Personal Protective Equipment | Monthly bulletin | December 2019
Standards Updates
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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.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 gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms - Part 2: Determination of resistance to penetration (ISO 374-2:2019) |
2020-04-30 |
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Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms - Part 4: Determination of resistance to degradation by chemicals (ISO 374-4:2019) |
2020-04-30 |
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Protective clothing - Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers - Amendment 1: Surrogate test chemical (ISO 27065:2017/Amd 1:2019) |
2020-04-30 |
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 1 alert regarding Personal Protective equipment has been reported, from week 43 until week 46 of 2019.
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Type of Risk |
Number of alerts |
Notes |
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Injuries |
1 |
Lanyard: it could break during use causing the person to fall to the ground. Not complying with the EN 354 |
