CE Certification for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

To market your product within the European Union, you must verify its compliance with EU Regulation 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment and obtain certification from a Notified Body, such as Intertek.

Thanks to its Notified Body status, Intertek Italia Spa can perform the conformity assessment on your PPE and issue the certificate for the EU Type examination (Module B) for the following product categories, as reported in NANDO website:

• Equipment providing buoyancy aid

• Equipment providing chest and groin protection

• Equipment providing eye protection

• Equipment providing foot, leg and anti-slip protection

• Equipment providing general body protection (clothing)

• Equipment providing hand and arm protection

• Equipment providing head protection

• Equipment providing protection against cold [cold >-50°C ],[extreme cold

• Equipment providing protection against heat [Heat<100°C],[Heat>100°C and fire]

• Protective Equipment against mechanical risks

• Protective equipment against chemical agents

• Protective equipment against harmful biological agents

• Protective equipment against substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health

• Protective equipment against risks arising from sports activity

• Specialized area of competence: Body armor

• Specialized area of competence: Protective clothing against static electricity

• Specialized areas of competence: Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes

• Specialized areas of competence: Firemen suits

• Specialized areas of competence: High visibility clothing

• Specialized areas of competence: Protective clothing for motorcycle riders

• Respiratory protective devices – filtering half masks

Included, the notification for Module C2 (Annex VII) for the PPE products in category III.

For more information regarding certification application, fees charged, validity of certificates issued, you can write directly to infoitaly.dpi.organismonotificato@intertek.com

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Brochure

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