SG 66/24
The United Kingdom (UK) has issued the latest list of standards for presumption of conformity with its general product safety legislation in relation to Great Britain. These became effective on April 18, 2024.
On April 18, 2024, the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced Notice of Publication 0100/24 (the Notice) to revise the list of designated standards for demonstrating compliance with the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1803).
It adds five new entries and replaces five existing entries. Additionally, Annex I Part 2 of the notice sets out the complete reordered and renumbered list of references for standards demonstrating presumption of conformity with S.I. 2005/1803.
Highlights of the changes in the Notice when compared to the list of standards under Annex I Part 2 to Notice of Publication 0072/22 of October 2022 are summarized in Table 1.
| No. | Standard Reference |
| 2¹ | EN 716-1:2017+AC:2019 Furniture – Children’s cots and folding cots for domestic use – Part 1: Safety Requirements |
| 4² | EN 914:2020 Gymnastic equipment – Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars – Requirements and test methods including safety |
| 12³ | EN 1130:2019 Children’s furniture – Cribs – Safety requirements and test methods EN 1130:2019/AC:2020 |
| 13¹ | EN 1272:2017 Child care articles – Table mounted chairs – Safety requirements and test methods |
| 15¹ | EN 1400:2013+A2:2018 ‘Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – Safety requirements and test methods |
| 16⁴ | EN 1466:2014 Child use and care articles – Carry cots and stands – Safety requirements and test methods EN 1466:2014/AC:2015 |
| 29⁵ | EN ISO 9994:2019 Lighters, Safety specifications (ISO 9994:2018) |
| 50¹ | EN 14988:2017+A1:2020 Children’s high chairs – Requirements and test methods |
| 51¹ | EN 16120:2012+A2:2016 Child use and care articles – Chair mounted seat |
| 73⁶ | EN IEC 62368-1:2020 Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Part 1: Safety requirements EN IEC 62368-1:2020/A11:2020 Note: Concerns only clauses 3.3.19 ‘Sound exposure’ and 10.6 ‘Safeguard against acoustic energy sources’ of EN IEC 62368-1:2020/A11:2020 |
¹New entry
²Replaces EN ISO 9994:2006
³Replaces EN 1130-1:1996 and EN 1130-2:1996
⁴Replaces EN 1466:2014
⁵Replaces EN ISO 9994:2006
⁶Replaces EN 60065:2002 and EN 60065:2002/A12:2011 & EN 60950-1:2006 and EN 60950-1:2006/A12 :2011
Table 1
The new list of standards became effective on April 18, 2024.
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