BSENIS012402-5:2020 BSl Standards Publication Personal flotation devices Part 5:Buoyancy aids (level 50)—Safety requirements bsi. BSENIS012402-5:2020 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard isthe UK implementation of EN IS012402-5:2020.It is identical toIS0 12402-5:2020.It supersedes BS EN IS0 12402-5:2006+A1:2010,which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteePH/3/6, Buoyancy garments. request to its committee manager. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofa contract.Usersareresponsibleforits correctapplication. @TheBritish Standards Institution2020 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2020 ISBN9780580900440 ICS 13.340.70 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30September2020. Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Textaffected EUROPEANSTANDARD EN IS0 12402-5 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM September2020 ICS13.340.70 Supersedes ENIS012402-5:2006, English Version Personal flotation devices - Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) - Safety requirements (1IS0 12402-5:2020) Equipements individuels de flottabilite - Personliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 5: Partie 5: Aides a la flottabilite (niveau 50) Schwimmhilfen (Stufe 50) - Sicherheitstechnische Exigences de sécurité (IS0 12402-5:2020) Anforderungen (IS0 12402-5:2020) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 10 June 2019. references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre ortoanyCENmember This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any otherlanguage made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels 2020CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.EN IS0 12402-5:2020: E worldwide for CEN national Members BSENIS012402-5:2020 EN IS0 12402-5:2020 (E) European foreword This document (ENIS012402-5:2020)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnical CommitteeIS0/TC188"Small craft" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 162“Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets"the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2o21,and conflicting national standards shall bewithdrawnatthelatestby March2021. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes ENIS012402-5:2006. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European FreeTrade Association,and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s) For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:Austria, Belgium,Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denma