BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN71-8:2003IncorporatingAmendmentsNos.1Safetyoftoys—Part8:Swings,slidesandsimilaractivitytoysforindoorandoutdoorfamilydomesticuseTheEuropeanStandardEN71-8:2003,withtheincorporationofamendmentsA1:2006andA2:2005,hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS97.200.50 and2LicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:44:45BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN71-8:2003ThisBritishStandard,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon25August2003©BSI2006ISBN0580425142NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN71-8:2003,includingamendmentsA1:2006andA2:2005.ThestartandfinishoftextintroducedoralteredbyCENamendmentisindicatedinthetextbytags.TagsindicatingchangestoCENtextcarrythenumberoftheCENamendment.Forexample,textalteredbyCENamendmentA1isindicatedby.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeCW/15,Safetyoftoys,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to35andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments1623928April2006Seenationalforeword1629431August2006SeenationalforewordLicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:44:45BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN71-8June2003+A2December2005ICS97.200.50EnglishversionSafetyoftoys–Part8:Swings,slidesandsimilaractivitytoysforindoorandoutdoorfamilydomesticuseSécuritedesjouets–Partie8:Balançoires,toboggansetjouetsd’activitésimilairesàusagefamilialenextérieuretenintérieurSicherheitvonSpielzeug–Teil8:Schaukeln,RutschenundähnlichesAktivitätsspielzeugfürdenhäuslichenGebrauch(Innen-undAußenbereich)CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2003CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN71-8:2003+A1:2006+A2:2005E+A1May2006ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon5March2003.AmendmentA1wasapprovedbyCENon31May2006,amendmentA2wasapprovedbyCENon27October2005.LicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:44:45BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN71-8:2003(E)2ContentsPageForeword.............................................................................................................................................................31Scope(seeA1)......................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................53Definitions..............................................................................................................................................54Requirements........................................................................................................................................74.1General(seeA.2)...................................................................................................................................74.2Barriers,laddersetc(seeA.3).....................................................................