Appendix 3 – Guide for Independent Test for Cover and Filling MaterialsSeparate Optional Tests for Each Material – (Cover Material and Filling Material)

  1.1 The cover material should be tested on non-flame-retardant filling material. If tested on other flame-retardant filling materials, the cover will be approved for use on that specific filling material only.

  1.2 Before carrying out the independent test for cover material, the filling material used for this test should be checked and confirmed whether it would be non-flame-retardant material, which would not satisfy the criteria of this standard. This would be confirmed by the independent test for the filling material described in paragraph 2 below.

 The test for the filling material should be done without the cover material. If the material satisfies the criteria of this standard, it would be considered that such material would have sufficient performance as a filling material for "upholstered furniture", and it would also be considered that such material is not suitable as a standard non-flame-retardant filling material for a stand-alone test for cover material, described above.

  3.1 Type approval for "upholstered furniture" might be applied by the combination of the covering and filling. But if both materials, cover and filling material, could pass the criteria of this standard and have sufficient test reports for each individual material as evidence of the independent test, an additional test for the actual combination would not be required.

  3.2 The Administration may specify that they will only recognize one of the options for their approval.