CEN Publishes New Technical Specification for Passive Transportation Function Tricycles

GENEVA - Jan. 29, 2025 - PRLog -- SGS, the world's leading testing and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 010.25, highlighting the European Committee for Standardization's (CEN) new technical specification covering the safety of tricycles that provide a passive transportation function.

The Toys Safety Directive 2009/48/EC established minimum safety standards for toys, including tricycles. However, the new technical specification (TS) – TS17876, published in October 2024, recognizes that some tricycles also provide a passive method of transportation, similar to a pushchair, via a bar or handle used by the adult, and in which the child is seated and restrained. This additional function was considered by the European standardization committee TC252, leading to the new TS.

In determining whether a tricycle falls under the scope of TS17876, several parameters, including marketing information, are considered. Where a tricycle is clearly sold as a pushchair, it must comply with all the relevant requirements of EN 1888-1. The new technical specification, TS17876, covers tricycles that are not marketed as pushchairs, but still provide a pushchair function by means of specific features.

SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory changes that could impact their business. SafeGuardS 010.25 includes essential information on the parameters applicable to tricycles under TS17876. It also lists some of the safety requirements and test methods in EN1888-1, which inspired the new TS.

Stakeholders are encouraged to refer to the original SafeGuardS 010.25 for more details.

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