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See at the end of the page for the list of work items identified as a high priority for SMEs in Europe for the sector Textile and Fashion.
The sector Textile and Fashion can be defined as the production and services associated with:
CEN/TC 45 - Base sizes of sales units of textile goods
CEN/TC 248 - Textiles and textile products
CEN/TC 252 - Child care articles [for child textiles part]
CEN/TC 283 - Precious metals - Applications in jewellery and associated products
CEN/TC 309 - Footwear
CEN/TC 410 - Consumer confidence and nomenclature in the diamond industry
CEN/SS H08 - Sizing systems
CEN/SS M21 - Precious metals - Applications in jewellery and associated products
ISO/TC 38 - Textiles
ISO/TC 137 - Footwear sizing designations and marking systems
ISO/TC 216 - Footwear
IEC/TC 124 - Wearable electronic devices and technologies (shared with Electrotechnical and digital)
CEN/TC 79 - Respiratory protective devices
CEN/TC 85 - Eye protective equipment
CEN/TC 122 - Ergonomics
CEN/TC 160 - Protection against falls from height including working belts
CEN/TC 161 - Foot and leg protectors
CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
CLC/TC 78 - Equipment and tools for live working
IEC/TC 78 - Live working
The main priority standardisation areas in support of EU legislation in the textile and fashion sector are:
Please check the following link: https://genorma.com/en/project/search-by-directive-in-development/6930045 and include in the "advanced search option" the keyword "textile" or "cloth".
More information on the General Product Safety Directive can be found on the link: https://genorma.com/en/directive/show/2001/95/EC
Please check the following link: https://genorma.com/en/project/search-by-directive-in-development/27404627 selecting "draft" in the "advanced search option".
More information on the PPE Regulation can be found on the link: https://genorma.com/en/directive/show/2016/425
The below list provides relevant priority work items in the Textile and Fashion sector:
Personal fall protection equipment - Rope access systems - Rope adjustment devices
60.60 Standard published
Respiratory protective devices - Powered filtering devices incorporating a loose fitting respiratory interface - Requirements, testing, marking
60.60 Standard published
Respiratory protective devices - Powered filtering devices incorporating full face masks, half masks or quarter masks - Requirements, testing, marking
60.60 Standard published
Buoyant aids for swimming instruction - Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods for buoyant aids to be worn
60.60 Standard published
Protective clothing - Garments for protection against cool environments
50.60 Close of voting. Proof returned by secretariat
Personal protective equipment - Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position - Part 1: Test methods
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Personal protective equipment - Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position - Part 2: Requirements for wearable knee protectors (type 1)
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Personal protective equipment - Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position - Part 3: Requirements for the individual combination of knee pads and garments (type 2)
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Personal protective equipment - Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position - Part 4: Requirements for the combination of interoperable knee pads and garments (type 2)
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Personal protective equipment - Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position - Part 5: Requirements for knee mats (type 3)
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Protective clothing - Protection against heat and flame - Requirements and test methods for garments with integrated smart textiles and non textile elements
60.60 Standard published
Personal fall protection equipment - Retractable type fall arresters
60.60 Standard published
Live Working - Electrically insulating helmets for use on low and medium voltage installations
60.60 Standard published
Live working - Eye, face and head protectors against the effects of electric arc - Performance requirements and test methods
60.60 Standard published
Eye and face protection - Sunglasses and related eyewear - Part 1: Sunglasses for general use (ISO 12312-1:2022)
60.60 Standard published
Protective clothing - Mechanical properties - Determination of resistance to cutting by sharp objects (ISO 13997:2023)
60.60 Standard published
Personal protective equipment - Safety footwear (ISO 20345:2021)
60.60 Standard published
Personal protective equipment - Protective footwear (ISO 20346:2021)
60.60 Standard published
Personal protective equipment - Occupational footwear (ISO 20347:2021)
60.60 Standard published
Protective clothing - Protection against heat and fire - Method of test: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies when exposed to a source of radiant heat (ISO 6942:2022)
60.60 Standard published
Protective clothing - Garments with permethrin as-treated articles supporting the protection against tick bites
45.99 Dispatch of FV draft to CCMC
Electrical insulating protective clothing for low-voltage installations
45.99 Dispatch of FV draft to CCMC
Live working - Footwear for electrical protection - Part 1: Insulating footwear and overboots
50.60 Close of voting. Proof returned by secretariat
Eye and face protection against intense light sources used on humans and animals for cosmetic and medical applications - Part 1: Specification for products (ISO/FDIS 12609-1:2021)
60.55 Ratification completed (DOR)
Buoyant aids for swimming instruction - Part 1: Buoyant aids to be worn - Safety requirements and test methods
40.97 End of interruption of work - split/merged
Respiratory protective devices - Self-contained closed-circuit breathing apparatus for escape - Requirements, testing and marking
40.60 Close of voting
Protective clothing for firefighters - Requirements and test methods for fire hoods for firefighters
40.20 DIS ballot initiated: 12 weeks
Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications
40.60 Close of voting
Safety of machinery - Anthropometric requirements for the design of workstations for industries and services (ISO/DIS 14738:2020)
45.98 End of interruption of work - abandoned
Immersion suits - Part 1: Constant wear suits, requirements including safety (ISO/DIS 15027-1:2023)
45.99 Dispatch of FV draft to CCMC
Immersion suits - Part 2: Abandonment suits, requirements including safety (ISO/DIS 15027-2:2023)
40.60 Close of voting
Protective clothing - Protection against rain (ISO/DIS 24232:2023)
45.99 Dispatch of FV draft to CCMC