This document specifies safety and performance requirements for items of cookware for domestic use on top of a stove, cooker or hob. It is applicable to all cookware regardless of material or method of manufacture with the exceptions of those mentioned below. It is also applicable to cookware intended for use both on top and in oven . Hob types covered by this document are gas, electricity solid plate, electricity radiant ring, radiant plate in glass ceramic and induction plate in glass ceramic. This document is not applicable to pressure cookers, stove top water kettles and coffee makers. NOTE 1 Requirements for suitability for use in automatic dishwashers is under study by a specialist group and will be added by amendment when completed. NOTE 2 The requirements for ceramic and glass ceramic are specified in part 2.