ISO 12402-5:2020

Personal flotation devices — Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) — Safety requirements

Publication date:   Jul 31, 2020

General information

90.92   Standard to be revised   Jul 23, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 188/SC 1 Personal safety equipment

International Standard

13.340.70   Lifejackets, buoyancy aids and flotation devices

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Scope

This document specifies the safety requirements for buoyancy aids, performance level 50. It is applicable to buoyancy aids for adults and children with a body mass greater than 25 kg only, used in sheltered waters.
Buoyancy aids require active participation by the user where help and rescue are close at hand.
One-piece and two-piece inherently buoyant floatation suit PFDs are deemed to qualify as special application devices according to ISO 12402-6:2020.

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ISO 12402-5:2020
90.92 Standard to be revised
Jul 23, 2026

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ISO/PWI 12402-5

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ISO/AWI 12402-1