JavaScript is disabled. Please enable to continue!

Mobile search icon
Eurofins >> Consumer Product Testing >> Media Centre >> News >> Eurofins | August 2019 regulatory Newsflash compilation | ATEX, Construction Products, Machinery, PPE

Eurofins | August 2019 regulatory Newsflash compilation | ATEX, Construction Products, Machinery, PPE

Sidebar Image

Eurofins newsflash Chemical

 

Europe

 

Recent publications by European Commission

 

Some documents recently published in the Official Journal of the European Union:

 

ATEX

Date

Reference

Title

15-07-2019

C/2019/5171

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1202 of 12 July 2019 on the harmonised standards for equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

Construction Products

Date

Reference

Title

12-07-2019

C/2019/2030

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1188 of 14 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing classes of performance in relation to resistance to wind load for external blinds and awnings

PPE – Personal Protective Equipment

Date

Reference

Title

17-07-2019

C/2019/5241

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1217 of 17 July 2019 on the harmonised standards for personal flotation devices — lifejackets drafted in support of Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

PPE – Personal Protective Equipment

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 13274-7:2019

Respiratory protective devices - Methods of test - Part 7: Determination of particle filter penetration

2019-12-31

EN 13274-7:2008

Construction Products

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 13384-1:2015+A1:2019

Chimneys - Thermal and fluid dynamic calculation methods - Part 1: Chimneys serving one combustion appliance

2020-01-31

 

EN 13384-2:2015+A1:2019

Chimneys - Thermal and fluid dynamic calculation methods - Part 2: Chimneys serving more than one combustion appliance

2020-01-31

 

Machinery

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN ISO 19085-7:2019

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 7: Surface planing, thickness planing, combined surface/thickness planing machines (ISO 19085-7:2019)

2020-01-31

EN 861:2007+A2:2012
EN 860:2007+A2:2012
EN 859:2007+A2:2012

EN ISO 19085-10:2019

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 10: Building site saws (contractor saws) (ISO 19085-10:2018)

2019-12-31

EN 1870-19:2013

EN ISO 20607:2019

Safety of machinery - Instruction handbook - General drafting principles (ISO 20607:2019)

2020-01-31

 

EN ISO 28927-8:2009/A2:2019

Hand-held portable power tools - Test methods for evaluation of vibration emission - Part 8: Saws, polishing and filing machines with reciprocating action and small saws with oscillating or rotating action - Amendment 2: Oscillating knives (vibrating screen removal tools) (ISO 28927-8:2009/Amd 2:2019)

2019-12-31