What counts as an outdoor product

Outdoor products include things like BBQs and burners, kites and outdoor toys, fireworks and decorative flames, outdoor furniture and tents etc.

Depending on features and function, they may fall under gas‑appliance or LPG standards, pyrotechnics rules, toy safety, PPE, or general GPSR product‑safety obligations.

Correctly classifying each product by purpose, user group, and key hazards (burn, fall, impact, drowning) is essential before choosing standards and tests.

Core obligations include:

• Determine the correct legal framework for each outdoor product type— Gas Appliances Regulation / GB gas appliance rules for BBQs and burners, pyrotechnic and explosives legislation for fireworks, toys and GPSR for kites and outdoor toys, furniture standards for outdoor seating, and tent or camping standards, while treating GPSR/GPSR‑UK as the overarching safety net.

• Designing products to meet essential safety requirements under all applicable frameworks and standards, addressing risks such as fire and explosion, burns, electric shock, structural failure, entrapment, and weather exposure, and carrying out appropriate testing and risk assessment for gas safety, mechanical stability, flammability, and outdoor electrical use.

• Maintaining a technical file for each product family with risk assessments, design drawings, bills of materials, standards mapping, test reports (for example gas performance and CO, mechanical and tip‑over tests, flammability for tents and decorative flames, toy safety where relevant).

• Providing clear, language‑appropriate instructions and safety information that reflect real‑world outdoor use, covering safe set‑up and lighting of BBQs and burners, keeping flames away from structures and tents, supervising children around kites and outdoor toys, storing and using fireworks in line with local rules, and using outdoor electrical products only as intended.

• Ensuring durable traceability markings (manufacturer/importer details and product or batch codes) and, where required, conformity marks such as CE/UKCA or specific gas/pyrotechnic approvals.

Markings and information

Outdoor products must display clear, durable markings showing the manufacturer (and importer where relevant), product designation, and a traceable model, batch, or serial number, together with any required conformity marks such as CE or UKCA, gas‑appliance approvals, pyrotechnic category symbols, or toy marks for kites and outdoor toys.

Labels, packaging, and instructions should provide essential safety and usage information tailored to outdoor conditions—for example safe set‑up and lighting of BBQs and burners, minimum distances from buildings and tents, supervision and age limits for outdoor toys and kites, handling and storage rules for fireworks and decorative flames, and any installation, anchoring, or weather‑protection guidance for outdoor furniture and tents—in appropriate languages for the EU and UK markets.

How we can help

We help brands map the correct combination of GPSR, gas, electrical, toy, PPE, and pyrotechnic frameworks for BBQs, burners, kites, fireworks, outdoor furniture, tents etc.

Support typically includes risk assessments tailored to outdoor conditions, test report reviews to relevant EN and ISO standards, development and review of construction manuals and user guidance, and detailed checks of markings, warnings, and artwork so product information accurately reflects hazards and safe‑use expectations.

With tailored, end‑to‑end solutions, CERT helps you launch outdoor products, that are safe, compliant, and ready for market—backed by clear documentation and expert support documentation.