3. PPE standardization
3.1 CEN and ISO standards
With the exception of certain live working equipment standardized by Technical Committee CLC/TC 78 of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), the European Commission has entrusted the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) with the task of drawing up European standards to support the application of the PPE Directive 89/686/EEC. A total of seven PPE Technical Committees (TC) were set up in 1988 or reactivated at that time, and are still active today (see table 2 ). A working group attached to technical committee CEN/TC 122, working in liaison with the other TCs, has been tasked with preparing a standard on ergonomic principles to be taken into account by writers...
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...Standards and norms
- Recueil des normes équipement de protection individuelle sur CD Rom. - AFNOR - octobre 2009
- Personal protective equipment – Ergonomic principles. - AFNOR, NF EN 13921 - août 2007
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) – Guide to drafting the manufacturer's information leaflet issued to users in accordance with Directive 89/686/EEC. - AFNOR, Fascicule de documentation FD S70-100 - septembre 2007
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Regulations
Council Directive 89/686/EEC of December 21, 1989, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (JOCE, n° L. 399 of December 30, 1989 – pp. 18-38).
Directive 93/95/EEC of October 29, 1993 amending Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (PPE) (JOCE, n° L. 276 of November 9,...
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