EN 15312:2007+A1:2010

Free access multi-sports equipment - Requirements, including safety and test methods

Publication date:   May 17, 2011

Scope

This European Standard is applicable to free access multi-sports equipment and combinations intended for permanent installation (not temporary), which includes, but not exclusively, equipment for sports such as badminton, basketball, football, handball, hockey, table tennis, tennis, volleyball.
This European Standard specifies requirements, including safety, for the equipment itself as well as for its in-stallation, inspection and maintenance. This European Standard is applicable to multi-sports equipment intended for individual and collective public use primarily by children and teenagers.
This type of equipment is not intended for use by very young children, e.g. less than 36 months.
This European Standard is not applicable to playground equipment as defined in EN 1176-1, free access fa-cilities used for roller sports equipment (see EN 14974), fitness trails, artificial climbing structures (see
EN 12572-1, EN 12572-2 and EN 12572-3).
This European Standard does not deal with beach equipment, the ground surfaces the local environment and any feature outside the multi-sports equipment.
This European Standard does not include any specific requirements other than for access and egress for dis-abled users.