EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA
(Amendment)Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-90: Particular requirements for commercial microwave ovens
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-90: Particular requirements for commercial microwave ovens
This European Standard deals with - the safety of microwave ovens with a cavity door intended for commercial use, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances connected between one phase and neutral and 480 V for other appliances; - the safety of combination microwave ovens with a cavity door, the requirements for which are contained in Annex AA; - the safety of microwave ovens without a cavity door and with transportation means that are intended for commercial use only, for the heating of food and beverages, the requirements for which are contained in Annex BB. Microwave ovens covered by Annex BB have transportation means for moving the load through the microwave oven. Requirements for tunnel microwave ovens and several types of microwave vending machines are covered. This European Standard also deals with microwave ovens intended to be used on board ships, for which Annex EE is applicable.
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-90: Besondere Anforderungen für gewerbliche Mikrowellenkochgeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-90: Exigences particulières pour les fours à micro-ondes à usage commercial
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-90. del: Posebne zahteve za mikrovalovne pečice za komercialno uporabo - Dopolnilo AA
General Information
- Status
- Not Published
- Publication Date
- 04-Sep-2024
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
- Drafting Committee
- CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
- Current Stage
- 4098 - Decision to drop project - Standstill maintained / released - Enquiry
- Start Date
- 22-Nov-2023
- Completion Date
- 20-Feb-2026
Relations
- Effective Date
- 28-Jun-2022
Overview
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA is a draft European standard developed by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CLC), addressing the safety requirements for commercial microwave ovens. This standard is part of the broader EN IEC 60335 series, which focuses on the safety of household and similar electrical appliances. The particular focus of Part 2-90 is on microwave ovens intended for commercial use, including specialized types such as combination ovens and tunnel-type microwave ovens, as well as those used on board ships.
The standard applies to microwave ovens with a cavity door for commercial use at rated voltages not exceeding 250 V (single-phase) or 480 V (other appliances). It further covers microwave ovens without a cavity door equipped with transportation means intended solely for the heating of food and beverages. By clearly defining requirements, EN IEC 60335-2-90 aims to ensure product safety for both operators and end-users, supporting manufacturers and importers in meeting essential EU directives and legal requirements for market access.
Key Topics
Scope and Coverage:
- Applies to commercial microwave ovens, including those with moving parts, combination ovens, and microwave vending machines.
- Addresses products used in restaurants, canteens, bakeries, hospitals, and other food service establishments.
- Contains requirements for appliances intended for use by the general public or trained users, and for use in public access areas and ships.
Specific Safety Requirements:
- Modifies general safety clauses for commercial appliances.
- Includes enhanced hygiene requirements for cleanability of splash and non-food areas.
- Adds new instructions and marking provisions related to child safety and use in public areas.
- Considers mechanical hazards and protection against access to live parts, particularly for appliances installed in areas open to the public.
Directive Alignment:
- Developed in response to EU legal requests supporting the Low Voltage Directive (LVD, 2014/35/EU) and Machinery Directive (MD, 2006/42/EC).
- Confers presumption of conformity when cited in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Applications
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA is essential for a range of stakeholders:
- Manufacturers: Ensures that commercial microwave ovens are designed and tested according to the latest European safety requirements, facilitating CE marking and market access throughout the EU and EFTA regions.
- Importers and Distributors: Provides a clear reference point for verifying compliance of supplied microwave ovens.
- Commercial Kitchens and Food Service Operators: Supports safe installation and operation of microwave ovens in restaurants, catering, hospitals, and public spaces.
- Ships and Marine Catering: Contains dedicated requirements (Annex EE) for appliances intended for shipboard use.
- Testing and Certification Bodies: Offers recognized criteria for conformity assessment, inspection, and certification processes.
Related Standards
- EN 60335-1 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements.
- EN 60335-2-36 - Particular requirements for commercial electric cooking ranges, ovens, hobs and hob elements.
- EN IEC 60335-2-75 - Particular requirements for commercial dispensing appliances and vending machines.
- EN ISO 14159 - Safety of machinery - Hygiene requirements for design.
- EN 60601 (all parts) - Medical electrical equipment safety (referenced for comparable approaches in specialized contexts).
By aligning with these related European standards, EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA ensures a comprehensive safety framework for commercial microwave ovens used across various commercial settings.
Frequently Asked Questions
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA is a draft published by CLC. Its full title is "Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-90: Particular requirements for commercial microwave ovens". This standard covers: This European Standard deals with - the safety of microwave ovens with a cavity door intended for commercial use, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances connected between one phase and neutral and 480 V for other appliances; - the safety of combination microwave ovens with a cavity door, the requirements for which are contained in Annex AA; - the safety of microwave ovens without a cavity door and with transportation means that are intended for commercial use only, for the heating of food and beverages, the requirements for which are contained in Annex BB. Microwave ovens covered by Annex BB have transportation means for moving the load through the microwave oven. Requirements for tunnel microwave ovens and several types of microwave vending machines are covered. This European Standard also deals with microwave ovens intended to be used on board ships, for which Annex EE is applicable.
This European Standard deals with - the safety of microwave ovens with a cavity door intended for commercial use, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances connected between one phase and neutral and 480 V for other appliances; - the safety of combination microwave ovens with a cavity door, the requirements for which are contained in Annex AA; - the safety of microwave ovens without a cavity door and with transportation means that are intended for commercial use only, for the heating of food and beverages, the requirements for which are contained in Annex BB. Microwave ovens covered by Annex BB have transportation means for moving the load through the microwave oven. Requirements for tunnel microwave ovens and several types of microwave vending machines are covered. This European Standard also deals with microwave ovens intended to be used on board ships, for which Annex EE is applicable.
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 97.040.20 - Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/42/EC, 2014/35/EU; Standardization Mandates: M/396, M/511. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2023
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-90. del: Posebne zahteve
za mikrovalovne pečice za komercialno uporabo - Dopolnilo AA
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-90: Particular requirements
for commercial microwave ovens
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-90:
Besondere Anforderungen für gewerbliche Mikrowellenkochgeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-90: Exigences
particulières pour les fours à micro-ondes à usage commercial
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA
ICS:
97.040.20 Štedilniki, delovni pulti, Cooking ranges, working
pečice in podobni aparati tables, ovens and similar
appliances
SIST EN IEC 60335-2- en
90:2021/oprAA:2023
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
March 2023
ICS 97.040.20 -
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-90:
Particular requirements for commercial microwave ovens
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-90: Exigences particulières pour les fours à micro- ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-90: Besondere Anforderungen für
ondes à usage commercial gewerbliche Mikrowellenkochgeräte
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021; it is submitted to CENELEC
members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2023-06-23.
It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 61.
If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CENELEC 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
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,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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Contents Page
1 European foreword . 2
2 1 Modification to the Introduction . 3
3 2 Modification to the Scope . 3
4 3 Modification to Clause 3, “Terms and definitions” . 3
5 4 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions” . 4
6 5 Modification to Clause 8, “Protection against access to live parts” . 4
7 6 Modification to Clause 20, “Stability and mechanical hazards” . 4
8 7 Modification to Clause 22, “Construction” . 4
9 8 Modification to the annexes . 5
10 9 Modification to Bibliography . 11
11 European foreword
12 This document (EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021/prAA:2023) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 “Safety of household
13 and similar electrical appliances”.
14 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
15 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
16 The numbering system for European clauses, subclasses, notes, tables, figures and annexes that are
17 additional to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letter “Z”.
18 This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the European
19 Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
20 Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
21 For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZB, which are an
22 integral part of this document.
23 Secretary Note: All IM notes and relative boxes will be removed before publication. The boxes contain
24 the relational for the changes.
26 Rational Issue manager:
27 The link to legislation will be reintroduced because we have an IM for this standard. The standard is linked to
28 MD because in the market there are products with moving parts covered by machinery directive
30 Secretary Note for HAS consultants: The consolidated version of the IEC standards + EN Common
31 modifications can be requested to the secretary: luca_reina@whirlpool.com
32 1 Modification to the Introduction
33 Addition:
34 This European amendment A11 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
35 — EN 60335-1:2012+A11:2014+A13:2017+A1:2019+A14:2019+A2:2019+A15:2021+A16:2022 (Part 1)
36 — EN IEC 60335-2-90:2021+A1:2021 (Part 2)
37 2 Modification to the Scope
38 Replace the sixth paragraph, starting from “In general, this standard does not take into account …“ up to “–
39 playing with the appliance by young children.” with the following:
40 “This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards presented by appliances and machines that
41 are encountered by all persons.
42 However, in general, it does not take into account:
43 — children playing with the commercial microwave ovens;
44 — the use of the commercial microwave ovens by young and very young children;
45 — the use of the commercial microwave ovens by older children without supervision, for appliances
46 declared by the manufacturer as designed to be used in areas open to the public;
47 — the use of the commercial microwave ovens by children; for other appliances not used in areas open
48 to the public;
49 It is recognized that very vulnerable people can have needs beyond the level addressed in this document.”
50 Addition:
51 “Additional requirements for commercial microwave ovens with power driven moving parts are given in
52 Annex ZE.
53 Products covered by this document do create neither a noise hazard, nor a vibration hazard; therefore, no
54 specific provisions concerning noise and vibration are given.
55 For the purpose of this document, the term „appliance” as used in Part 1 is to be read as “commercial
56 microwave ovens”.”
57 3 Modification to Clause 3, “Terms and definitions”
58 Add the following new term entry:
59 “
60 3.Z101
61 areas open to the public
62 areas in which the general public including children can enter
63 Note 1 to entry: Examples are dining areas in restaurants, coffee shops, canteens.
Note from IM: This new definition is necessary. The probe 18 introduced in part 1 is only applicable for
commercial microwave ovens intended to be used in area open to the public. The corresponding
requirement in Clause 7, 8, 20 are added.
64 4 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions”
65 7.12 Modification:
66 Replace the third paragraph in the Part 1 starting with “The instructions shall include the substance of the
67 following …” up to “Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.” with
68 the following:
69 “The instructions for commercial microwave ovens not intended to be used in areas open to the public, the
70 instructions shall state the substance of the following:
71 WARNING: This appliance shall not be installed in areas where general public including children has access.
72 The instructions for commercial microwave ovens intended to be used in areas open to the public, the
73 instructions shall state the substance of the following:
74 This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above if they have been given supervision or
75 instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and if they understand the hazards involved.
76 Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children unless they are aged from 8 years and above
77 and supervised.
78 The instructions for appliances that are not in compliance with 22.ZE.104, but intended to be used in areas
79 open to the public shall state that the appliance shall be installed or placed equal to or higher than 850 mm
80 above the floor.”
81 5 Modification to Clause 8, “Protection against access to live parts”
82 Addition:
83 Add the following after “… application”: “except as follows”
84 “8.1.1 Addition:
85 Test probe 18 of EN 61032 is not applied to appliances for commercial use unless they are intended to be
86 installed in an area open to the public.
87 8.1.3 Addition:
88 Test probe 18 of EN 61032 is not applied to appliances for commercial use unless they are intended to be
89 installed in an area open to the public.”
90 6 Modification to Clause 20, “Stability and mechanical hazards”
91 20.2 Addition:
92 Add after the second dashed item in the compliance criteria in the Part 1, starting from “ -test probe 18 of
93 EN 61032,…” the following:
94 “Test probe 18 of EN 61032 is not applied to appliances for commercial use unless they are intended to be
95 installed in an area open to the public.”
96 7 Modification to Clause 22, “Construction”
97 22.55 Modification
98 Add the following text after the third paragraph in the Part 1, starting from “The sound of the motor … :
99 “The requirements are not applicable for commercial appliances unless they are used in areas open to the
100 public.”
101 8 Modification to the annexes
102 Annex ZC
103 (normative)
105 Normative references to international publications with their
106 corresponding European publications
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