1 Scope
This document, part of EN 12983, specifies safety and performance requirements of items of domestic cookware for
use on top of a stove, cooker or hob and is applicable to all cookware regardless
of material or method of manufacture. It also applies to products intended for use
both "on top" and "in oven".
Hob types covered by this document are gas, electricity solid plate, electricity radiant
ring, radiant plate in glass ceramic and induction plate in glass ceramic.
This document is complementary to EN 12983‑1.
NOTE 1 Requirements for suitability for use with Induction hobs are in the process of being
compiled and will be issued as a complementary standard.
NOTE 2 Requirements for suitability for use in automatic dishwashers is under study by a
specialist group and will be added by amendment when completed.