SIST EN 71-2:2021+A1:2025
(Main)Safety of toys - Part 2: Flammability
Safety of toys - Part 2: 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; 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.
NOTE Additional requirements for flammability of electric toys are specified in EN IEC 62115.
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 2: Entflammbarkeit
Dieses Dokument legt die Kategorien entflammbarer Werkstoffe fest, deren Verwendung in allem Spielzeug verboten ist, und Anforderungen hinsichtlich der Entflammbarkeit bestimmten Spielzeugs, wenn es einer kleinen Zündquelle ausgesetzt wird.
Die in Abschnitt 5 beschriebenen Prüfverfahren werden zur Bestimmung der Entflammbarkeit von Spielzeug unter den festgelegten Prüfbedingungen angewendet. Die so erhaltenen Prüfergebnisse werden nicht dahingehend betrachtet, dass sie umfassende Angaben für die mögliche Brandgefährdung von Spielzeug oder Werkstoffen zur Verfügung stellen, wenn diese anderen Zündquellen ausgesetzt werden.
Dieses Dokument enthält allgemeine Anforderungen hinsichtlich allen Spielzeugs und besondere Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für folgende Spielzeuge, die als am gefährlichsten angesehen werden:
- auf dem Kopf zu tragendes Spielzeug: Bärte, Schnurrbärte, Perücken usw. aus haarartigem Material oder fließenden Bestandteilen; Masken; Kopfhauben, Kopfschmuck usw.; Hüte aus Papier oder Karton ohne Verzierungen oder befestigte Elemente sind jedoch ausgenommen;
- Rollenspielzeug und Spielzeug, das dazu vorgesehen ist vom Kind als Bekleidung zum Spielen getragen zu werden;
- Spielzeug, das dazu vorgesehen ist vom Kind begangen zu werden, und das aus Textilien und/oder Polymerschichten und -filmen besteht;
- Spielzeug mit weicher Füllung.
ANMERKUNG Zusätzliche Anforderungen hinsichtlich der Entflammbarkeit von elektrischem Spielzeug sind in EN IEC 62115 [2] festgelegt.
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 2: Inflammabilité
Le présent document spécifie les catégories de matériaux inflammables dont l’emploi est prohibé pour tous les jouets, ainsi que les exigences relatives à l’inflammabilité de certains jouets lorsqu’ils sont soumis à une petite source d’allumage.
Les méthodes d’essai décrites à l’Article 5 sont utilisées pour déterminer l’inflammabilité des jouets dans des conditions d’essai particulières spécifiées. Les résultats d’essai ainsi obtenus ne sont pas considérés comme une information générale sur le risque au feu des jouets ou des matériaux lorsqu’ils sont soumis à d’autres sources d’allumage.
Le présent document traite des exigences générales relatives à tous les jouets ainsi que des exigences et des méthodes d’essai particulières concernant les jouets suivants, qui sont considérés comme ceux présentant les dangers les plus importants :
⎯ les jouets conçus pour être portés sur la tête : barbes, moustaches, perruques, etc., constituées d’éléments pileux ou éléments flottants ; masques, capuches, coiffes, etc. ; à l’exclusion toutefois des chapeaux en papier et en carton sans décoration ou élément fixé ;
⎯ les costumes de déguisement et jouets destinés à être portés par l’enfant au cours du jeu ;
⎯ les jouets conçus pour qu’un enfant puisse y entrer, constitués de textiles et/ou de feuilles et films polymères ;
⎯ les jouets souples rembourrés.
NOTE Des exigences supplémentaires relatives à l’inflammabilité des jouets électriques sont spécifiées dans l’EN IEC 62115[2].
Varnost igrač - 2. del: Vnetljivost (vključno z dopolnilom A1)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 71-2:2021
Varnost igrač - 2. del: Vnetljivost (vključno z dopolnilom A1)
Safety of toys - Part 2: Flammability
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 2: Entflammbarkeit
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 2: Inflammabilité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 71-2:2020+A1:2025
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
97.200.50 Igrače Toys
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 71-2:2020+A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.220.40; 97.200.50 Supersedes EN 71-2:2020
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 28 September 2020 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 7 April
2025.
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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United Kingdom.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Requirements . 11
4.1 General requirements !(see A.2)" . 11
4.2 Toys to be worn on the head (see A. 3) . 12
4.2.1 General . 12
4.2.2 Beards, moustaches, wigs, etc., made from pile or flowing elements which protrude
50 mm or more from the surface of the toy . 12
4.2.3 Beards, moustaches, wigs, etc., made from pile or flowing elements which protrude
less than 50 mm from the surface of the toy . 12
4.2.4 Full or partial moulded head masks . 13
4.2.5 Toys to be worn on the head (except those covered by 4.2.2 and 4.2.3), hoods,
headdresses including upward protruding items and masks not covered by 4.2.4
which partially or fully cover the head (e.g. fabric and paperboard masks, eye masks,
face masks), but excluding those items covered by 4.3. 13
4.3 Toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play (see A.4) . 13
4.4 Toys intended to be entered by a child (see A.5) . 13
4.5 Soft-filled toys (see A.6) . 14
5 Test methods . 14
5.1 General . 14
5.1.1 Test burner . 14
5.1.2 Conditioning and test chamber . 14
5.1.3 Test flame . 14
5.2 Test relating to beards, moustaches, wigs, etc., made from pile or flowing elements,
which protrude 50 mm or more from the surface of the toy . 14
5.2.1 Test flame . 14
5.2.2 Test burner position . 14
5.2.3 Test performance . 14
5.3 Test relating to beards, moustaches, wigs, etc., made from pile or flowing elements,
which protrude less than 50 mm from the surface of the toy, and full or partial
moulded head masks !deleted text" . 15
5.3.1 Test flame . 15
5.3.2 Test burner position . 15
5.3.3 Test performance . 15
5.4 Test relating to toys to be worn on the head (4.2.5), hoods, headdresses including
upward protruding items and masks not covered by 4.2.4 which partially or fully
cover the head (e.g. fabric and paperboard masks, eye masks, face masks), toy
disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn or toys intended to be entered by a
child (!see A.7") . 15
5.4.1 Preparation of test specimen . 15
5.4.2 Holding and positioning the test specimen . 19
5.4.3 Test flame . 20
5.4.4 Test burner position . 20
5.4.5 Test performance . 21
5.4.6 Results . 21
5.5 Test for soft-filled toys and certain soft-filled parts of toy disguise costumes. 22
5.5.1 Test flame . 22
5.5.2 Test burner position . 22
5.5.3 Test performance . 22
Annex A (informative) Background and rationale for this document . 23
A.1 General . 23
A.2 General requirements (see 4.1) . 23
A.3 Toys to be worn on the head (see 4.2) . 24
A.4 Toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play (see 4.3) . 29
A.5 Toys intended to be entered by a child (see 4.4) . 31
A.6 Soft-filled toys (see 4.5) . 31
A.7 Test relating to toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be entered by a child
(see 5.4) . 31
A.8 Suggestions to help reduce rate of spread of flames for toy disguise costumes. . 32
A.9 Flowcharts showing how to obtain test specimens from toy disguise costumes . 33
Annex B (informative) !Risk Assessment Guidance: Toy disguise costumes and toys to be
worn on the head . 37
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2009/48/EC aimed to be covered. 39
Bibliography . 40
European foreword
This document (EN 71-2:2020+A1:2025) 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 December 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by June 2026.
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 7 April 2025.
This document supersedes !EN 71-2:2020".
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !".
Additional information on the background and rationale for various requirements are given in Annex A.
!deleted text"
!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."
This document constitutes the second part of the EN 71 series of standards on safety of toys.
EN 71, 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 7: Finger paints — Requirements and test methods
— Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use
— !deleted text"
— Part 10: Organic chemical compounds — Sample preparation and extraction
— Part 11: Organic chemical compounds — Methods of analysis
— Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances
— Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
— Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use
— !Part 15: Formamide in foam toy materials (content)
— Part 16: Certain chlorinated phosphorus flame retardants (TCEP, TCPP, TDCP) in toy materials
— Part 17: Certain isothiazolinones (MIT, CIT, BIT) in aqueous toy materials
— Part 18: Phenol in aqueous (content) and polymeric (migration) toy materials
— Part 19: Migration of bisphenol A from toy materials
— Part 20: Safety of toys — Part 20: Microb
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