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Personal Protective Equipment | Monthly bulletin | April 2020

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Standards updates

 

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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 17092-2:2020

Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 2: Class AAA garments - Requirements

2023-02-28

EN 13595-4:2002
EN 13595-3:2002
EN 13595-2:2002
EN 13595-1:2002

EN 17092-3:2020

Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 3: Class AA garments - Requirements

2023-02-28

EN 13595-4:2002
EN 13595-3:2002
EN 13595-2:2002
EN 13595-1:2002

EN 17092-4:2020

Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 4: Class A garments - Requirements

2023-02-28

EN 13595-4:2002
EN 13595-3:2002
EN 13595-2:2002
EN 13595-1:2002

EN 17092-5:2020

Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 5: Class B garments - Requirements

2023-02-28

EN 13595-4:2002
EN 13595-3:2002
EN 13595-2:2002
EN 13595-1:2002

EN 17092-6:2020

Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 6: Class C garments - Requirements

2023-02-28

EN 13595-4:2002
EN 13595-3:2002
EN 13595-2:2002
EN 13595-1:2002

EN ISO 18526-4:2020

Eye and face protection - Test methods - Part 4: Headforms (ISO 18526-4:2020)

2020-09-30

 

EN ISO 21420:2020

Protective gloves - General requirements and test methods (ISO 21420:2020)

2020-09-30

EN 420:2003+A1:2009

 

US

 

Standard updates

 

See below a table summarising some recent ASTM standards updates:

 

Reference

Title

ASTM D1048 - 20

Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Blankets​

 

Product Recalls / Alerts

 

Below you will find a monthly summary of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”).

 

Europe

 

RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).

 

The following 1 alert regarding Personal Protective equipment has been reported, from week 8 to week 11 of 2020.

 

Type of Risk

Number of alerts

Notes

Choking

1

Floating device for children:

A piece of the closure system of the strap can be detached, generating a small part. Does comply with the standard EN 13138

 

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