EN ISO 21420:2020

Protective gloves - General requirements and test methods (ISO 21420:2020) EN ISO 21420:2020

Publication date:   May 18, 2020

General information

60.60 Standard published   Mar 4, 2020

CEN

CEN/TC 162 Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets

European Norm

13.340.40   Hand and arm protection

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Scope

This document specifies the general requirements and relevant test procedures for glove design and construction, innocuousness, comfort and efficiency, as well as the marking and information supplied by the manufacturer applicable to all protective gloves.
It can also apply to arm protectors and gloves permanently incorporated in containment enclosures.
Gloves and hand protectors such as mittens, pot holders and arm protection are covered by this document.
This document does not address the protective properties of gloves and therefore is not used alone but only in combination with the appropriate specific standard(s). A non-exhaustive list of these standards is given in the Bibliography.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

2016/425

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

89/686/EEC

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
EN 420:2003+A1:2009

NOW

PUBLISHED
EN ISO 21420:2020
60.60 Standard published
Mar 4, 2020

CORRIGENDA / AMENDMENTS

PUBLISHED
EN ISO 21420:2020/A1:2024