This European Standard specifies safety requirements for lighters. These requirements are intended to make
the operation of lighters resistant to children aged less than 51 months subject to the provisions of this European
Standard.
This European Standard is applicable to lighters, as defined in 3.1, which use, as fuel, butane, isobutane, propane,
or other liquefied hydrocarbon, or a mixture containing any of these, whose vapour at 24 °C exceeds a gauge
pressure of 103 kPa.
This European Standard does not apply to:
matches or any other lighting device intended primarily for igniting materials other than smoking materials,
such as fuel for fireplaces, or for charcoal, or gas-fired grills;
refillable lighters for which producers provide on request to the competent authorities the necessary
documentation substantiating that the lighters are designed, manufactured and placed on the market such as
to ensure a continual expected safe use over a lifetime of at least five years, subject to repair, and which fulfil
in particular all of the following requirements:
a written guarantee of at least two years for each lighter, in accordance with Directive 1999/44/EC Article
6 of the European Parliament and of the Council; this guarantee is in addition to the consumers’ rights
granted under Article 3 thereof;
the practical possibility for the lighter to be repaired and safely refilled over the entire lifetime, including in
particular a repairable ignition mechanism;
parts that are not consumable, but are likely to wear out or fail in continual use after the guarantee period,
are accessible for replacement or repair under the producer’s responsibility by an authorised or
specialised after-sales service centre based in the European Union.
NOTE The above mentioned criteria relate to the so-called luxury and semi-luxury lighters which are also characterized
by a low degree of substitutability with other lighters and an individual consumer packaging.
BS EN 13869:2002+A1:2011 Referenced Document
EN ISO 9994 Lighters - Safety Specification*， 2019-01-01 Update
EN ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories*， 2017-12-01 Update
BS EN 13869:2002+A1:2011 history
2016BS EN 13869:2016 Lighters. Child safety requirements for lighters. Safety requirements and test methods
2002BS EN 13869:2002+A1:2011 Lighters. Child-resistance for lighters. Safety requirements and test methods
2002BS EN 13869:2002 Lighters - Child-resistance for lighters - Safety requirements and test methods