New French standards for deckchair have been published and will supersede the existing French standard no later than December 2015. NF D 61 062:2004 will be replaced by NF D 61 062:2015.

The main changes are the following:

  • The scope of the standard now applies to children's deckchair.
  • Test methods refer to EN 1728:2012.
  • The lock and unlock test have been revised and is now more strict, it will also have to be performed 3 times on the test order instead of twice in the previous standard.

And the following requirements have been added:

  • Seat impact test
  • If the indicated maximum load is more than 110 kg an additional static load test has to be performed.
  • A maximum force of 250N to lock and unlock the locking device is now necessary
  • Product information

This standard is not applicable until the publication of the notice in the official journal of the French Republic according to the decree NO. 99-777 of the 9 September 1999.

The notice should be published beginning of 2016. Once published, the product conforming to the former version of the standard can be put on the market for 1 year from the notice publication and allow the sale of any existing stock already placed on the market after that period.

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SGS SA issued this content on 2015-12-22 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2015-12-23 05:29:06 UTC

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