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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Personal protective equipment

Regulation (EU) 2016/425

Short name:

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Base:

Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of 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Directives repealed: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
GROW-PPEatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Email)
Webpage on personal protective equipment

For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations.

Since 1 December 2018 the references of harmonised standards are published in, and withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union by means of 'Commission implementing decisions'.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 references published under Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment are found in the Commission communication published in OJ C 209 of 15 June 2018 and in the Commission implementing decisions listed below. They need to be read together, taking into account that the decision modifies some references published in the communication. The summary list below gives a consolidated overview of all publications in the Official Journal.

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Publications

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.