SG 105.22
The EU has amended the list of European standards for presumption of conformity with the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). The latest revision became effective on August 16, 2022.
On August 16, 2022, the European Union (EU) published Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1401 (‘Decision’) to revise Annex I of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 on the list of standards for presumption of conformity with the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). The latest ‘Decision’ contains two important changes. It:
- Adds five standards for children’s products – entries 1a, 12a, 13a, 48a and 48b
- Revises five standards – entries 3, 11, 14, 27 and 66.
The Decision became effective on August 16, 2022 – the date of its publication in the official Journal of the EU.
Highlights of the changes in the Decision are summarized in Table 1.
Commission Implementing Decision on European Standards for Products Drafted in Support of Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety
(per Annex I) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 | 2019/1698 |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | EN 716-1:2017+AC:2019 ‘Furniture – Children’s cots and folding cots for domestic use – Part 1: Safety requirements’ | --- |
| 3 | EN 914:2020 ‘Gymnastic equipment – Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars – Requirements and test methods including safety’ | EN 914:2008 |
| 11 | EN 1130:2019 Children’s furniture – Cribs – Safety requirements and test methods EN 1130:2019/AC:2020 | EN 1130-1:1996 |
| 12a | EN 1272:2017 ‘Childcare articles – Table mounted chairs – Safety requirements and test methods’ | --- |
| 13a | EN 1400:2013+A2:2018 ‘Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – Safety requirements and test methods’ | --- |
| 14 | EN 1466:2014 ‘Child use and care articles – Carry cots and stands – Safety requirements and test methods’ EN 1466:2014/AC:2015 | EN 1466:2014 |
| 27 | EN ISO 9994:2019 ‘Lighters – Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018) | EN ISO 9994:2006 |
| 48a | EN 14988:2017+A1:2020 ‘Children’s high chairs – Requirements and test methods’ | --- |
| 48b | EN 16120:2012+A2:2016 ‘Child use and care articles – Chair mounted seat’ | --- |
| 66 | EN IEC 62368-1:2020 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Part 1: Safety requirements EN IEC 62368-1:2020/A11:2020 (concerns only clauses 3.3.19 ‘Sound exposure’ and 10.6 ‘Safeguard against acoustic energy sources’ of EN IEC 62368-1:2020/A11:2020) | EN 60065:2002 EN 60950-1:2006/A12:2011 |
Table 1
The EU amended the list of standards in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 in December 2020 (SafeGuardS 177/20).
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