European foreword

This document (EN 747‑2:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2024.

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 747‑2:2012+A1:2015.

In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:

— Conditions of preliminary preparation;
— Improvement of description, addition of some test equipment;
— Alignment of the test method on holes, gaps and openings, to follow EN 747‑1;
— Addition of a horizontal static load test on safety barriers;
— Addition of strength tests on the safety barriers;
— Addition of static and impact tests for handrails, platforms and platform barriers.

EN 747 is divided into the following parts:

— EN 747‑1 , Furniture — Bunk beds and high beds — Part 1: Safety, strength and durability requirements;
— EN 747‑2 , Furniture — Bunk beds and high beds — Part 2: Test methods.

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.

BS EN 747-2:2024

Furniture. Bunk beds and high beds - Test methods

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Published:

31 Mar 2024