Czech Republic Regulations on Personal Protective Equipment

The following regulations apply to personal protective equipment as of April 21, 2018:

Title
No. (EU) 2016/425	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC// April 21, 2018 repeals and replaces Directive 89/686/EEC, which could be used in parallel until April 20, 2019// Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748, as corrected by Regulation (EU) 2025/90332; effective as of May 29, 2026
Act No. 90/2016 Coll.	Act on the Conformity Assessment of Specified Products// Amendment to Act No. 90/2016 Coll. by Act No. 236/2024 Coll. (effective as of August 7, 2024, Exceptions: see Article V)

Title

No. (EU) 2016/425

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive
89/686/EEC// April 21, 2018 repeals and replaces Directive 89/686/EEC, which could be used in parallel until April
20, 2019// Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748, as corrected by Regulation (EU) 2025/90332; effective as of May 29, 2026

Act No. 90/2016 Coll.

Act on the Conformity Assessment of Specified Products//
Amendment to Act No. 90/2016 Coll. by Act No. 236/2024 Coll. (effective as of August 7, 2024, Exceptions: see Article V)

The following legal regulations applied to personal protective equipment until April 21, 2018:

Designation	Title
No. 22/1997 Coll.	Act on Technical Requirements for Products and on Amendments to Certain Acts / amended by Act No. 330/2025 Coll., effective as of January 1, 2027
No. 21/2003 Coll. ( invalid)	Government Regulation laying down technical requirements for personal protective equipment // was repealed on April 21, 2018, by Government Regulation No. 63/2018 Coll.
No. 63/2018 Coll.	Government Regulation on the Repeal of Certain Government Regulations in the Area of Technical Requirements for Products