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This document specifies requirements for the safety, strength, and durability for all types of nondomestic storage furniture.
It does not apply to domestic storage, industrial storage, kitchen, catering equipment, retail storage, and industrial storage lockers.
Requirements for strength and durability do not apply to the structure of the building for example the strength of wall hanging cabinets includes only the cabinets and the parts used for attachment. The wall and the wall attachments are not included.
The standard contains five annexes
Annex A (normative) Test methods for finger entrapment;
Annex B (normative) Requirements for schools, kindergartens and similar applications
Annex C (normative) Selecting product from a range of furniture
Annex D (informative) Guidance of test severity in relation to application
Annex E (informative) Suggested loads for tests not specified in this standard
It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability.
A decision was taken at a CEN TC207 level to incorporate requirements for office storage into EN 16121, and delete EN 14703-2, 14703-4, 14704. Storage furniture is now often transitioned across many different end uses. In addition the entrapment requirements recommended in CEN/TR 17202 into the document
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