National foreword

This Published Document is the UK implementation of CEN/TS 13387‑5:2025. It supersedes PD CEN/TR 13387‑5:2023, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CW/1, Safety of child use and child care products.

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 is not to be regarded as a British Standard.

Compliance with a Published Document cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This Published Document was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2025.

This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 22 September 2025 for provisional application.

The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.

CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (CEN/TS 13387‑5:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 252 “Childcare articles”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

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 CEN/TR 13387‑5:2023.

CEN/TS 13387‑5:2025 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to CEN/TR 13387‑5:2023:

When preparing CEN/TS 13387‑5, CEN/CLC Guide 11, Product information relevant to consumers — Guidelines for standard developers, and ISO/IEC Guide 50, Safety aspects — Guidelines for child safety in standards and other specifications, have been taken into consideration.

The CEN/TS 13387 series, with the general title Child care articles - General safety guidelines, comprises the following five parts:

—	Part 1: Safety philosophy and safety assessment;
—	Part 2: Chemical hazards;
—	Part 3: Mechanical hazards;
—	Part 4: Thermal hazards;
—	Part 5: Product information.

CEN/TS 13387‑5 is intended to be used in conjunction with CEN/TS 13387‑1.

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 announce this Technical Specification: 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 meant to introduce good practices for drafting product information requirements in standards related to childcare products.

This document provides guidance information on common hazards that is taken into consideration when developing safety standards for childcare articles.

This new edition of this document is a hazard based Technical Specification.

NOTE See A.1.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Marking of the product and any packaging

4.1 General

4.2 Visible markings

4.3 Additional markings

4.4 Durability of markings

4.5 Format of warning text

5 Purchase information

6 Instructions for use

7 Quick-start guide

8 Warnings

8.1 Warning sentences

8.2 Symbols

Bibliography

Additional sources of information relating to warning sentences and symbols:

PD CEN/TS 13387-5:2025

Child care articles — General safety guidelines - Product information

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2025