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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2022
Varnost laserskih izdelkov - Posebne zahteve za laserske izdelke, namenjene
potrošniku
Safety of laser products - Particular Requirements for Consumer Laser Products
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50689:2021
ICS:
13.280 Varstvo pred sevanjem Radiation protection
31.260 Optoelektronika, laserska Optoelectronics. Laser
oprema equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50689
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2021
ICS 13.280; 31.260
English Version
Safety of laser products - Particular Requirements for Consumer
Laser Products
Sécurité des appareils à laser - Exigences particulières Sicherheit von Laserprodukten - Besondere Anforderungen
relatives aux appareils à laser destinés au grand public an Verbraucher-Laser-Produkte
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-09-27. CENELEC 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 CENELEC 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 CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
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Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Ref. No. EN 50689:2021 E
Contents
European foreword .3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Classification of consumer laser products .6
5 Child appealing consumer laser products .6
6 All other consumer laser products .7
6.1 Generic requirements for consumer laser products .7
6.2 Requirements for Class 3R consumer laser products .7
7 User information and labelling .8
7.1 General .8
7.2 For Class 3R consumer laser products . 10
Annex A (informative) Flowchart of requirements for a consumer laser product . 11
Annex ZZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the safety
requirements of Directive 2001/95/EC aimed to be covered . 13
Annex ZZB (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety
objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered . 15
Bibliography . 16
European foreword
This document (EN 50689:2021) has been prepared by CLC/TC 76 “Optical radiation safety and laser
equipment”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2022-09-27
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2024-09-27
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the
European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements
of EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZZA and ZZB, which is an
integral part of this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
1 Scope
This document provides definitions and specifies the particular requirements for consumer products
containing lasers. The objective of this document is to ensure that laser products available to consumers
are safe. This document specifies requirements that are additional to those specified in EN 60825-1.
Consumer laser products that are battery powered are included, as well as consumer laser products
powered by other means.
The requirements of this document are intended to address only the laser radiation hazards to the eyes
and skin. Other hazards are not included within its scope. Compliance with this document may not be
sufficient to conform to the applicable performance and testing requirements of other applicable product
safety standards.
The scope of this document does not include consumer laser products that are designed to project laser
radiation in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm onto the retina, with an intended daily usage
duration of potentially many hours (such as for virtual reality or augmented reality applications), because
it is currently not possible to provide emission limits that preclude any potential adverse effects for day-
long usage, day after day.
NOTE 1 The level of radiation permitted by Class 1 in the visible wavelength range results in an extremely bright
image which will be dazzling and uncomfortable, and therefore such a high emission level, that reaches Class 1
limits, is not reasonably foreseeable for this type of device (see also New Work Item Proposal 76/660/NP for the
project IEC/TS 60825-20).
The scope of this document does not include products intended for professional use (non-consumer
(professional) laser products) and restrictions as specified in this document do not apply to non-
consumer laser products. For non-consumer laser products, compliance with EN 60825-1 is sufficient
to achieve the necessary level of safety.
This document also specifies which subgroups of lasers are permitted as consumer products. A
restricted group of Class 3R laser products are included. The risk of injury is low enough to be accepted
under reasonably foreseeable conditions of use (including foreseeable misuse) for compliance with the
general product safety directive (GPSD) and low voltage directive (LVD) for consumer products.
Electric toys containing lasers, which are covered by EN 62115, are excluded from the scope of this
document.
Class 1C consumer laser products are not in the scope of this document. For example, cosmetic and
1)
beauty care Class 1C laser products are covered by prEN IEC 60335-2-113:202X .
NOTE 2 National requirements can be more restrictive than the requirements in 6.1 and 6.2.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
2)
EN 60825-1:2014 , Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
EN 60825-1:2014/A11:2021, Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and
requirements
3)
EN IEC 62115:2020 , Electric toys - Safety
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1)
under preparation.
2)
Document impacted by AC:2017-06.
3)
Document impacted by A11:2020.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 60825-1 and the following
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
consumer laser product
product or assembly of components that constitutes or incorporates a laser or laser system and that is
intended for consumers, or is likely to be used by consumers under reasonably foreseeable conditions
even though it is not intended for them
Note 1 to entry: When a laser product is child appealing, it is by definition a consumer laser product.
3.2
consumer
individual member of the general public, purchasing or using products, property or services, for private
purposes
Note 1 to entry: For the purpose of the requirements of this part of EN 50689, a consumer is assumed not to be a
skilled person.
[SOURCE: IEC/IEEE 82079-1:2019, definition 3.10, modified]
3.3
child appealing consumer laser product
laser product that:
a) resembles, by virtue of its form or design, anything that is commonly recognized as being
appealing to, or intended for use by, children; or
b) has any other feature or characteristic, necessary or not for the function of the product, that is
likely to be appealing to children
A child appealing consumer laser product is a product that is attractive to children due to its
characteristics such as function, movement, colour, characters, sounds, lights, shape, texture, size,
smell or taste
EXAMPLE 1 laser products resembling: e.g. cartoon characters, toys, guns, watches, telephones, musical
instruments, vehicles, human body or parts of the human body, animals, food or beverages
EXAMPLE 2 laser products playing notes (sounds), having flashing lights, moving parts or other entertaining
features
Note 1 to entry: The simple emission of a visible laser beam as such does not make a laser product child
appealing.
Note 2 to entry: “Child appealing” depends on a case-by-case assessment of the child appealing character of the
product, taking into account the specific characteristics of the product in question (see “New Declaration of ADCO
on Child Appealing Appliances, LVDWP/14/4, 15-06-2009).
Note 3 to entry: A normal telephone, mobile phone or tablet is not considered as child appealing; in contrast, a
telephone, mobile phone or tablet that is designed to look like a cartoon character, is considered child appealing.
Also, a product that resembles (but is not) a watch, telephone, musical instrument, etc. is considered as child
appealing.
3.4
laser pointer
laser product promoted and intended as a handheld laser either for entertainment purposes or for
pointing out objects and/or locations
Note 1 to entry: Examples which are not considered as laser pointers are: gunsights, laser levelling devices and
positioning aids, such as in laser distance measurement devices
4 Classification of consumer laser products
Laser products in the scope of this standard shall comply with EN 60825-1:2014 and
EN 60825-1:2014/A11:2021, including classification, labelling and user instructions. As a general
principle, the product shall be in the lowest feasible class commensurate with the intended function.
5 Child appealing consumer laser products
Child appealing consumer laser products that are not electric toys shall be Class 1 laser products. The
classification, engineering, labelling and information for the user requirements of EN 60825-1:2014 and
EN 60825-1:2014/A11:2021 apply.
Additionally, for child appealing consumer laser products, the accessible emission determined at the
closest point of human access and the point of the highest accessible emission (worst case condition
regarding the beam diameter), shall not exceed the maximum permissible exposure values for the skin
as specified in EN 60825-1:2014 and EN 60825-1:2014/A11:2021, Table A.5. The accessible emission
to be compared with the applicable value in Table A.5, given as irradiance or radiant exposure, is to be
determined with a circular averaging aperture (limiting aperture) of 1 mm diameter and with a timebase
of 10 s for wavelengths above 400 nm and a timebase of 1000 s for wavelengths less than and equal
to 400 nm.
NOTE 1 These limits can be seen as dual limits, additional to the AEL of Class 1, to prevent a skin burn hazard
or a corneal burn hazard; the limits are applied as emission limits to ensure product safety, they are not used as
exposure limits.
NOTE 2 Electric toys are not in the scope of this document. Requirements for electric toys incorporating lasers
are specified in EN 62115.
NOTE 3 A flowchart of the requirements of this clause and Clause 6 can be found in Annex A as a simplified
summary.
A laser pointer of any class,
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