BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13356:2001Visibilityaccessoriesfornon-professionaluse—TestmethodsandrequirementsTheEuropeanStandardEN13356:2001hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS13.340.01NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWBSEN13356:2001ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheHealthandEnvironmentSectorCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsCommitteeandcomesintoeffecton15September2001©BSI08-2001ISBN0580381013NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13356:2001.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePH/3,Protectiveclothing,toSubcommitteePH/3/7,Highvisibilityclothing,visualperformance,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSIStandardsCatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Find”facilityoftheBSIStandardsElectronicCatalogue.ABritishStandarddoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.UsersofBritishStandardsareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to12,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13356July2001ICS13.340.01EnglishversionVisibilityaccessoriesfornon-professionaluse-TestmethodsandrequirementsAccessoiresdevisualisationpourusagenon-professionnel-Méthodesd'essaietexigencesWarn-ZubehörfürdennichtprofessionellenBereich-PrüfverfahrenundAnforderungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon4June2001.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2001CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13356:2001EEN13356:2001(E)2Contentspage0Introduction....................................................................................................................................................41Scope..............................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions....................................................................................................................................54Requirementsforaccessories......................................................................................................................54.1Generalrequirements....................................................................................................................................54.2Specificrequirementsfordifferenttypesofaccessories..........................................................................65Testing............................................................................................................................................................75.1General............................................................................................................................................................75.2Photometrictesting.......................................................................................................................................85.3Abrasiontest(brushing)...............................................................................................................................85.4Washinganddrycleaningtest........................................................................................