Implementation of Technical Regulations on Company Level

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Implementation of Technical Regulations on
Company Level
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ljubljana

• Breakout session
• Textiles

Expert Frans Dooms
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O L D APPROACH
Textiles

• Short scopes
• Mandatory technical specifications
• (or mandatory standards)
• No mandatory withdrawal
• Free movement on basis of national legislation
  possible

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TEXTILE NAMES
Textiles

• since 1971
• Scope raw, semi-worked, worked,
  semi-manufactured, manufactured,semi-made-up,
  made-up products
• exclusively textile fibres
• products with 80 weight
• (furniture, umbrella, sunshade)
• (floor coverings, mattresses, camping)
• (linings footwear, gloves)

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TEXTILE NAMES
Textiles

• No mandatory labelling (43 categ.)
• labels, slide fasteners
• felts, felt hats
• travel goods
• toys
• old made-up textiles
• disposables
• Pharmacopoeia
• safety and protection
• sails, air supported structures
• flags
• watch straps

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TEXTILE NAMES
Textiles

• Names of 41 fibres
• e.g. cotton Gossypium
• (no mandatory abbreviations)
• 100 , pure , all
• fleece wool
• mixtures
• one fibre gt 85
• any fibre gt 85
• (fibres less than 10)
• consumer products manufacturing tolerance 3
• purely decorative (7)

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TEXTILE NAMES
Textiles

• Mandatory labelling
• (commercial documents are valid
• except for consumer market)
• National languages may be required
• Labelling of components
• corsetry, etch-printed, embroidery, velvet,
  floorcoverings, ...

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TEXTILE NAMES
Textiles

• Fibre
• applying an agreed allowance
• to the anhydrous mass
• e.g.
• wool 18,25
• cotton 8,50
• polyester 1,50
• polyamid staple vs filament

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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Textiles

• certain methods for binary mixtures
• other binary mixtures
• laboratory may use any valid method
• more than two fibres
• ????????

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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Textiles

• 15 methods
• wool .
• polyamid
• cotton polyester
• polypropylene ..
• silk wool

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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Textiles

• Problem
• No withdrawal
• No EN standard
• similar ISO standards
• similar national standards

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NEW APPROACH
Textiles

• Large scopes
• Mandatory essentiel requirements
• Voluntary harmonised standards
• (presumption of conformity)
• Withdrawal of national laws
• (and standards)
• Free movement for CE marked products

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PPE SCOPE
Textiles

• Any device or appliance designed to be worn or
  held by
• an individual
• for protection against
• one or more health and safety hazards

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EXCLUDED PRODUCTS
Textiles

• PPE for armed forces, for law and order
• PPE self defence (aerosol, deterrent weapons)
• PPE private use (seasonal clothing, umbrellas,
  dish washing gloves)
• PPE on vessels or aircrafts not worn all the time

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PPE
Textiles

• Directive 89/686/EEC
• 100A - Putting on the market
• Directive 89/656/EEC
• 118A - Minimum requirements for safety and
  health of workers

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ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Textiles

• 4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Design principles
• Innocuousness
• Comfort and efficiency
• Information by the manufacturer

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ESR DESIGN
Textiles

• Ergonomics
• Highest level of protection
• Classes of protection appropiate to different
  levels of risk

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ESR INNOCUOUSNESS
Textiles

• Absence of risk and nuisance factors
• Suitable materials and decomposition products
• Suitable surface condition (also irritation)
• Maximum permissible impediment

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ESR COMFORT
Textiles

• Adaptation user morphology (different sizes)
• As light as possible
• Compatibility of several marketed PPE

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STANDARDISATION
Textiles

• CEN TC 79 Respiratory protection
• CEN TC 85 Face protection
• CEN TC 158 Head protection
• CEN TC 159 Ear protection
• CEN TC 160 Fall protection
• CEN TC 161 Foot protection
• CEN TC 162 Body and hand protection

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CEN TC 162 - Working groupsProtective clothing
including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
Textiles

• WG 1 General requirements
• WG 2 Resistance to heat and fire
• WG 3 Resistance to chemicals
• WG 4 Resistance to foul weather, wind and cold
• WG 5 Resistance to mechanical impact
• WG 6 Lifejackets

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CEN TC 162 - Working groups
Textiles

• WG 7 Various
• WG 8 Protective gloves
• WG 9 Motorcycle rider
• WG 10 Buoyant aids for swimming
• WG 11 Body protection for sports
• WG 12 Diving suits

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Some standards
Textiles

• EN 340 General requirements
• EN 510 Risk of entanglement
• EN 1149-1 Electrostatic. Surface resistivity.
• EN 1149-2 Electrical resistance
• EN 1149-3 Electrostatic. Charge decay.
• EN 469 Firefighters
• EN 470 Welding
• EN 531 Industrial heat
• EN 533 Limited flame spread

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Some standards
Textiles

• EN 1486 Specialised fire fighting
• EN ISO 15384 Wildland fire fighting
• ENV 342 Cold
• ENV 343 Foul weather
• EN 381 (11 parts) Hand held chain saw
• EN 1082 Cuts and stabs
• EN ISO 13995 (4 parts) Body armour
• EN 471 High visibility
• EN 1150 High visibility non-professional

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Some standards
Textiles

• EN 420 General requirements for gloves
• EN 659 Gloves for firefighters
• EN ISO 12477 Gloves for welders
• EN 407 Gloves against heat and fire
• EN 511 Gloves against cold
• EN 388 Gloves mechanical risks
• EN ISO 10819 Vibration and shock

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3 CATEGORIES AND THEIR ASSESSMENT
Textiles

• Cat.1 No notified body
• Cat.1 Internal control of production (A)
• Cat. 3 Type examination (B) with .
• either product quality assurance (BE)
• either production quality assurance (BD)
• either product verification (BF)
• Cat. 2 type examination (B)

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CATEGORY 1 Simple design
Textiles

• The user can assess the level of protection
• The following products exclusively
• seasonal clothing
• sunglasses
• light helmets and light footwear
• hot components lt 50 C
• gloves for diluted detergents
• gardening gloves
• thimbles

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CATEGORY 3 Complex design
Textiles

• Protection against mortal danger and against
  irreversible harm
• The following products exclusively
• high temperatures gt 100 C
• low temperatures lt - 50 C
• respiratory protection devices
• falls from a height
• electrical risk and high voltage
• chemicals or ionizing radiation
• motor cycle helmets

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CATEGORY 2
Textiles

• ALL
• THE
• REST

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TYPE EXAMINATION
Textiles

• Apply to one notified body
• Notified body must inform on failures
• You cant afford to fail
• SOLUTION
• Apply first for testing
• Join the good results to technical file
• Then apply for type examination

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TYPE EXAMINATION
Textiles

• If possible
• make product groups
• have more than one supplier
• Ask for
• politics on extension certificates
• language(s) of the certificates

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TECHNICAL FILES
Textiles

• Information to demonstrate conformity
• In the European Community
• To keep 10 years after last manufacture
• To cover design, manufacturing and operation
• Risk analysis
• Official language of member state
• Available for authorities

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TECHNICAL FILES
Textiles

• Plans and calculation notes
• Test results on prototype (or materials)
• Instruction for use
• List of basic safety requirements
• And (or ?) list of harmonised standards
• (Test facilities)

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TECHNICAL FILES
Textiles

• Dont underestimate the work
• Good relation to your notified body
• Choice of the original language

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Textiles

• manufacturer (or representative)
• instructions for storage, use, cleaning,
  maintenance
• explication on performance and classes
• accessories
• obsolescence
• packaging
• marking

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Textiles

• Must be in the official languages of the country
  of destination
• EU 11 different languages

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Textiles

• IS NOT A COPY OF THE
• TYPE- EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE

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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Textiles

• Principle
• What I deliver to you
• is in conformity with
• the Directive
• the technical file
• the type-examination
• is controlled 11A (or B)