentant les risques les plus importants :
- les jouets conçus pour etre portés sur la tete : barbes, moustaches, perruques, etc., constituées de cheveux, éléments pileux ou autres matériaux présentant des fonctions similaires ; les masques moulés et masques en tissu ; capuches, coiffes, etc. ; éléments flottants de jouets conçus pour etre portés sur la tete, mais a l’exclusion des chapeaux fantaisie en papier, tels que ceux fournis dans les diablotins ;
- les costumes de déguisement et jouets destinés a etre portés par l’enfant au cours du jeu ;
- les jouets conçus pour qu’un enfant puisse y entrer ;
- les jouets souples rembourrés (animaux et poupées, etc.) comportant une surface pileuse ou textile.
NOTE Des exigences supplémentaires relatives a l’inflammabilité des jouets électriques sont spécifiées dans l’EN 50088, Sécurité des jouets électriques et l’EN 62115, Jouets électriques – Sécurité (CEI 62115:2003 + A1:2004, modifiée).
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Safety of toys - Flammability
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 2: Entflammbarkeit
Sécurité des jouets - Inflammabilité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 71-2:2006
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
97.200.50 ,JUDþH Toys
SIST EN 71-2:2006 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 71-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2006
ICS 97.200.50 Supersedes EN 71-2:2003
English Version
Safety of toys - Part 2: Flammability
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 2: Inflammabilité Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 2: Entflammbarkeit
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 November 2005.
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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official
versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
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Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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EN 71-2:2006 (E)
Contents
page
Foreword .3
Introduction.4
1 Scope (see A.2) .5
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions.6
4 Requirements .7
4.1 General (see A.3).7
4.2 Toys to be worn on the head.7
4.3 Toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play (see A.5).8
4.4 Toys intended to be entered by a child (see A.6) .9
4.5 Soft-filled toys (animals and dolls, etc) with a piled or textile surface .9
5 Methods of test .9
5.1 General .9
5.2 Test relating to beards, moustaches, wigs etc., made of hair, pile or material with similar
features (e.g. free-hanging ribbons, paper or cloth strands) protruding 50 mm or more from
the surface of the toy.10
5.3 Test relating to beards, moustaches, wigs etc., made of hair, pile or material with similar
features (e.g. free-hanging ribbons, paper or cloth strands), protruding less than 50 mm from
the surface of the toy and full or partial moulded head masks .10
5.4 Test relating to flowing elements of toys to be worn on the head (except those covered by
4.2.2 and 4.2.3), hoods, head-dresses etc. and fabric masks which partially or fully cover the
head, disguise costumes and toys intended to be entered by a child.11
5.5 Test for soft-filled toys with a maximum dimension of 520 mm or less .14
5.6 Test for soft-filled toys with a maximum dimension greater than 520 mm.14
6 Test report .17
Annex A (informative) Background and rationale for this European Standard .18
A.1 General .18
A.2 Scope .18
A.3 General requirements (see 4.1).18
A.4 Toys to be worn on the head: beards, moustaches, wigs etc., made from hair, pile or material
with similar features; moulded and fabric masks; hoods, head-dresses etc.; flowing elements
of toys to be worn on the head, but excluding paper novelty hats of the type usually supplied
in party crackers (see 4.2) .18
A.5 Toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play (see 4.3) .18
A.6 Toys intended to be entered by a child (see 4.4).19
A.7 Test relating to disguise costumes and toys intended to be entered by a child (see 5.4.2) .19
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential requirements or
other provisions of EU Directives.20
Bibliography.21
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Foreword
This European Standard (EN 71-2:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 52 “Safety of toys”,
the secretariat of which is held by DS.
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 July 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
July 2006.
This document supersedes EN 71-2:2003.
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this European Standard.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Introduction
This European Standard for the safety of toys consists of the following parts:
Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
Part 2: Flammability
Part 3: Migration of certain elements
Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities
Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
Part 6: Graphical symbol for age warning labelling
Part 7: Finger paints — Requirements and test methods
Part 8: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use
Part 9: Organic chemical compounds — Requirements
Part 10: Organic chemical compounds – Sample preparation and extraction
Part 11: Organic chemical compounds – Methods of analysis
This European Standard is Part 2 of the standard for safety of toys, EN 71, and should be read in conjunction with
Part 1.
There are very few accident data concerning the hazards associated with the flammability of toys.
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1 Scope (see A.2)
This European Standard specifies the categories of flammable materials which are prohibited in all toys, and
requirements concerning flammability of certain toys when they are subjected to a small source of ignition.
The test methods described in Clause 5 are used for the purposes of determining the flammability of toys under the
particular test conditions specified. The test results thus obtained cannot be considered as providing an overall
indication of the potential fire hazard of toys or materials when subjected to other sources of ignition.
This European Standard includes general requirements relating to all toys and specific requirements and methods
of test relating to the following toys, which are considered as being those presenting the greatest hazard:
toys to be worn on the head: beards, moustaches, wigs etc. made from hair, pile or material with similar
features; moulded and fabric masks; hoods, head-dresses etc.; flowing elements of toys to be worn on the
head, but excluding paper novelty hats of the type usually supplied in party crackers;
toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play;
toys intended to be entered by a child;
soft-filled toys (animals and dolls etc.) with a piled surface or textile surface.
NOTE Additional requirements for flammability of electric toys are specified in EN 50088, Safety of electric toys and EN
62115, Electric toys - Safety (IEC 62115 : 2003 + A1 :2004, modified)
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2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this European Standard. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
EN 71-5:1993, Safety of toys — Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
EN ISO 2431:1996, Paints and varnishes — Determination of flow time by use of flow cups (ISO 2431 :1993,
including Technical Corrigendum 1:1994)
EN ISO 6941:2003, Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically
oriented specimens (ISO 6941:2003)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE Terms defined in this clause appear in italics throughout this European Standard.
3.1
flammability
ability of a material or a product to burn with a flame under specified test conditions
3.2
flaming debris
material that becomes detached from the sample during the test procedure and continues to flame as it falls
3.3
hair
slender flexible fibres intended to represent hair (see 4.2)
3.4
soft-filled toys
toy, clothed or unclothed, with soft body surfaces and filled with soft material, allowing compression of the main part
of the toy readily with the hand (see EN 71-1)
3.5
surface flash
rapid spread of flame over the surface of a material without ignition of its base structure at the same time
[EN 1103:1995]
3.6
molten drips
falling droplets of molten material
3.7
flammable liquids
preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21 °C and less than or equal to 55 °C
3.8
highly flammable liquids
preparations having a flash point below 21 °C
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4 Requirements
4.1 General (see A.3)
The following materials shall not be used in the manufacture of toys:
celluloid (cellulose nitrate), except when used in varnish, paint or glue, or in balls of the type used for table
tennis or similar games, and materials with the same behaviour in fire as celluloid. Specific materials to which
the test flame is applied in order to check compliance of the toy with requirements in 4.2 to 4.5 are considered
to comply with this requirement if the toy meets its appropriate requirements in 4.2 to 4.5;
materials with a piled surface which produce surface flash on the approach of a flame. Piled surfaces showing
no momentary area of flame over the area of the piled surface remote from the test flame are considered to
meet this requirement;
highly flammable solids.
In addition, toys shall not contain flammable gases, highly flammable liquids, flammable liquids, flammable gels
except as provided for below:
flammable liquids, flammable gels and preparations supplied in sealed containers having a maximum volume
of 15 ml per container;
highly flammable liquids and flammable liquids being entirely retained within a porous material in capillary
channels of writing instruments;
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flammable liquids with a viscosity greater than 260 x 10 m /s corresponding to a flow time of more than 38 s
when determined in accordance with EN ISO 2431 using cup No. 6;
highly flammable liquids contained in toys covered in EN 71-5.
NOTE Different legal requirements may exist in non-EU countries.
4.2 Toys to be worn on the head
4.2.1 General
The requirements of 4.2 apply to
beards, moustaches, wigs etc. made from hair, pile or material with similar features,
moulded and fabric masks,
hoods, head-dresses etc.,
flowing elements of toys to be worn on the head,
but not to paper novelty hats of the type usually supplied in party crackers (see A.4).
When a product incorporates several features, for example a hat with an attached mask and hair, each part shall
be tested separately to the applicable clause relevant to that particular part of the toy.
Attachments made from elastic or string which are used for the purpose of securing a mask, hat etc. on the head
shall not be tested.
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4.2.2 Beards, moustaches, wigs etc., made from hair, pile or material with similar features (e.g. free-
hanging ribbons, paper or cloth strands etc.), which protrude more than or equal to 50 mm from the
surface of the toy
These materials may or may not be attached to masks, hats or other products worn on the head.
When tested in accordance with 5.2, the duration of flaming shall not be more than 2 s after the removal of the test
flame.
In addition, if ignition occurs, the maximum burnt length of hair, pile, or material with similar features shall be:
a) not more than 50 % of the greatest initial length, when the initial length was 150 mm or more;
b) not more than 75 % of the greatest initial length, when the initial length was less than 150 mm
When determining whether materials are required to be tested under 4.2.2, the distance by which the material
protrudes shall be measured without applying tension to the protruding part, e.g. curly hair is not straightened.
Plaits or braided hair shall be fully released and combed, where possible, before testing.
4.2.3 Beards, moustaches, wigs etc. made from hair, pile or material with similar features (e.g. free-
hanging ribbons, paper or cloth strands etc.), which protrude less than 50 mm from the surface of the toy
These materials may or may not be attached to masks, hats or other products worn on the head.
When tested in accordance with 5.3, the duration of flaming shall not be more than 2 s after the removal of the test
flame, and the maximum distance between the upper edge of the burnt area and the point of application of the test
flame shall not be more than 70 mm.
4.2.4 Full or partial moulded head masks
When tested in accordance with 5.3, the duration of flaming shall not be more than 2 s after the removal of the test
flame. The maximum distance between the upper edge of the burnt area and the point of application of the test
flame shall not be more than 70 mm. Cardboard partial masks with no hair, pile or other attachments (other than
those for securing the toys) are excluded.
4.2.5 Flowing elements of toys to be worn on the head (except those covered by 4.2.2 and 4.2.3), hoods,
head-dresses etc. and fabric masks which partially or fully cover the head, but excluding those items
covered by 4.3
When tested in accordance with 5.4, the rate of spread of flame of the material shall not exceed 10 mm/s or shall
self-extinguish before the second marker thread is severed.
4.3 Toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play (see A.5)
These include for example cowboy suits, nurses outfits etc. and long flowing capes etc. not attached to headwear
covered by 4.2.5.
If there is insufficient material to obtain a test sample of at least 610 mm x 100 mm, it is permissible to use a test
sample made up of two separate pieces of material measuring 310 mm x 100 mm which - when fitted together with
an overlap of 10 mm (see 5.4.1) - will constitute a test sample of 610 mm x 100 mm.
When tested in accordance with 5.4, the rate of spread of flame shall not exceed 30 mm/s or shall self-extinguish
before the second marker thread is severed.
If the rate of spread of flame is between 10 mm/s and 30 mm/s, both the toy and the packaging shall be
permanently marked with the following warning: “Warning! Keep away from fire”.
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4.4 Toys intended to be entered by a child (see A.6)
These include for example toy tents, puppet theatres, wigwams and play tunnels.
When tested in accordance with 5.4, the rate of spread of flame shall not exceed 30 mm/s or shall self-extinguish
before the second marker thread is severed.
When tested in accordance with 5.4, if the sample has a rate of spread of flame g
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