SIST EN ISO 25649-4:2025

Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B devices (ISO 25649-4:2024)

This document specifies additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B floating leisure articles for use on and in the water regardless whether the buoyancy is achieved by inflation or inherent buoyant material.
This document is applicable for Class B floating leisure articles as specified in ISO 25649-1:2024, Table 1.
Class B devices provide a buoyant structure with one or more body openings into which the user is positioned partly immersed.
NOTE 1        Typical products in Class B (see Annex B):
—      floating rafts with interior body holding system (“swim seats”) mostly in circular or square shape, fantasy shape for playing purposes;
—      floating fantasy shaped structures with one or more openings to host a child’s body, with or without body holding system;
—      floating with slits or openings to put legs through any shape;
—      floating rings with interior seat segments inside the circular body opening.
NOTE 2        Typical places for application:
—      pools;
—      protected areas of lakes, ponds;
—      protected areas of sea shore (no offshore winds, no currents).

Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche besondere sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Artikel der Klasse B (ISO 25649-4:2024)

Dieses Dokument legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren in Bezug auf Materialien, Sicherheit und Gebrauchstauglichkeit sowie Verbraucherinformationen für klassifizierte schwimmende Freizeitartikel für den Gebrauch auf und im Wasser nach ISO 25649-1:20xx fest.
Dieses Dokument ist in Zusammenhang mit ISO 25649-1:20xx und ISO 25649-2:20xx anzuwenden.
Dieses Dokument gilt für schwimmende Freizeitartikel für den Gebrauch auf und im Wasser der Klasse B nach ISO 25649-1:20xx, unabhängig davon, ob der Auftrieb durch Aufblasen oder durch selbstschwimmendes Material erzielt wird.
Klasse B Geräte weisen eine Auftriebsstruktur mit einer oder mehreren Körperöffnungen auf, in denen der Benutzer mit teilweise eingetauchtem Körper positioniert ist.
ANMERKUNG 1 Typische Produkte der Klasse B (siehe Anhang B):
- floßartige Geräte mit innerem Körperhaltesystem („Schwimmsitze“) häufig in ring- oder rahmenförmiger Ausführung, Fantasiegebilde zu Spielzwecken;
- schwimmende Fantasiegebilde mit einer oder mehreren Öffnungen zur Aufnahme eines Kindes, mit oder ohne Körperhaltesystem;
- Flöße, beliebiger Form, mit Schlitzen oder Öffnungen zum Durchstecken der Beine;
- Schwimmringe mit inneren Sitzelementen innerhalb der Körperöffnung.
ANMERKUNG 2 Typische Orte der Verwendung:
- Schwimmbecken;
- geschützte Bereiche von Seen, Teichen;
- geschützte Bereiche der Küste (kein ablandiger Wind, keine Strömungen).

Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe B (ISO 25649-4:2024)

Le présent document spécifie des méthodes d’essai et des exigences de sécurité spécifiques supplémentaires pour les articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l’eau de Classe B, que la flottabilité soit obtenue par gonflage ou par un matériau ayant une flottabilité propre.
Le présent document s’applique aux articles de loisirs flottants de Classe B spécifiés dans l’ISO 25649-1:2024, Tableau 1.
Les dispositifs de Classe B comportent une structure flottante avec une ou plusieurs ouvertures pour le corps dans lesquelles l’utilisateur se trouve dans une position partiellement immergée.
NOTE 1        Produits types relevant de Classe B (voir l’Annexe B):
—      radeaux flottants avec un dispositif de retenue du corps à l’intérieur (« sièges flottants »), principalement de forme circulaire ou carrée, de forme fantaisiste pour les applications de jeux;
—      structures flottantes de forme fantaisiste avec une ou plusieurs ouvertures prévues pour le corps de l’enfant, avec ou sans dispositif de retenue du corps;
—      articles flottants avec des fentes ou des ouvertures pour mettre ses jambes, ayant des formes variées;
—      bouées avec des segments de siège à l’intérieur de l’ouverture circulaire prévue pour le corps.
NOTE 2        Lieux d’utilisation types:
—      piscines;
—      zones protégées des lacs, étangs;
—      zones protégées en bord de mer (pas de vent de terre ni de courant).

Plavajoči pripomočki za prosti čas, ki se uporabljajo na vodi in v njej - 4. del: Dodatne posebne varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode za pripomočke razreda B (ISO 25649-4:2024)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 19-Dec-2021
• Publication Date: 04-Feb-2025
• ICS: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment
• Technical Committee: SPO - Sports
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 29-Jan-2025
• Due Date: 05-Apr-2025
• Completion Date: 05-Feb-2025
• Directive: 2001/95/EC - Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety
• Mandate: M/372 - Standardisation mandate to CEN relating to floating leisure products for use on or in the water
• Ref Project: EN ISO 25649-4:2024 - Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for Class B devices (ISO 25649-4:2024)

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 25649-4:2017 - Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements andtest methods for Class B devices (ISO 25649-4:2017)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2025

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 25649-4:2017
Plavajoči pripomočki za prosti čas, ki se uporabljajo na vodi in v njej - 4. del:
Dodatne posebne varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode za pripomočke razreda
B (ISO 25649-4:2024)
Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part 4: Additional specific safety
requirements and test methods for Class B devices (ISO 25649-4:2024)
Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und im Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche
besondere sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Artikel der Klasse
B (ISO 25649-4:2024)
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et
méthodes d'essai complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe B (ISO 25649-
4:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 25649-4:2024
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 25649-4
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.220.40 Supersedes EN ISO 25649-4:2017
English Version
Floating leisure articles for use on and in the water - Part
4: Additional specific safety requirements and test
methods for Class B devices (ISO 25649-4:2024)
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l'eau - Schwimmende Freizeitartikel zum Gebrauch auf und
Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai im Wasser - Teil 4: Zusätzliche besondere
complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe B sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
(ISO 25649-4:2024) Prüfverfahren für Artikel der Klasse B (ISO 25649-
4:2024)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 November 2024.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety
requirements of Directive 2001/95/EC aimed to be covered . 4

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 25649-4:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 83 "Sports
and other recreational facilities and equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC
136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment” the secretariat of which is held
by DIN.
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 May 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 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 supersedes EN ISO 25649-4:2017.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
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, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 25649-4:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 25649-4:2024 without any
modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European standard and the safety requirements
of Directive 2001/95/EC aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request Mandate
M/372 Floating leisure products for use on or in the water to provide one voluntary means of
conforming to the product safety requirements for floating leisure products for use on or in the water
pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive
2001/95/EC, compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers,
within the limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding
safety requirements set in the Directive and specified in the request M/372 and associated EFTA
regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Commission Decision No
2005/323/EC of 21/04/2005 implementing the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC
and Commission's standardization request M/372 for floating leisure articles for use on or in the
water
Correspondence between this European Clause(s)/subclause(s) of   Remarks/Notes
Standard and the Safety Requirements this EN ISO 25649-4
of
Commission Decision No 2005/323/EC
implementing the Directive 2001/95/EC
and specified in the request M/372
C.1 Specific safety requirements
C.1 (a) floating stability in accordance with 4.4, 4.5
the intended and foreseeable use;
C.1 (b) minimum buoyancy and, in case of 4.4, 4.5
inflatable articles, residual buoyancy after
failure of one air chamber. Additionally
retention of function where appropriate
and in particular where collective use is
intended or likely;
C.1 (d) easy escape in case of capsizing, 4.4.5, 4.5.4, A.5, A.7.5
avoidance of any other forms of
entrapments or entanglement regarding
parts of the human body
C.1 (e) means to facilitate re-embarkation N/A
in particular where collective use is
intended as well as means of getting hold
when in the water in an emergency;
C.1 (f) presence of a reliable quick release N/A
for products moved (towed) at high speed;
Correspondence between this European Clause(s)/subclause(s) of   Remarks/Notes
Standard and the Safety Requirements this EN ISO 25649-4
of
Commission Decision No 2005/323/EC
implementing the Directive 2001/95/EC
and specified in the request M/372
C.2 Warnings and information in respect of cautious use of the product
C.2 (a) labelling regarding limitation of use:
—  Number of users 4.2
—  Total weight 4.2
—  Risks linked to wind 4.1, Clause 5
—  currents and tides 4.1, Clause 5
—  specifications on distance from shore 4.1, Clause 5
—  height 4.1, Clause 5
—  speed 4.1, Clause 5
—  interactions with other products and 4.1, Clause 5
objects (safety distance)
—  foreseeable misuse 4.1, Clause 5
C.2 (b) Warning “Attention: no protection Clause 5
against drowning. Swimmers only”
C.2 (c) Use of adequate personal protective Clause 5
equipment (PEE) against drowning and for
impact resistance.
C.2 (d) Instruction of inflation and pressure 5.4
conditions, maintenance, repair, storage
and disposal (repeated use and aging
process)
C.2 (e) specific warnings for categories of 5.2, 5.3, 5.4.2, 5.4.4
consumers at risk when using product
(children, non-swimmers, elderly, etc.)
WARNING 1 Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 Other Union legislation may be applicable to the products falling within the scope of
this standard.
International
Standard
ISO 25649-4
Second edition
Floating leisure articles for use on
2024-10
and in the water —
Part 4:
Additional specific safety
requirements and test methods for
Class B devices
Articles de loisirs flottants à utiliser sur ou dans l’eau —
Partie 4: Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d’essai
complémentaires propres aux dispositifs de Classe B
Reference number
ISO 25649-4:2024(en) © ISO 2024

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ISO 25649-4:2024(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Safety requirements and test methods . 2
4.1 General .2
4.2 Sizing .3
4.2.1 Sizing of B1 devices, fit to user’s body and test probes .3
4.2.2 Sizing of B2.1 (being-in type) devices, loose fit to body .4
4.2.3 Sizing of B2.2 (sitting-on type) devices, loose fit to the body .5
4.3 Strength of entire device Class B1 .5
4.3.1 Requirement .5
4.3.2 Strength of entire device Class B1, test method . .7
4.4 In-water performance of Class B1 devices .8
4.4.1 In-water behaviour, static floating stability of Class B1 devices for children of
4 years old to 8 years old .8
4.4.2 In
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