Standards Development

Scope

Replace the fifth, sixth, seventh and eight paragraphs starting with “Appliances not intended…” up to “…children playing with the appliance” with the following:

“Appliances intended to be used by laymen in shops and other premises for normal housekeeping purposes are within the scope of this document.

NOTE Z101 Examples of appliance for household environment are appliances for typical housekeeping functions used in the household environment that can also be used by non-expert users for typical housekeeping functions:

—   in shops and other similar working environments;

—   in farm houses;

—   by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;

—   for communal use in blocks of flats;

—   in bed and breakfast type environments.

NOTE Z102  Household environments include the dwelling and its associated buildings, the garden, etc.

This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards of intended use presented by appliances, which are encountered by all persons, and domestic animals in and around the home.

”Convert the paragraph starting with “Attention is drawn to the…” into a note.

In the paragraph starting with “This standard does not apply to…”, add the following list item:

“—   tumble dryers to be used in commercial areas, e.g. launderettes (see EN 50570);”

Addition:

This document contains requirements for appliances with radio function, remote communication, and remote operation.

Note Z101 For the scope of this document, the term radio appliance is used with the same meaning of radio equipment.

Compliance with this Part 2 when used together with the Part 1 provides one means of conformity with the safety objectives as listed in Table ZZA.1 and Table ZZC.1.