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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.
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Reference |
Title |
Date of Withdrawal (*) |
Supersedes |
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Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 2: Class AAA garments - Requirements |
2023-02-28 |
EN 13595-4:2002 |
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Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 3: Class AA garments - Requirements |
2023-02-28 |
EN 13595-4:2002 |
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Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 4: Class A garments - Requirements |
2023-02-28 |
EN 13595-4:2002 |
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Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 5: Class B garments - Requirements |
2023-02-28 |
EN 13595-4:2002 |
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Protective garments for motorcycle riders - Part 6: Class C garments - Requirements |
2023-02-28 |
EN 13595-4:2002 |
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Eye and face protection - Test methods - Part 4: Headforms (ISO 18526-4:2020) |
2020-09-30 |
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Protective gloves - General requirements and test methods (ISO 21420:2020) |
2020-09-30 |
Standard updates
See below a table summarising some recent ASTM standards updates:
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Reference |
Title |
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Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Blankets |
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.
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Type of Risk |
Number of alerts |
Notes |
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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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