Sports equipment & facilities

Committee: SW/136/6 (Sports, Playground and other Recreational Equipment - Paragliding)
Origin: CEN
Close date: 31/05/2012
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This document specifies requirements and test methods for classifying the flight safety characteristics of paragliders in terms of the demands on pilot flying skills.

This document is intended for the use of independent testing laboratories qualified for flight testing paragliders.

Categories: Other
Committee: SW/65/1 (Parkour)
Origin:
Close date: 31/05/2012
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This British Standard specifies requirements for the manufacture of Parkour equipment for use by youths and adults. The standard recognizes that Parkour forms no part of children’s play and that movement is personally determined by users using controlled physical exertion from, to and through equipment elements and structures.

The requirements are intended to protect users from hazards that they might be unable to foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably anticipated.

The standard also gives recommendations for the installation and maintenance of Parkour equipment including area, height, flow, location and separation from other facilities, including children’s playgrounds and multi-use games areas (free access multi-sports equipment).

Committee: SW/136/8 (Swimming pools and aquatic equipment)
Origin: CEN
Close date: 30/06/2012
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This European Standard specifies safety requirements for construction, performance, sizing and marking for swimming devices intended to assist users with movement through the water in the early stages of water awareness, whilst learning to swim or whilst learning part of a swimming stroke.  It also gives methods of test for verification of these requirements.

This part 2 of EN 13138 covers class C devices that are designed to be held in the hands or by the body. Typical devices include kick boards and pull/kick boards.  These devices are used to assist in learning to swim or to assist with swimming strokes and improving specific elements of the stroke, which have either inherent buoyancy or can be inflated.

It does not apply to pull buoys, buoyancy aids, lifejackets or aquatic toys.

Committee: SW/136/8 (Swimming pools and aquatic equipment)
Origin: CEN
Close date: 30/06/2012
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This European Standard specifies safety requirements for construction, performance, sizing, marking and information supplied by the manufacturer for swimming aids intended to assist beginners with movement through the water whilst learning to swim or whilst learning part of a swimming stroke. It also gives methods of test for verification of these requirements.

This part 1 of EN 13138 applies only to devices that are designed to be worn, to be securely attached to the body and which have either inherent buoyancy or can be inflated. It only applies to Class B devices intended to introduce the user to the range of swimming strokes. It does not apply to Class A or Class C devices, to swim rings, lifebuoys, buoyancy aids, lifejackets or aquatic toys.

Committee: B/552 (Spectator facilities)
Origin: CEN
Close date: 31/07/2012
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This European Standard specifies product characteristics for demountable (temporary) stands at permanent or temporary entertainment venues including sports stadiums, sport halls and indoor and outdoor facilities. Stands in fairground and amusement parks are excluded from this standard (see EN 13814).

This European Standard is not applicable to stands of moveable type which last row of places for spectators is under 1 m. height from the ground.