SIST EN 16120:2013/kFprA1:2013

Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat

A-deviation on flammability related hazards of the EN 16120:2012 - Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat

Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sitzerhöhungen für Stühle

Articles de puériculture - Rehausseurs de chaise

Izdelki za otroke - Otroški sedeži, ki se pritrdijo na stol - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 09-Jan-2014
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: OTR - Child use and care article
• Current Stage: 98 - Abandoned project (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 27-Mar-2017
• Due Date: 01-Apr-2017
• Completion Date: 27-Mar-2017
• Ref Project: EN 16120:2012/FprA1 - Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat

Relations

• Consolidated By: SIST EN 16120:2013+A1:2014 - Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2014
• Revised: SIST EN 16120:2013 - Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2013

Overview

This document describes EN 16120:2012/FprA1, a CEN draft amendment to the European standard EN 16120:2012 - Child use and care articles: Chair mounted seat. The amendment adds an informative Annex B (A-deviation) that records national deviations applicable where member countries maintain existing national rules outside CEN competence. The most prominent example is France, where additional flammability requirements supplement Clause 7 of EN 16120 to address textile and covering ignition hazards.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope: Chair mounted seats (rehausseurs de chaise) for infants and young children used on adult chairs.
• A-deviation (national deviation): Clarifies that some countries may enforce national rules in place of or alongside the European standard until they are rescinded.
• French requirement: Under the French decree N° 91‑1292 (20 Dec 1991), materials used in child care articles must be non‑combustible, hardly flammable, or burn slowly with low flame propagation. Consequently:
  • Textiles, coated textile supports and plastic coverings used on chair mounted seats must not exceed a flame propagation rate of 30 mm/s.
  • Testing is to be performed in accordance with clause 5.7 of EN 712:1993.
• Relationship to EN 16120: The amendment does not replace EN 16120:2012 but supplements Clause 7 for jurisdictions recognizing the A-deviation.

Applications and who uses this standard

• Manufacturers and designers of chair mounted seats who must ensure materials and assemblies meet both EN 16120 and any national A‑deviations when selling in specific markets (e.g., France).
• Test laboratories performing flammability testing per EN 712:1993, clause 5.7 to verify compliance with the 30 mm/s limit where applicable.
• Regulatory compliance officers, importers and retailers assessing market access and product documentation for EU and national requirements.
• Standards bodies and certification bodies monitoring harmonization and national deviations (CEN members, CEN/TC 252).

Related standards

• EN 16120:2012 - Base European standard for chair mounted seats (child use and care articles).
• EN 712:1993 - Test method referenced for measuring flame propagation rate (clause 5.7 used by the French deviation).
• CEN Technical Committee: CEN/TC 252 (Child use and care articles).

This amendment highlights the need to check both European standards and national deviations (A‑deviations) when specifying or certifying child care products, particularly for flammability performance in regulated markets.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2013
Izdelki za otroke - Otroški sedeži, ki se pritrdijo na stol - Dopolnilo A1
Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat
Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sitzerhöhungen für Stühle
Articles de puériculture - Rehausseurs de chaise
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 16120:2012/FprA1
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.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 16120:2012
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
October 2013
ICS 97.140; 97.190
English Version
Child use and care articles - Chair mounted seat
Articles de puériculture - Rehausseurs de chaise Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sitzerhöhungen für
Stühle
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 252.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 16120:2012. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and 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.

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