scope:

This recommendation applies to electric toasters for household and similar purposes. Similar purposes denote use in other than household premises, e.g. inns, coffee-houses, tea-rooms, small hotels, where the appliance is used in a way similar to that in a normal household. The purpose of this recommendation is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of electric toasters for household and similar purposes which are of interest to the user, and to describe the standard methods for measuring these characteristics. This recommendation is concerned neither with safety nor with performance requirements.