BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 12401:2009 Small craft Deck safety harness and safety line Safety requirements and test methods (ISO 12401:2009) ICS 13.340.60; 47.080 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BritishStandards BSENIS012401:2009 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of ENISO12401:2009 It is identical to IS0 12401:2009 .It supersedes BS EN 1095:1998 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PH/3/6, Buoyancy garments. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Date Comments Committee on 31 August 2009 BSI 2009 ISBN978 0580 601996 EUROPEANSTANDARD ENISO12401 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM August2009 ICS 47.080 Supersedes EN 1095:1998 English Version Small craft-Deck safetyharness and safetyline-Safety requirements and test methods (Is0 12401:2009) Petits navires - Harnais de securite de pont et sauvegardes Kleine Wasserfahrzeuge - Sicherheitsgurt und de harnais - Exigences de securite et methodes d'essai Sicherheitsleine - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen (ISO 12401:2009) und Prufverfahren (ISO 12401:2009) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 31 July 2009. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Management Centre:Avenue Marnix 17,B-1000 Brussels @2009CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 12401:2009: E worldwide for CEN national Members. BS ENISO12401:2009 ENISO12401:2009(E) Foreword This document (ENISO12401:2009)has been prepared by Technical CommitteeISO/TC 188"Small craft"in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 162 "Protective clothing including hand and arm protection andlifejackets",the secretariatofwhichis heldbyDlN. atthelatestbyFebruary2010 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ThisdocumentsupersedesEN1095:1998 This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the For relationship with EC 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, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia Lit