The European Economic Community adopted Directive 89/686/EEC in 1989, which defines the requirements that must be met by Personal Protective Equipment in order to preserve the health and safety of users.
PPE Regulation EU 2016/425
The conditions for the sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the fundamental safety requirements that this PPE must meet are regulated in the PPE Regulation EU 2016/425.
If the requirements set out in the directive are met, the product is eligible for CE marking and can be offered for sale on the European internal market.
Depending on the level of risk that protective clothing is designed to protect against, PPE is assigned to one of three categories:
- Category I: Simple protective equipment, low risk (Minor hazards)
- Category II: Protective clothing that protects the wearer against hazards; PPE that does not fall into category 1 or category 3 (Intermediate hazards)
- Category III: Protective clothing that protects the wearer against potentially fatal hazards or serious and irreversible damage to health, high risk (Serious of fatal hazards)
DIN EN ISO 13688 Protective clothing – general requirements
DIN EN ISO 13688 defines the general requirements that apply to protective clothing in terms of ergonomics, innocuousness, ageing, size designation, compatibility and marking, as well as the information to be supplied by the manufacturer with the protective clothing.
This European standard is a reference standard that is referred to in all other specific protective clothing standards. It can therefore only be applied in conjunction with a specific standard.
Note: Chemical protection is always classified as category III.
To help you choose the right protective clothing, 6 levels of protection or ‘types’ have been defined by the european union:
Single use coveralls are used mainly in the following sectors of activity:
Chemical-petrochemical / Laboratories / Waste disposal / Asbestos removal / Industrial cleaning / Industrial maintenance / Industrial painting / Automobile / Mechanical work / Farming / Food industry / Police / Electronics / Emergency service / Medical sector / Pharmaceutical industry / Humanitarian / Health / Catering / Transport of hazardous substances…
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