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Personal Protective Equipment | Q4 2020

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Europe

 

Standards updates

 

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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 352-1:2020

Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 1: Earmuffs

2023-11-30

EN 352-1:2002

EN 352-2:2020

Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs

2023-11-30

EN 352-2:2002

EN 352-3:2020

Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 3: Earmuffs attached to head protection and/or face protection devices

2023-11-30

EN 352-3:2002

EN 352-4:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 4: Level-dependent earmuffs

2023-11-30

EN 352-4:2001/A1:2005
EN 352-4:2001

EN 352-5:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 5: Active noise reduction earmuffs

2023-11-30

EN 352-5:2002/A1:2005
EN 352-5:2002

EN 352-6:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 6: Earmuffs with safety-related audio input

2023-11-30

EN 352-6:2002

EN 352-7:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 7: Level-dependent earplugs

2023-11-30

EN 352-7:2002

EN 352-8:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 8: Entertainment audio earmuffs

2023-11-30

EN 352-8:2008

EN 352-9:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 9: Earplugs with safety-related audio input

2023-10-31

 

EN 352-10:2020

Hearing protectors - Safety requirements - Part 10: Entertainment audio earplugs

2023-11-30

EN 13819-3:2019
EN 352-2:2020

EN ISO 12402-2:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 2: Lifejackets, performance level 275 - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-2:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-2:2006/A1:2010
EN ISO 12402-2:2006

EN ISO 12402-3:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 3: Lifejackets, performance level 150 - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-3:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-3:2006/A1:2010
EN ISO 12402-3:2006

EN ISO 12402-4:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 4: Lifejackets, performance level 100 - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-4:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-4:2006/A1:2010
EN ISO 12402-4:2006

EN ISO 12402-5:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-5:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-5:2006/AC:2006
EN ISO 12402-5:2006/A1:2010
EN ISO 12402-5:2006

EN ISO 12402-6:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 6: Special application lifejackets and buoyancy aids - Safety requirements and additional test methods (ISO 12402-6:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-6:2006/A1:2010
EN ISO 12402-6:2006

EN ISO 12402-7:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 7: Materials and components - Safety requirements and test methods (ISO 12402-7:2020)

2021-04-30

EN ISO 12402-7:2006/A1:2011
EN ISO 12402-7:2006

EN ISO 12402-8:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 8: Accessories - Safety requirements and test methods (ISO 12402-8:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-8:2006/A1:2011
EN ISO 12402-8:2006

EN ISO 12402-9:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 9: Evaluation (ISO 12402-9:2020)

2021-03-31

EN ISO 12402-9:2006/A1:2011
EN ISO 12402-9:2006

EN ISO 12402-10:2020

Personal flotation devices - Part 10: Selection and application of personal flotation devices and other relevant devices (ISO 12402-10:2020)

2021-04-30

EN ISO 12402-10:2006

EN 13274-4:2020

Respiratory protective devices - Methods of test - Part 4: Flame test

2021-04-30

EN 13274-4:2001

EN 13819-1:2020

Hearing protectors - Testing - Part 1: Physical test methods

2021-05-31

EN 13819-1:2002

EN 13819-2:2020

Hearing protectors - Testing - Part 2: Acoustic test methods

2021-05-31

EN 13819-2:2002

EN 17353:2020

Protective clothing - Enhanced visibility equipment for medium risk situations - Test methods and requirements

2023-08-31

EN 13356:2001
EN 1150:1999

EN ISO 20349-1:2017/A1:2020

Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding - Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries - Amendment 1 (ISO 20349-1:2017/Amd 1:2020)

2021-05-31

 

EN ISO 20349-2:2017/A1:2020

Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding - Part 2: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in welding and allied processes - Amendment 1 (ISO 20349-2:2017/Amd 1:2020)

2021-05-31

 

 

Spain

 

Guidelines for masks and protective clothing manufacturing

 

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has published new documents and updates related to masks and protective clothing. See below a list of recent publications:

 

General

 

Recommendation (EU) of March 2020 and temporary resolutions on PPE

 

Respiratory protection masks (PPE)

 

  • PPE type masks how to legalize

 

France

 

Technical publications

 

Please find below a table summarising the most recent technical publications (non-exhaustive):

 

Date

Countries

Entity

Title

01/10/2020

France

DGCCRF

Sheet on personal protective equipment (PPE) (In French)

 

UK

 

Brexit transition: new rules for 2021

 

On 29th December 2020, the UK government published Guidance about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

 

This guide is for businesses placing PPE on the market in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and it seeks to provide practical advice with respect to the Regulation as it will apply in Great Britain from 1 January 2021.

 

For more information, consult the guidance on Regulation 2016/425 and the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018  here.

 

There is separate guidance available on the UK website for placing products on the market in Northern Ireland. Consult here.

 

Other relevant news

 

Standards updates

 

Date

country

News

22/09/2020

US

California Proposition 65 Settlement

As a result of several 60-day notices related to the Chromium VI's content in leather gloves, a settlement and a consent judgement were issued which require that this type of products have a warning label on the covered leather gloves that contain Chromium VI.