Foreword

This document (EN 14139:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 170 "Ophthalmic optics", 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2010.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 14139:2002.

It has been adapted from ISO 16034:2002.

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 93/42/EEC, as amended by Directive 2007/47/EC.

For relationship with EU Directive 93/42/EEC as amended by Directive 2007/47/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Significant technical changes from the previous edition of the document:

— clarification that the marking of ready-to-wear spectacles according to EN ISO 12870 is optional (note to subclause 5.1).
— amendment of requirements regarding the information to be provided by the manufacturer (subclause 5.2).
— the new edition of the standard is placed under EC Mandate (Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices ) and an Annex ZA was hence added.

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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 14139:2010

Ophthalmic optics. Specifications for ready-to-wear spectacles

Current

Published:

30 Jun 2010