Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under Union harmonisation legislation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 282/01)

In accordance with the transitional provision of Article 47 of 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, Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of products covered by Directive 89/686/EEC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 21 April 2019. Accordingly, harmonised standards the references of which have been published under Directive 89/686/EEC, as listed in column 2 of this Commission Communication, continue to confer presumption of conformity only with that Directive and only until 20 April 2019. Such presumption of conformity under Directive 89/686/EEC will cease as from 21 April 2019.

ESO (1) Reference and title of the standard (and reference document) First publication OJ Reference of superseded standard Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard Note 1 CEN EN 1621-4:2013 Motorcyclists' protective clothing against mechanical impact — Part 4: Motorcyclists' inflatable protectors — Requirements and test methods This is the first publication

Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European standardisation organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.

Note 2.1: The new (or amended) standard has the same scope as the superseded standard. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential or other requirements of the relevant Union legislation.

Note 2.2: The new standard has a broader scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential or other requirements of the relevant Union legislation.

Note 2.3: The new standard has a narrower scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the (partially) superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential or other requirements of the relevant Union legislation for those products or services that fall within the scope of the new standard. Presumption of conformity with the essential or other requirements of the relevant Union legislation for products or services that still fall within the scope of the (partially) superseded standard, but that do not fall within the scope of the new standard, is unaffected.

Note 3: In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if any, and the new, quoted amendment. The superseded standard therefore consists of EN CCCCC:YYYY and its previous amendments, if any, but without the new quoted amendment. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential or other requirements of the relevant Union legislation.

NOTE:

— Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies the list of which is published in the Official Journal of the European Union according to Article 27 of the Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (2).

— Standards are adopted by the European standardisation organisations in English (CEN and Cenelec also publish in French and German). Subsequently, the titles of the standards are translated into all other required official languages of the European Union by the national standardisation bodies. The European Commission is not responsible for the correctness of the titles which have been presented for publication in the Official Journal.

— References to Corrigenda ‘…/AC:YYYY’ are published for information only. A Corrigendum removes printing, linguistic or similar errors from the text of a standard and may relate to one or more language versions (English, French and/or German) of a standard as adopted by a European standardisation organisation.

— Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the official languages of the European Union.

— More information about harmonised standards and other European standards on the Internet at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/index_en.htm

(1) ESO: European standardisation organisation:

— CEN: Rue de la Science 23, 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË. Tel. +32 25500811. Fax +32 25500819 (http://www.cen.eu)

— CENELEC: Rue de la Science 23, 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË. Tel. +32 25500811. Fax +32 25500819 (http://www.cenelec.eu)

— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE. Tel. +33 492944200. Fax +33 493654716 (http://www.etsi.eu)

(2) OJ C 338, 27.9.2014, p. 31.