90.20 Standard under periodical review Jul 15, 2026
CEN
CEN/TC 151 Construction equipment and building material machines - Safety
European Norm
53.100 Earth-moving machinery
This European Standard establishes a consistent and reproducible means of evaluating the load-carrying characteristics of tip-over protective structures (TOPS) under static loading, and prescribes performance requirements of a representative specimen under such loading.
It applies to TOPS of compact excavators (as defined in EN ISO 6165) with swing type boom, having an operating mass (see 3.14) of 1 000 kg to 6 000 kg.
Legislation related to this standard
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
Harmonised Standard / Cited in the Official Journal
PUBLISHED
EN 13531:2001+A1:2008
90.20
Standard under periodical review
Jul 15, 2026