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Personal Protective Equipment | Monthly bulletin | March 2020

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Europe

 

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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.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 ISO 18526-3:2020

Eye and face protection - Test methods - Part 3: Physical and mechanical properties (ISO 18526-3:2020)

2020-07-31

 

 

US

 

Standards updates

 

See below a table summarising some recent ASTM standards updates:

 

Reference

Title

ASTM F496 - 20

Standard Specification for In-Service Care of Insulating Gloves and Sleeves

ASTM F1897 - 20

Standard Specification for Leg Protection for Chain Saw Users

ASTM F3325 - 20

Standard Specification for Leg-Protective Devices for Chainsaw Users

 

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 0 alerts regarding Personal Protective equipment has been reported, from week 4 to week 7 of 2020.