CEN/TC 252/WG 6 - General and common safety specifications

Product information given in standards has a direct impact on safety. It should contribute to avoiding risks to the child. However, product information is not intended to compensate for design deficiencies and does not in itself make a product safer but is a means for the manufacturer to communicate with the user. Reasonable foreseeable misuse and risks of the product should be made explicit and adequate warnings be given.
All product information should be in the language(s) of the country in which the product is sold. It should be presented so that it is unambiguous, legible and easy to read and comprehend.
A risk analysis should be applied to identify those hazards for which safety-related product information is required.

This document provides guidance information on mechanical hazards that should be taken into consideration when developing safety standards for child care articles. In addition, these guidelines can assist those with a general professional interest in child safety.

This document provides guidance information on chemical hazards that should be taken into consideration when developing safety standards for child care articles. In addition, these guidelines can assist those with a general professional interest in child safety.

This Technical Report, contains the general safety philosophy and a guideline on safety assessment that experts are recommended to use when drafting standards.
It also contains an Annex A with a collection of available anthropometric data and details of the abilities of children from birth to 48 months of age.
The general safety philosophy given in this part is based on the principle that child use and care articles should be designed to be safe.
Children with special needs have not been taken into account while drafting these guidelines. ISO/IEC Guide 71 can be consulted to ascertain any further requirements to address the hazards and risks associated with children with special needs.
These guidelines do not cover all types of hazards and risks, such as inappropriate use of products, inadequate supervision of children and products used in a non-domestic situation.
Attention is drawn to the importance of ensuring that all other potential hazards relevant to the product are fully addressed e.g. hygiene, the effects of electrical power etc., where other safety standards may apply.

This Technical Report addresses thermal hazards and is intended to provide guidance for the reduction of these hazards when drafting standards for child use and care articles.

This document specifies chemical requirements and reference test methods for child care articles within the scope of CEN/TC 252.
Excluded from the scope are soothers (EN 1400), soother holders (EN 12586), drinking equipment, (EN 14350) and cutlery and feeding utensils (EN 14372).
NOTE   A non-exhaustive list of standards for child care articles covered by TC 252 is given in Annex A. An up-to-date list can be found on the CEN website:   https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:105:0

Product information given in standards has a direct impact on safety. It should contribute to avoiding risks to the child. However, product information is not intended to compensate for design deficiencies and does not in itself make a product safer but is a means for the manufacturer to communicate with the user. Reasonable foreseeable misuse and risks of the product should be made explicit and adequate warnings be given.
All product information should be in the language(s) of the country in which the product is sold. It should be presented so that it is unambiguous, legible and easy to read and comprehend.
A risk analysis should be applied to identify those hazards for which safety-related product information is required.

This document provides guidance information on mechnical hazards that should be taken into consideration when developing safety standards for child use and care articles. In addition, these guidelines can assist those with a general professional interest in child safety.

This document provides guidance information on chemical hazards that should be taken into consideration when developing safety standards for child use and care articles. In addition, these guidelines can assist those with a general professional interest in child safety.

This Technical Report addresses the most known mechanical hazards and is intended to provide guidance when drafting standards for child use and care articles.

This Technical Report, contains the general safety philosophy and a guideline on safety assessment that experts are recommended to use when drafting standards.
It also contains an Annex (A) with a collection of available anthropometric data and details of the abilities of children from birth to 48 months of age.
The general safety philosophy given in this part is based on the principle that child use and care articles should be designed to be safe.
Children with special needs have not been taken into account while drafting these guidelines. ISO/IEC Guide 71 should be consulted to ascertain any further requirements to address the hazards and risks associated with children with special needs.  
These guidelines do not cover all types of hazards and risks, such as inappropriate use of products, inadequate supervision of children and products used in a non-domestic situation.
Attention is drawn to the importance of ensuring that all other potential hazards relevant to the product are fully addressed e.g. hygiene, the effects of electrical power etc., where other safety standards may apply.

Product information given in standards has a direct impact on safety. It should contribute to avoiding risks to the child. However, product information is not intended to compensate for design deficiencies and does not in itself make a product safer but is a means for the manufacturer to communicate with the user.  Reasonable foreseeable misuse and risks of the product should be made explicit and adequate warnings be given.
All product information should be in the language(s) of the country in which the product is sold. It should be presented so that it is unambiguous, legible and easy to read and comprehend.
A risk analysis should be applied to identify those hazards for which safety-related product information is required.

The purpose of this document is to provide national translations of warnings and instructions for use in the European Standards of Child use and care articles.
The warnings and instructions for use shall be applied in accordance with the requirements and specifications in the European Standards of the Child use and care articles standards.
NOTE    The users of this document should be aware that additional markings may be required for certain products in certain countries. Local regulations should be checked.

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Migrated from Progress Sheet (TC Comment) (2000-07-10): THIS ITEM WILL BE PUBLISHED AS A CEN REPORT SEE BT RESOLUTION BT C 96/94 ++ 1996_01_23 ++ The CEN Report will be published in English and in French (see res. 88/1998) ++ (NT/1998-05-15) ++ Publication as a CR (Res BT C 147/1998) (CC/980910)