National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 18527‑1:2022. It is identical to ISO 18527‑1:2021. It supersedes BS EN 174:2001, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PH/2/1, Sunglasses and Sports Vision.

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

Contractual and legal considerations

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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

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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 July 2022.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).

Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement.

For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see the following URL: www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.

This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94, Personal safety — Personal protective equipment, Subcommittee SC 6, Eye and face protection, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 85, Eye protective equipment,in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

A list of all parts in the ISO 18527 series can be found on the ISO website.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

Introduction

This family of documents comprised of the ISO 16321 series, the ISO 18526 series and the ISO 18527 series was developed in response to the worldwide stakeholders’ demand for minimum requirements and test methods for eye and face protectors traded internationally. ISO 4007 gives the terms and definitions for all the various product types. The test methods are given in the ISO 18526 series, while the requirements for occupational eye and face protectors are given in the ISO 16321 series. Eye protectors for specific sports are mostly dealt with by the ISO 18527 series. A guidance document, ISO 19734, for the selection, use and maintenance of eye and face protectors is under preparation.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 February 2020.

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, 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, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN ISO 18527‑1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94 "Personal safety -- Personal protective equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 85 “Eye protective equipment” the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

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 November 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2025.

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 174:2001.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s).

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s) 2016/425 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/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. However, for any use of this document ‘within the meaning of Annex ZA, the user should always check that any referenced document has not been superseded and that its relevant contents can still be considered the generally acknowledged state-of-art.

When an IEC or ISO standard is referred to in the ISO standard text, this shall be understood as a normative reference to the corresponding EN standard, if available, and otherwise to the dated version of the ISO or IEC standard, as listed below.

NOTE The way in which these referenced documents are cited in normative requirements determines the extent (in whole or in part) to which they apply.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations 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, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 18527‑1:2021 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 18527‑1:2022 without any modification.

1 Scope

This document applies to all goggles with plano lenses, intended for eye protection against hazards including ultraviolet and visible solar radiation, rain, snow and wind, during downhill skiing, snowboarding and other similar activities.

This document applies to downhill skiing and snowboarding goggles fitted with an insert to carry prescription lenses.

It specifies requirements and testing for materials, performance, marking of goggles and information to be supplied by the manufacturer.

Information on the selection and use of downhill skiing and snowboarding goggles is given in Annex A.

This document does not apply to

eye protectors for protection when operating or travelling on a motorized vehicle,
eye protectors for protection against optical radiation from artificial sources, such as those used in solaria,
eye protectors for direct observation of the sun, and
eye protectors intended for sports with unrelated hazards and risks.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 General requirements for goggles

4.1 Physiological compatibility

4.2 Construction and adjustment

4.3 Cleaning and/or disinfection

4.4 Lens material and surface quality

4.5 Headform(s)

4.6 Retention by headband and harnesses (sit and fit)

4.7 Mandatory and optional requirements

5 Transmittance of the lenses

5.1 General

5.2 Transmittance categories

5.3 Solar ultraviolet transmittance

5.4 General transmittance requirements

5.5 Special transmittance requirements

5.6 Claimed transmittance and reflectance properties (optional requirements)

6 Scattered light

7 Refractive power

7.1 General

7.2 Spherical and cylindrical power

7.3 Spatial deviation

7.4 Prism imbalance

7.5 Goggles with inserts to carry prescription lenses

8 Mechanical testing

8.1 Temperature range

8.2 Mechanical strength level 2

9 Resistance to solar ultraviolet radiation

10 Resistance to ignition

11 Protection against water and snow

12 Field of view

13 Minimum area to be protected

13.1 Assessment of frontal protection

13.2 Assessment of lateral protection

14 Optional requirements

14.1 Extended low temperature range

14.2 Resistance to fogging

14.3 Resistance to abrasion

15 Marking and information to be supplied by the manufacturer

15.1 Assessment

15.2 Mandatory markings on goggles

15.3 Information to be supplied with goggles by the manufacturer

15.4 Additional information to be available from the manufacturer

16 Selection of test samples

16.1 General

16.2 Preparation and conditioning of test samples

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 18527-1:2022

Eye and face protection for sports use - Requirements for downhill skiing and snowboarding goggles

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2022