National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16647‑1:2025. Together with BS EN 16647‑2:2026, it supersedes BS EN 16647:2015, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee RHE/13/1, Fireplaces for liquid fuels.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication has been prepared under a mandate given to the European Standards Organizations by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. It is intended to support requirements of the EU legislation detailed in the European Foreword. A European Annex, usually Annex ZA or ZZ, describes how this publication relates to that EU legislation.

For the Great Britain market (England, Scotland and Wales), if UK Government has designated this publication for conformity with UKCA marking (or similar) legislation, it may contain an additional National Annex. Where such a National Annex exists, it shows the correlation between this publication and the relevant UK legislation. If there is no National Annex of this kind, the relevant Annex ZA or ZZ in the body of the European text will indicate the relationship to UK regulation applicable in Great Britain. References to EU legislation may need to be read in accordance with the UK designation and the applicable UK law. Further information on designated standards can be found at www.bsigroup.com/standardsandregulation.

For the Northern Ireland market, UK law will continue to implement relevant EU law subject to periodic confirmation. Therefore Annex ZA/ZZ in the European text, and references to EU legislation, are still valid for this market.

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Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2025.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 November 2025.

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-CENELEC 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-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, 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, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 16647‑1:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 46 “Fireplaces for liquid fuels”, 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 June 2026, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2026.

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 EN 16647:2015.

EN 16647‑1:2025 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 16647:2015:

alignment with Mandate M/538 and Commission Decision (EU) 2015/547 throughout the whole text;
change of Scope and splitting the document into two parts; this part covers manually operated fireplaces;
removal of all requirements regarding automatically operated fireplaces (e.g. Annex B); these will be covered in Part 2;
removal of gelatinous fuel;
restructure of Clause 5;
addition of requirements for glass screens in 4.8.2;
revision of the entire combustion subclause 5.3.6;
revision of Clause 9 (Factory production control).

This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States.

For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document is applicable only to decorative fireplaces that have been manufactured for domestic use, which produce a flame using liquid alcohol, hereafter referred to as fuel.

NOTE 1 The requirements outlined in this document can also be applied for outside domestic settings. In that case, additional or different rules on the use of the fireplaces can apply.

This document is applicable to free-standing, wall-mounted and built-in fireplaces.

This document is applicable to decorative fireplaces that require manual user interaction for ignition, filling, re-filling or extinguishing the fireplace.

NOTE 2 The fireplaces can contain some electric or electronic components.

This document is applicable to fireplaces ready for use, whose fuel box is of one unit or is an integral component of the fireplace but not to fireplaces with a fuel tank separate from the fireplace.

This document does not apply to fireplaces specifically designed for heating food or keeping food warm (rechauds), nor does it apply to fireplaces for use in boats, caravans, other vehicles or outdoor areas.

This document does not apply to fireplaces with a power output higher than 4,5 kW or with a defined heating function.

NOTE 3 National regulations can restrict the power output to less than 4,5 kW.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Construction and operation

4.1 General

4.2 Fuel volume

4.3 Design

4.4 Fuel storage container

4.5 Materials

4.6 Stability

4.7 Ignition device

4.8 Operation of the fireplace

5 Test methods and requirements

5.1 Stability tests

5.2 Fuel storage container

5.3 Operating tests

5.4 Labelling

6 Marking

6.1 General

6.2 Fireplace labelling/Rating plate

6.3 Safety information

6.4 Marking on the package

7 User’s manual

7.1 General

7.2 Installation instructions

7.3 Instructions for use and maintenance

7.4 Emergency extinguishing instructions

8 Type testing

8.1 Test sample and documents

8.2 Test report

9 Factory production control (FPC)

9.1 General

9.2 Equipment

Bibliography