Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 in relation to personal protective equipment, as amended by Directives 93/68/EEC, 93/95/EEC and 96/58/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, protective equipment, standard, standardisation

C 21/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.1.2001

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive
89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 in relation to personal protective equipment (1), as amended
by Directives 93/68/EEC (2), 93/95/EEC (3) and 96/58/EC (4)

(2001/C 21/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonised standards

CEN

EN 141:2000

Respiratory protective devices (cid:151) Gas
Requirements, testing, marking

filters

and combined filters (cid:151)

Warning: The presumption of conformity, conferred by standard EN 141 of 1990 published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities C 315, 4.11.2000, ends from the date of this publication.

CEN

EN 143:2000

Respiratory protective devices (cid:151) Particle filters (cid:151) Requirements,
marking

testing,

Warning: The presumption of conformity, conferred by standard EN 143 of 1990 published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities C 315, 4.11.2000, ends from the date of this publication.

CEN

EN 145/A1:2000

Respiratory protective devices (cid:151) Self-contained closed-circuit breathing
apparatus
compressed oxygen-nitrogen type (cid:151)
Requirements, testing, marking

compressed oxygen or

CEN

CEN

EN 397/A1:2000

Industrial safety helmets

EN 144-1:2000

Respiratory protective devices (cid:151) Gas cylinder valves (cid:151) Part 1: Thread
connections for insert connector

Warning: The presumption of conformity, conferred by standard EN 144-1 of 1991 published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities C 315, 4.11.2000, ends on 28.2.2001.

CEN

EN 795/A1:2000

Protection against falls from a height (cid:151) Anchor devices (cid:151) Requirements and
testing

(1) ESO (European standardisation organisation):

(cid:151) CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (www.cenorm.be);
(cid:151) Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (www.cenelec.be);
(cid:151) ETSI: BP 152, F-06561 Valbonne Cedex, tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 12, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16 (www.etsi.org).

NOTE:

(cid:151) any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list (5)
is
annexed to the Directive 98/34/EC (6) of
the European Parliament and Council amended by
Directive 98/48/EC (7).

(cid:151) publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not imply that the

standards are available in all the Community languages.

(cid:151) the Commission ensures the updating of this list (8).

(1) OJ L 399, 30.12.1989, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 276, 9.11.1993, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 236, 18.9.1996, p. 44.
(5) OJ L 32, 10.2.1996, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(7) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
(8) OJ C 315, 4.11.2000, p. 24.