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A
- For the manufacturers
and distributors:
The CEE Directive defines
the different PPE categories,
the certification procedure
and fixes, by regulation,
minimum standards to which
a product must conform if
it is to be put on sale
within the European Market;
it refers to specific European
Standards which define the
technical requirements which
the product should attain.
- EEC Directive 89/686
21st December 1989 "concerning
the rapprochement of Member
States relative to individual
protection equipment".
- EEC Directive 93/68
22nd July 1993 modifying
CEE Directive 89/686 21st
December 1989 relative to
marking standards.
- EEC Directive 96/58
3rd September 1996 modifying
EEC Directive 89/686 21st
December 1989.
B - For
PPE users:
The regulations stipulate
the obligation of employers
to supply individual protective
equipment whenever the risk
involved cannot otherwise
be avoided either by collective
protective technical means
or by such measures, methods
or processes concerning
the organisation of the
workplace.
- EEC Directive 89/656
30th November 1989 concerning
minimum security and health
measures for the use by
employees working with individual
protection equipment.
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