Personal protective equipment

Regulation (EU) 2016/425

Short name

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Base

Regulation (EU) 2016/425of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC. Applicable as of 21 April 2018.
OJ L 81 of 31 March 2016

Modification

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Directives repealed

Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment
OJ L 399 of 30 December 1989

Guide for application

European Commission contact point

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Email
Webpage on personal protective equipment

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Publications

Since 1 December 2018 the references of harmonised standards are published in, and withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union by means of 'Commission implementing decisions'.

The summary list below gives a consolidated overview of all publications in the Official Journal.

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Publications in the Official Journal

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/941 of 2 May 2023 on harmonised standards for personal protective equipment drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council - OJ L 125, 11.5.2023, p. 37–58

Summary list of titles and references of harmonised standards under Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment

The summary below consolidates the references of harmonised standards published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). It reproduces information already published in the L or C series of the OJ. It contains all references which, when the summary was generated, still provided a presumption of conformity together with references already withdrawn from the OJ.

The Commission services provide this summary for information purposes only. Although they take every possible precaution to ensure that the summary is updated regularly and is correct, errors may occur and the summary may not be complete at a certain point in time. The summary does not as such generate legal effects.