Personal Protective Equipment | Monthly bulletin | January 2020
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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.
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Reference |
Title |
Date of Withdrawal (*) |
Supersedes |
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Specification for protective clothing for use where there is a risk of entanglement with moving parts |
2020-05-31 |
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Hearing protectors - Testing - Part 3: Supplementary acoustic test methods |
2020-05-31 |
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Product Recalls/Alerts
Below you will find a monthly summary of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”).
RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).
The following 4 alerts regarding Personal Protective equipment has been reported, from week 47 until week 50 of 2019.
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Type of Risk |
Number of alerts |
Notes |
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Chemical |
4 |
Work gloves: The leather of the gloves contains an excessive amount of chromium VI |
