oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/oprAA:2026

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-25: Particular requirements for microwave ovens, including combination microwave ovens

This European Standard deals with the safety of microwave ovens for household and similar use, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-25: Besondere Anforderungen für Mikrowellenkochgeräte und kombinierte Mikrowellenkochgeräte

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-25: Exigences particulières pour les fours à micro-ondes, y compris les fours à micro-ondes combinés

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2. del-25: Posebne zahteve za mikrovalovne pečice, vključno s kombiniranimi mikrovalovnimi pečicami - Dopolnilo AA

Ta evropski standard obravnava varnost mikrovalovnih pečic za gospodinjsko in podobno uporabo, katerih nazivna napetost ne presega 250 V.

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Jun-2026
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.040.20 - Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 21-Apr-2026
• Due Date: 08-Sep-2026
• Directive: 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
• Directive:

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  Harmonized Standard2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2014/55/EU - Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of The Council of 16 April 2014 on Electronic Invoicing in Public Procurement
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Mandate: M/536 - [C(2015)536] Standardisation request as regards radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU
• Mandate: M/585 - standardisation request to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as regards radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Commission Delegated Regulation
• Ref Project: prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/prAA:2026 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-25: Particular requirements for microwave ovens, including combination microwave ovens

Overview

oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/oprAA:2026 is a draft European Standard focusing on the safety of household and similar electrical appliances, specifically addressing particular requirements for microwave ovens, including combination microwave ovens. Established by CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), this standard is applicable to appliances with a rated voltage of not more than 250 V for household use as well as in settings such as shops, hotels, and bed and breakfast environments.

As an update to previous versions (EN IEC 60335-2-25:2021 and its amendments), the 2026 edition introduces important modifications to enhance user safety, address the needs of children and persons with disabilities, and clarify installation and operation instructions. This standard plays a crucial role in meeting the requirements of EU directives relating to domestic electrical safety and the Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU), as well as the Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) for appliances with remote or radio capabilities.

Key Topics

• Scope and Applicability:
  Covers all microwave ovens for domestic and similar purposes, including combination ovens. Applies to a wide range of environments such as private homes, commercial establishments, and similar premises.

• Safety Guidance for Vulnerable Users:
  Introduces explicit requirements ensuring appliances are safe for use by children from age 8 (with supervision), persons with physical, sensory, or mental disabilities, and accommodates the presence of domestic animals.

• Marking and User Instructions:
  Enhances clarity of user manuals and on-product markings. Mandates additional warnings to supervise children and animals, prevent misuse, and instruct on checking the oven cavity prior to use.

• Technical Modifications:

  • Clarifications for mechanical test setups.
  • Adjustments to routine tests, which are now excluded from the current standard.
  • Revised heating and moisture resistance test instructions for built-in installation scenarios.
  • Updated definitions and terminology in line with EU regulations.

• Conformity and Compliance:
  Sets out paths to demonstrate conformity with EU directives, supporting presumption of compliance when used jointly with Part 1 of the EN IEC 60335 series.

Applications

• Product Design and Manufacturing:
  Appliance manufacturers and designers must implement these safety requirements and recommendations to ensure their microwave ovens (including combination units) are safe for domestic and comparable uses. The standard helps address the full lifecycle, including marking, instructions, installation, and maintenance.

• Market Access and CE Marking:
  Compliance facilitates entry into the European market by supporting legal requirements for CE marking under the Low Voltage Directive and Radio Equipment Directive. This assists manufacturers in demonstrating due diligence regarding legislative conformity.

• Testing and Quality Assurance:
  Provides test houses and conformity assessment bodies with a framework for verifying microwave oven safety, focusing on operational hazards, improper use, and foreseeable misuse scenarios.

• Consumer Protection:
  Offers regulators and consumer safety organizations a basis for monitoring and enforcing safety standards in electrical appliances, improving household safety across the European market.

Related Standards

• EN IEC 60335-1:
  Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements.

• EN IEC 60335-2-6:
  Particular requirements for stationary cooking ranges, hobs, ovens, and similar appliances.

• EN IEC 60335-2-9:
  Particular requirements for grills, toasters, and portable cooking appliances.

• IEC 60068-2-6 / IEC 60068-2-27 / IEC 60068-2-52:
  Environmental testing standards for vibration, shock, and salt mist, applicable to appliance reliability.

• IEC 60584-1:
  Specifications and tolerances for thermocouples, relevant for testing and safety assurance.

By adhering to oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/oprAA:2026, manufacturers and stakeholders ensure higher safety, consumer confidence, and compliance with evolving regulatory requirements for household microwave ovens in Europe.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2026
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2. del-25: Posebne zahteve
za mikrovalovne pečice, vključno s kombiniranimi mikrovalovnimi pečicami -
Dopolnilo AA
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-25: Particular requirements
for microwave ovens, including combination microwave ovens
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-25:
Besondere Anforderungen für Mikrowellenkochgeräte und kombinierte
Mikrowellenkochgeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-25: Exigences
particulières pour les fours à micro-ondes, y compris les fours à micro-ondes combinés
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/prAA:2026
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.040.20 Štedilniki, delovni pulti, Cooking ranges, working
pečice in podobni aparati tables, ovens and similar
appliances
oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2- en
25:2026/oprAA:2026
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60335-2-25
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2026
ICS 13.120; 97.040.20 Will supersede EN IEC 60335-2-25:2021; EN IEC 60335-
2-25:2021/A11:2021
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-25:
Particular requirements for microwave ovens, including
combination microwave ovens
(IEC 60335-2-25:2024)
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-25: Exigences particulières pour les fours à micro- ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-25: Besondere Anforderungen für
ondes, y compris les fours à micro-ondes combinés Mikrowellenkochgeräte und kombinierte
(IEC 60335-2-25:2024) Mikrowellenkochgeräte
(IEC 60335-2-25:2024)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2026-07-03.

The text of this draft consists of the text of IEC 60335-2-25:2024.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CENELEC 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.

This draft European Standard was established by CENELEC 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,
Türkiye and the 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.

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
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Project: 80429 Ref. No. prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026 E

Contents Page
20 European foreword .3
21 1 Modification to the Introduction.4
22 2 Modifications to Clause 1, “Scope” .4
23 3 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references” .5
24 4 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions” .5
25 5 Modification to Clause 11, “Heating” .5
26 6 Modification to Clause 15, “Moisture resistance”.6
27 7 Modification to Clause 18, “Endurance” .6
28 8 Modifications to annexes .6
29 9 Modification to the Bibliography. 11
30 European foreword
31 This document (prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026/prAA:2026) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 “Safety of
32 household and similar electrical appliances”.
33 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
34 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of (doa) dav + 6 months
this document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dav + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dav + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
35 This document will supersede EN IEC 60335-2-25:2021 and all its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
36 prEN IEC 60335-2-25/prAA:2026 includes the following significant technical modifications:
37 — Introduce requirements and instruction for children, people with disabilities and domestic animals;
38 — Introduce mechanical test set-up clarifications.
39 — Routine tests are not covered by this standard;
40 — This document is read in conjunction with prEN IEC 60335-2-25:2026.
41 The numbering system for European clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes that are
42 additional to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letter “Z”.
43 This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the European
44 Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
45 Member States.
46 For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZC, which are an integral part of
47 this document.
48 Secretary’s note: The text contained in the Secretary’s notes will be removed from the standard before
49 publication, as it is provided solely to inform stakeholders about the reasons for introducing the European
50 common modifications.
51 1 Modification to the Introduction
52 Delete the words “manufacturer's”.
53 2 Modifications to Clause 1, “Scope”
54 Replace the sixth paragraph, starting from “As far as is practicable” up to “- children playing with the
55 appliance” with the following:
56 “This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards presented by appliances that are encountered
57 by all persons, and domestic animals, when this is not in contradiction with the intended or reasonably
58 foreseeable use of the appliance.
59 NOTE Z101 Examples of appliance for household environment are appliances for typical housekeeping functions used
60 in the household environment that can also be used by non-expert users for typical housekeeping functions:
61 —  in shops and other similar working environments;
62 —  in farm houses.
63 —  by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
64 —  in bed and breakfast type environments.
65 NOTE Z102 Household environments include the dwelling and its associated buildings, the garden, etc.”
66 Convert the paragraph starting with “Attention is drawn to the…” into a note.
67 Secretary’s note: the above sentence has been requested by RED HAS consultant.
68 Addition:
69 With European Amendment A11, EN IEC 60335-2-25:2021+A11:2021 is superseded.
70 This European Amendment A11 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
71 — EN IEC 60335-1:2023+A11:2023+prA12:2026 (Part 1)
72 — EN IEC 60335-2-25:2026 (Part 2)
73 Secretary’s note: The above addition has been moved from the Introduction (informative text) to the Scope
74 (normative text) of the standard following discussions with the HAS consultants. According to an EC
75 decision (document GROW.H.3/SM/MH/DT 12/1/2024), Part 1 must be referenced by date in Part 2.
76 Consequently, the standard has been included in Clause 2, “Normative references”.
77 This document contains requirements for appliances with radio function, remote communication, and remote
78 operation.
79 This document contains requirements for appliances with radio function, remote communication, and
80 remote operation.
81 For the scope of this document, the term radio appliance is used with the same meaning of radio equipment.
82 For the scope of this document, the term appliance is used with the same meaning of equipment.
83 Secretary’s note: the above sentence has been modified in base of the RED HAS comment. The same
84 sentences are included also in Clause 3 “Term and Definitions”
85 Compliance with this Part 2 when used together with the Part 1 provides one means of conformity with the
86 safety objectives as listed in Table ZZA.1 and Table ZZC.1.
87 Secretary’s note: The modification of above sentence in note has been requested by RED HAS consultant
89 3 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references”
90 Add the following standard:
91 EN IEC 60335-1:2023, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
92 4 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions”
93 7.12 Modification
94 Replace the fourth paragraph starting with “This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including
95 children)…” with the following:
96 “The instructions shall state the substance of the following:
97 — People with disabilities can use this appliance but may need additional precautions to be taken. This
98 appliance may be used by persons with r
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