This document specifies the safety requirements for buoyancy aids, performance level 50. It is applicable to buoyancy aids for adults and children with a body mass greater than 25 kg only, used in sheltered waters.
Buoyancy aids require active participation by the user where help and rescue are close at hand.
One-piece and two-piece inherently buoyant floatation suit PFDs are deemed to qualify as special application devices according to ISO 12402-6:2020.
Directives related to this standards.
Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
Harmonized
Replaces
EN ISO 12402-5:2006/AC:2006
Replaces
EN ISO 12402-5:2006/A1:2010
Replaces
EN ISO 12402-5:2006
PUBLISHED
EN ISO 12402-5:2020
60.60
Standard published
Sep 2, 2020
Personal flotation devices - Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-5:2020)
60.60 Standard published
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