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Scope

Standardization of terms, dimensions, tolerances, functional, operational, maintenance, training, performance and safety requirements, as well as their testing, including related test equipment for physical (including traditional) and virtual (including e-sports) sports.

Development and maintenance of standards for:

  • sports and recreational facilities and
  • equipment including those for recreational purposes (e.g. ropes courses, playgrounds, inflatables, water slides, camping tents, recreational trails, floating leisure articles, sleeping bags, ice hockey, snow sports, sports equipment, and facilities).

    • Excluded are amusement rides and amusement devices covered by International Standards within the scope of ISO/TC 254.

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    Sustainable Development Goals

    This committee contributes with 64 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

    3
    Good Health and Well-being
    4
    Quality Education
    5
    Gender Equality
    7
    Affordable and Clean Energy
    8
    Decent Work and Economic Growth
    9
    Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
    11
    Sustainable Cities and Communities
    12
    Responsible Consumption and Production
    13
    Climate Action
    15
    Life on Land
    98

    Published ISO standards *

    of which 36 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 83

    13

    ISO standards under development *

    of which 9 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 83

    35
    Participating members
    18
    Observing members

    * number includes updates

    Reference Title Type
    ISO/TC 83/SC 4 Snowsports equipment Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 83/SC 5 Ice hockey equipment and facilities Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 83/SC 6 Martial arts Subcommittee
    ISO/TC 83/WG 2   Camping tents Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 3   Summer toboggan runs Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 6   Hazard identification and risk assessment Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 7   Sleeping bags Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 8   Playground equipment Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 9   Floating leisure articles Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 10   Sport games Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 11   Systems for detection of involuntarily submersion Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 12   E-sports Working group
    ISO/TC 83/WG 13   Racket sports Working group
    Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 83

    The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 83:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    ISO/TC 188 Small craft ISO
    ISO/TC 228 Tourism and related services ISO
    ISO/TC 232 Education and learning services ISO
    ISO/PC 250 Sustainability in event management ISO
    ISO/TC 254 Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices ISO

     

    Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 83

    ISO/TC 83 can access the documents of the committees below:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    IEC/TC 61 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances IEC
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 Interconnection of information technology equipment ISO/IEC
    ISO/TC 188/SC 1 Personal safety equipment ISO
    ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
    ISO/TC 228 Tourism and related services ISO
    ISO/PC 250 Sustainability in event management ISO
    ISO/TC 254 Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices ISO
    ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO
    ISO/PC 329 Consumer incident investigation guideline ISO

     

    Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
    Acronym Title Category
    WFSGI World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry A

    Date Month Location TC/SC Note
    16-20 June 2025 Sydney (Australia) ISO/TC 83 *

    * Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
    ** Provisional

    ISO/TC 83 - Secretariat

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    2. Taking part
    3. Who develops standards
    4. Technical Committees
    5. ISO/TC 83