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The transversal sector of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE Sector) covers a wide range of equipment belonging to several sectors such as:
- Textile Sector
- Defense and Security
- Healthcare and medical sector
The sector is defined by the following main categories of products, amongst others:
Protective gear;
Gloves;
Helmets; Helmets (Work, Sport, Military helmets, Helmet covers);
Protective footwear;
Surgical gloves;
Goggles; Protective goggles;
Safety equipment; Site-safety equipment; Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment;
Protective and safety clothing; Safety vests; Reflective vests; Individual and support equipment; Individual equipment;
Garments for biological or chemical protection; Nuclear and radiological protection clothing;
Combat uniforms; Military helmets; Gas masks; Garments for anti-ballistic protection; Support equipment.
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
Please check the following link: https://genorma.com/en/directive/show/2016/425.
To follow up the drafts supporting this Regulation, please check: https://genorma.com/en/project/search-by-directive-in-development/27404627
More information on the PPE Regulation can be found on the link: https://genorma.com/en/directive/show/27404627
Below you can find an interactive list of work items for follow up of the priorities for SMEs in Europe in the PPE sector. Click below on each work item for additional information.
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 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