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DIN Standards Committee Timber and Furniture

Overview

This European Standard specifies safety requirements and test methods for all types of kitchen and bathroom storage units and domestic storage furniture and their components. It does not apply to non-domestic storage, office storage, industrial storage, catering equipment, retail storage and industrial storage lockers. It does not apply to units covered by EN 71-1, Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties and EN 60065, Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements (IEC 60065). It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation, flammability and electrical safety. Safety that is dependent upon the structure of the building is not included; for example, the strength of wall hanging units includes only the cabinet and its components including wall attachment devices. The wall and the wall attachments are not included. This document (EN 14749:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 "Furniture", the secretariat of which is held by UNI (Italy). The responsible German standardization committee is Working Committee NA 042-05-02 AA "Kastenmöbel" ("Storage furniture") at DIN Standards Committee Timber and Furniture (NHM).

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Responsible national committee

NA 042-05-02 AA - Storage furniture, mirror committee CEN/TC 207/WG 1/WG 5/WG 9 und ISO/TC 136/WG 3  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 207/WG 1 - Requirements for domestic furniture