This document spécifiés the minimum requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of
domestic seating for adults. It also spécifiés additional test methods for seat side-to-side durability as well as
fingér entrapment and shear and compression.
It does not apply to ranked seating, seating for non-domestic use, öfficé work chairs, chairs for educational
institutions, outdoor seating and to links for linked seating for which European Standards exist.
It does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting
mechanisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms.
It does not include requirements for electrical safety.
It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation, flammability and ergonomics.
The requirements are based on use by persons weighing up to 110 kg.
Annex A (normative) spécifiés the seat side-to-side durability test in D-G points.
Annex B (informative) gives rationales for some of the tests referred to in
Table 1.
Annex C (normative) spécifiés the test methods for fingér entrapment and shear and compression.
Annex D (normative) spécifiés the seat loading point for seating with suspended fléxiblé material.