PPE Regulation Seminar

Wednesday 10th October 2018

On March 31st 2016, the European Commission published new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) legislation as Regulation (EU) 2016/425. This replaces PPE Directive 89/686/EEC which has required all PPE placed on the European market since 30th June 1995 to be CE marked.

During the last 22 years, hundreds of thousands of models of PPE have gone through the certification process under the PPE Directive and millions of individual products have subsequently been CE marked and sold all across Europe. However, to continue placing these products on the market they will have to meet the requirements of the new Regulation and after 21st April 2019 it will be illegal to place on the market any item of PPE that is not in accordance with this Regulation. The scale of the recertification task is potentially enormous and will require careful planning and managing to ensure a smooth transition and to minimize any disturbance to the market.

During the day there will be an opportunity to split into smaller groups to look at specific topics such as recent changes to glove standards or to meet up with an individual member of the SATRA team to discuss a particular issue.

Topics covered:

• Background / Current PPE Directive and EC Type Examination
• Regulation (EU) 2016/425 changes, obligations and timescales
• Chemical innocuousness testing
• Market enforcement
• Tours of test laboratories

Details

• Location: Kettering, UK
• Email: Pete Doughty
• Phone: +44 (0) 1536 410000
• Sector: PPE

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