SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-49: Particular requirements for commercial electric appliances for keeping food and crockery warm

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Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-49: Besondere Anforderungen für elektrische Geräte zum Warmhalten von Nahrungsmitteln und Geschirr für den gewerblichen Gebrauch

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-49: Règles particulières pour les appareils électriques à usage collectif destinés à maintenir au chaud les aliments et la vaisselle

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-49. del: Posebne zahteve za komercialne gostinske električne grelne omare - Dopolnilo A2

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Jan-2020
• ICS: 97.030 - Domestic electrical appliances in general
• ICS: 97.040.50 - Small kitchen appliances
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 08-Jan-2020
• Due Date: 14-Mar-2020
• Completion Date: 21-Jan-2020
• Directive: Harmonized Standard2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Directive:

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  Harmonized Standard2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
  OJ Ref: L 250, L 250/121 OJ Date: 03-Aug-2020
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2019 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-49: Particular requirements for commercial electric appliances for keeping food and crockery warm

Relations

• Refers: SIST EN ISO 3506-1:2020 - Fasteners - Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners - Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified grades and property classes (ISO 3506-1:2020)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN ISO 3506-4:2025 - Fasteners - Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners - Part 4: Tapping screws with specified grades and hardness classes (ISO 3506-4:2025)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN ISO 898-1:2013 - Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel - Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes - Coarse thread and fine pitch thread (ISO 898-1:2013)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN ISO 3506-3:2025 - Fasteners - Mechanical properties of corrosion resistant stainless steel fasteners - Part 3: Set screws (and similar fasteners not under tensile stress) with specified grades and hardness classes (ISO 3506-3:2025)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN ISO 3506-2:2020 - Fasteners - Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners - Part 2: Nuts with specified grades and property classes (ISO 3506-2:2020)
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN 60584-1:2014 - Thermocouples - Part 1: EMF specifications and tolerances (IEC 60584-1:2013)
• Effective Date: 03-Feb-2026
• Refers: SIST EN IEC 60436:2025 - Electric dishwashers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance (IEC 60436:2025)
• Effective Date: 03-Feb-2026
• Referred By: SIST EN 12976-1:2022 - Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Referred By: SIST EN 12976-1:2017 - Thermal solar systems and components - Factory made systems - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 09-Feb-2026
• Amends: SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-49: Particular requirements for commercial electric hot cupboards
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2020

Overview

SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2020 is a European standard developed by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC/CLC). This document outlines the particular safety requirements for commercial electric appliances used to keep food and crockery warm. It serves as an amendment to the main EN 60335-2-49:2003 standard and aligns with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.

The standard is crucial for manufacturers, importers, and distributors of warming appliances intended for commercial use in environments such as restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, and catering businesses. By adhering to this standard, products demonstrate compliance with essential safety objectives required by the EU Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU).

Key Topics

• Scope and Applicability

  • The standard covers commercial electric appliances designed for keeping both food and crockery warm.
  • Intended for non-household and similar use in commercial kitchens, bakeries, canteens, hospitals, and food-service businesses-not for continuous mass production.

• Safety and Construction Requirements

  • Appliances must be of Class I or Class II construction.
  • Defines requirements for marking, instructions, and warnings, including the use of caution symbols for hot surfaces (IEC 60417-5041).
  • Outlines safe temperature limits for accessible surfaces to prevent burns or injuries.
  • Specifies requirements for electrical safety, including leakage current, electric strength, resistance to heat and fire, and proper assembly of mechanical connections.

• Testing Methods

  • Procedures for measuring surface temperature rise, using appropriate probes and defined contact periods.
  • Specifies laboratory testing for moisture resistance, electrical insulation, and mechanical robustness.

• Marking and Instructions

  • Clear requirements for user instructions and appliance labeling.
  • Visibility of safety markings during operation is emphasized.

Applications

The requirements of SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2020 are relevant to a range of commercial electrical warming appliances, including:

• Warming cabinets and drawers for food service
• Hot plates and serving trolleys
• Plate and crockery warmers for professional kitchens
• Bain-marie units and heated buffet equipment

Primary benefits of standard compliance:

• Enhanced Safety: Reduces risks of burns, electric shock, and fire in commercial food service environments.
• Market Access: Compliance ensures product acceptance within the European Union and EFTA states, supporting CE marking and legal placement on the market.
• User Confidence: Equipment manufactured under this standard assures users of reliable and safe performance.

Businesses relying on these appliances include catering companies, institutional kitchens, bakeries, hotels, and healthcare facilities. By following SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2020, manufacturers and operators can improve workplace safety and demonstrate due diligence in meeting regulatory requirements.

Related Standards

The following standards are referenced or provide complementary requirements relevant to SIST EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2020:

• EN 60335-1: General requirements for household and similar electrical appliances
• IEC 60584-1: Thermocouples - Specifications and tolerances
• ISO 898-1, ISO 3506 (Parts 1-4): Mechanical properties of fasteners
• IEC 60695-2-12: Glow-wire flammability index for resistance to heat and fire
• EN 60335-2-50: Particular requirements for commercial kitchen equipment

Note: Full compliance requires using this standard with EN 60335-1 and consultation of applicable EU directives (e.g., Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU).

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Keywords: EN 60335-2-49, commercial warming appliances, food warming safety, electrical safety standard, low voltage directive, IEC 60335-2-49, CENELEC, CE marking, kitchen equipment compliance, catering appliance standards

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-49. del: Posebne zahteve
za komercialne gostinske električne grelne omare - Dopolnilo A2
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-49: Particular requirements
for commercial electric appliances for keeping food and crockery warm
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-49:
Besondere Anforderungen für elektrische Geräte zum Warmhalten von Nahrungsmitteln
und Geschirr für den gewerblichen Gebrauch
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-49: Règles particulières
pour les appareils électriques à usage collectif destinés à maintenir au chaud les
aliments et la vaisselle
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2019
ICS:
97.040.50 Majhni gospodinjski aparati Small kitchen appliances
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2019
ICS 97.030
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-49:
Particular requirements for commercial electric appliances for
keeping food and crockery warm
(IEC 60335-2-49:2002/A2:2017)
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-49: Règles particulières pour les appareils ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-49: Besondere Anforderungen für
électriques à usage collectif destinés à maintenir au chaud elektrische Geräte zum Warmhalten von Nahrungsmitteln
les aliments et la vaisselle und Geschirr für den gewerblichen Gebrauch
(IEC 60335-2-49:2002/A2:2017) (IEC 60335-2-49:2002/A2:2017)
This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-49:2003; it was approved by CENELEC on 2019-10-08. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2019 E

European foreword
The text of document 61/5363/FDIS, future IEC 60335-2-49/A2, prepared by IEC/TC 61 "Safety of
household and similar electrical appliances" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 60335-2-49:2003/A2:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-07-08
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-10-08
document have to be withdrawn
This amendment supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
– EN 60335-1:2012+A11:2014+ A13:2017+A1:2019+A14:2019+A2:2019 (Part 1)
– EN IEC 60335-2-49:2012+A1:2008+A11:2012(Part 2)
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex(es) ZZ, which is(are) an integral part(s)
of this document.
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment
Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2014/35/EU).
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60335-2-49:2002/A2:2017 was approved by CENELEC as
a European Standard without any modification.
Bibliography
The Bibliography of part 1 is applicable, except that the following notes to be added:
IEC 60335-2-50 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60335-2-50

Annex ZC
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
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.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
The Annex ZC of Part 1 is applicable, with the following additions:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60584-1 -  Thermocouples - Part 1: EMFE N 60584-1 -
specifications and tolerances
ISO 898-1 -  Mechanical properties of fasteners made of - -
carbon steel and alloy steel_- Part_1:
Bolts, screws and studs with specified
property classes_- Coarse thread and fine
pitch thread
ISO 3506-1 -  Mechanical properties of corrosion-EN ISO 3506-1 -
resistant stainless steel fasteners_- Part_1:
Bolts, screws and studs
ISO 3506-2 -  Mechanical properties of corrosion-EN ISO 3506-2 -
resistant stainless steel fasteners_- Part_2:
Nuts
ISO 3506-3 -  Mechanical properties of corrosion-EN ISO 3506-3 -
resistant stainless steel fasteners_- Part_3:
Set screws and similar fasteners not under
tensile stress
ISO 3506-4 -  Mechanical properties of corrosion-EN ISO 3506-4 -
resistant stainless steel fasteners_- Part_4:
Tapping screws
Replace Annex ZZA in the part 1 by the following:
Annex ZZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request relating to
harmonized standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the
making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZA.1 confers, within the limits
of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Compliance with this Part 2 when used together with the Part 1 provides one means of conformity with
the safety objectives.
Table ZZA.1 – Correspondence between this European Standard
and Annex I of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Safety objectives of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s) Remarks/
Directive 2014/35/EU of this EN Notes
1 a) Clauses 4, 7 None
1 b) Clauses 4, 7 None
1 c) Clauses 4, 7 None
Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22,
2 a) None
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22,
2 b) None
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
2 c) Clauses 6, 7, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32 None
Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22,
2 d) None
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
3 a) Clauses 6, 7, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 None
3 b) Clauses 7, 11, 15, 19, 22, 25, 32 None
3 c) Clauses 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 None
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 product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
Annex ZZB
(informative)
The Annex ZZB is not applicable

IEC 60335-2-49 ®
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Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –

Part 2-49: Particular requirements for commercial electric appliances

for keeping food and crockery warm

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Sécurité –

Partie 2-49: Règles particulières pour les appareils électriques à usage collectif

destinés à maintenir au chaud les aliments et la vaisselle

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© IEC 2017
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 61: Safety of household and
similar electrical appliances.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
61/5363/FDIS 61/5391/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
NOTE The attention of National Committees is drawn to the fact that equipment manufacturers and testing
organizations may need a transitional period following publication of a new, amended or revised IEC publication in
which to make products in accordance with the new requirements and to equip themselves for conducting new or
revised tests.
It is the recommendation of the committee that the content of this publication be adopted for implementation
nationally not earlier than 12 months or later than 36 months from the date of publication.

IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
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1 Scope
Add in the second paragraph, the words, “and similar”, after the words, “….not intended for
household”, to read:
“….not intended for household and similar use,…”.
Replace Note 101 by the following:
NOTE 101 These appliances are used for processing food and/or rethermalising it, for example in kitchens of
restaurants, canteens, hospitals and in commercial enterprises such as bakeries, butcheries, etc.

IEC 60335-2-49:2002/AMD2:2017 – 3 –
© IEC 2017
Replace the third dashed item of Note 103 by the following dashed item:
– appliances for continuous mass production of food;
2 Normative references
Replace the existing text by the following:
This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows.
Addition:
IEC 60584-1, Thermocouples – Part 1: EMF specifications and tolerances
ISO 898-1, Mechanical properties of fa
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