Standards and directives
The common goal of our product managers and services is to offer reliable, sustainable, high-performance products in compliance with the regulations and/or standards of each territory where they are used.
Its objective is to develop test methods and requirements in the form of standards defining the technical specifications of products. Some of them, mostly requirements standards, are harmonised with EU Regulation 2016/425. Compliance with these harmonised standards gives an assurance of compliance with the requirements of EU Regulation 2016/425.
Recommendations for selection, use and maintenance.
EN352 : Exigences of safety and tests.
• EN352-1 : the ear-muff s.
• EN352-2 : the earplugs.
• EN352-3 : the adjustable head defenders for the safety helmets.
• EN352-4 : Noise cancelling headphones with level dependent attenuation.
• EN352-6 : Earmuff s with electrical audio input.
• EN352-8 : Audio enabled earmuff s. These standards establish requirements with regards to the manufacture, the design, performances and test methods.
They stipulate the putting at disposal relative to the characteristics.
Electrically insulating helmets for use near energised equipment not exceeding 1000 VAC or 1500 VDC (appliance class 0).
Used simultaneously with other electrically insulating protective equipment, these helmets prevent dangerous currents passing through to the person's head.
These optional electrical insulation tests are more stringent than the EN397 and they complement them. (2 triangle marking, Class 0).
Requirements for chemical protection clothing with liquid-tight (type 3) or spray-tight (type 4) connections, including items providing only partial body protection (types PB [3] and PB [4]).
This standard sets out the minimum requirements for the following types of limited use and reuseable chemical protective clothing:
- Clothing protecting the full body with liquid-tight connections between the various clothing parts (Type 3: liquid-tight clothing) ;
- Clothing protecting the full body with spray-tight connections between the various clothing parts (Type 4: spray-tight clothing) ;
Note: These standards were formerly entitled EN1512 (Type 4) and EN1511 (Type 3).
STANDARDS | TYPE | CHEMICAL PROTECTION |
EN13034 | 6 | Against splashes |
EN ISO 13982-1 | 5 | Against dust (asbestos) |
EN14605 | 4 | Against mists |
EN14605 | 3 | Against sprays |
TESTS | |||||
General performance | Tests & Specific performances | Level of protection | |||
3a | 4a | 5 | 6a | ||
Performance requirements for the whole garment |
Internal pressure | - | - | - | - |
Leak to interior | - | - | X | - | |
Penetration by a jet of liquid | X | - | - | - | |
Penetration by a spray (liquid spraying) | - | X | - | - | |
Against solid particles | - | - | X | - | |
Penetration by a spray (light spraying) | - | - | - | X | |
Performance requirements for seams and joints |
Mechanical resistance | X | X | X | X |
Resistance to permeation and penetration by liquids | X | X | - | - | |
Performance requirements for the constituent materials of the garment |
Abrasion / Tearing / Perforation | X | X | X | X |
Resistance to tensile strength | X | X | - | X | |
Resistance to cracking by bending | X | X | X | - | |
Resistance to cracking by bending at -30°C | X optional |
X optional |
- | - | |
Resistance to pemeation by liquids | X | X | - | - | |
Resistance to penetration by liquids |
- | - | - | X | |
Repulsion to liquids | - | - | - | X |
a - When the protective equipment only protects certain parts of the body (torso, arms, legs), only the performance requirements for the materials making up the garment are required required (types 6, 4 and 3).
PROTECTION AGAINST HEAT AND FLAME
Protection against heat and flame. This standard specifies the performance requirements of materials and protective clothing against heat and flames. They apply to clothing made of soft material, designed to protect the human body except the hands against heat and/ or flame.
Tested are:
Test | Code | Performances |
Limited flame spread | A | A1 and/or A2 |
Convective heat | B | B1 to B3 |
Radiant heat | C | C1 to C4 |
Molten aluminium splash | D | D1 to D3 |
Molten metal splash | E | E1 to E3 |
Contact heat | F | F1 to F3 |
MAIVE2 | |
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EN ISO 11612 |
A1 A2 B1 C1 E3 F1 |
Level C1 protective clothing is suitable when the potential risk is relatively low. Level C1 protective clothing provides the minimum protection and is not suitable for the handling of concentrated pesticide formulations. It can be used as basic protective clothing with other items when the potential risk is relatively higher.
Level C2 protective clothing, including partial body protection, is suitable when it has been determined that the protection required is greater than that provided by level C1 protective clothing. C2 level protective clothing generally offers a balance between comfort and protection. This protective clothing is not suitable for the handling of concentrated pesticide formulations. It can be used as basic protective clothing with other items when the potential risk is relatively higher.
Level C3 protective clothing, including partial body protection, is suitable when it has been determined that the potential risk is high. For level C3 protective clothing, precautionary measures, such as short-term use, are necessary, as these clothing can generate excessive heat, leading to exhaustion and heat stress. Level C3 protective clothing, including partial body protection, is suitable for the handling of diluted pesticides as well as concentrated pesticides.
The risk incurred should be assessed according to the toxicity of the phytosanitary product (refer to its labelling) and the degree of exposure to the operator. For example, it is easy to understand that the degree of operator exposure will be much higher with aerial spraying towed by an open cab tractor than with manual trigger spraying.
Requirements for chemical protection clothing offering limited performance against liquid chemical products (type 6 equipment), including clothing for partial body protection (Type PB [6]).
This standard sets out the minimum requirements for limited use and reusable limited performance chemical protective clothing. Limited use chemical protective clothing is intended for use in cases of a potential exposure to light sprays, liquid aerosols or lowpressure, low-volume splashes, against which a complete liquid permeation barrier (at the molecular level) is not required.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO DISSIPATE STATIC ELECTRICITY
This European Standard specifies requirements for materials and the design of protective electrostatic dissipation clothing used in conjunction with a grounded system in order to prevent incendiary discharges. WARNING: These requirements may be insufficient in oxygen enriched flammable environments. This standard is not applicable for protection against mains voltages.
The control of undesirable static electricity on the person is often necessary.
The electrostatic potential may, indeed, have serious consequences on the charged individual, because it can be high enough to cause dangerous sparks.
After a risk assessment, the wearing of protective electrical dissipation clothing may be necessary. The use of clothing certified according to EN1149-5 is then adapted.
The ATEX Directive 1999/92/EC, in its Annex II-A-2.3, requests that workers be equipped with work clothes made of materials that do not produce electrostatic discharges that can ignite
explosive environments.
The electrostatic potential can also affect equipment sensitive to electric discharge. Antistatic clothing is often used on electronic manufacturing sites, assembling semiconductors for example. Finally, they are used on sites with controlled atmospheres such as automotive paint workshops, to avoid the emission of particles that may be deposited on the body paint.
The antistatic charge dissipation can be provided by a process limiting the build up of charge, or by adding carbon or metal wires. People wearing protective electrostatic charge dissipation clothing must always be grounded with a resistance of less than 10⁸Ω, for example, by wearing appropriate footwear such as the safety shoes stated in EN ISO 20345, or by other suitable means.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AGAINST COOL ENVIRONMENTS
This standard specifies the requirements and performance test methods for protective garments (vests, jackets, coats, trousers) against cool environments.
These garments are for use in moderate low temperatures (-5°C and over) to protect against local body cooling. Not only for outdoor use such as in the construction industry; may also be used for indoor activities, such as in the food processing industry.
These garments are not always necessarily made of air impermeable or watertight materials.
Therefore, in this European standard, these requirements are optional.
X : Class of heat resistance, Rct
X : Class of air permeability, AP
X : /cler of the garment (Optional)
X : Class of resistance to water penetration WP (Optional)
ALASKA3 | |
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EN14058 |
2 2 0,221 m². K/W X |
Insulation I cler M².K/W |
Wearer standing still, 75 W/m² | |||
Air speed | ||||
0.4 m/s | 3 m/s | |||
8h | 1h | 8h | 1h | |
0.170 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 15 |
0.265 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
0.310 | 10 | -4 | 17 | 3 |
IMPROVED VISIBILITY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDIUM RISK SITUATIONS
This standard specifies the requirements for enhanced visibility equipment in the form of a garment, or device, capable of visually signalling the presence of the user.
Enhanced Visibility Equipment is intended to provide visibility of the wearer in low or medium risk situations in all daylight conditions and/or under the illumination of vehicle headlights or headlights in the dark. This standard does not apply to high visibility equipment in high risk situations which are covered by EN ISO 20471.
TYPE A | TYPE B | TYPE AB |
Daylight |
Dark conditions |
Daylight, twilight and dark conditions |
Equipment using fluorescent material |
Equipment using retroreflective material |
Equipment using fluorescent material and retroreflective or combined performance material |
B1 (free hanging) | ||
B2 (limbs) | AB2 | |
B3 (on torso or torso and limbs) | AB3 |
Minimum surface in m² for B1 and B2 type:
B1 | B2 | |
Retroreflective material | 0,003 | 0,018 |
Minimum surface in m² for type A, B3 and AB type:
A | B3 | AB | A | B3 | AB | |
Height h of the user | h < 140 cm | h > 140 cm | ||||
Fluorescent material | 0,14 | - | 0,14 | 0,24 | - | 0,24 |
Retroreflective material | - | 0,06 | 0,06 | - | 0,08 | 0,08 |
Combined performance material | - | - | 0,14 | - | - | 0,24 |
This standard specifies the requirements and test methods for non ventilated protective clothing against radioactive contamination in the form of particles.
Clothing of this type is designed only to protect the body, the arms and the legs of the wearer, but it may be used with accessories that protect other parts of the wearer’s body (for example, boots, gloves, respiratory protective device - APR).
The garments are classified according to their nominal protection factor (ratio between the concentration of test particles in the ambient atmosphere and the concentration of test particles inside the garment), determined in relation to the total inward leakage (ratio between the concentrations of test particles insider the garment and inside the test chamber).
The classes are as follows:
CLASS | NOMINAL PROTECTION FACTOR |
3 | 500 |
2 | 50 |
1 | 5 |