EU Regulations on Personal Protective Equipment

Label	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 Council Directive 89/686/EEC (current version), which could be used in parallel until April 20, 2019// Guidance document on the implementation of Article 47 on transitional provisions// Guidance document on the transition of PPE from 89/686/EEC to (EU) 2016/425// supplemented by Amendment (EU) 2024/2748, as corrected by (EU) 2025/90332 applicable from May 29, 2026
(EU) 2023/941 (hEN May 11, 2023) Amendments: (EU) 2025/895 (hEN May 16, 2025) (EU) 2025/286 (hEN Feb. 14, 2025) (EU) 2024/2599 (hEN Oct. 8, 2024) as amended by Corrigendum 2024/90712 (Nov. 8, 2024) (EU)2023/2752 (hEN Dec. 11, 2023)	Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for personal protective equipment drawn up in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/425// repeals Communication 2018/C/209/3 and Implementing Decision (EU)2020/668; see Articles 2 and 3// consolidated text in HTML format (EU)2023/941 including amendment 2025/895
List of HENs for PPE (as of March 17, 2025, from the EC website, not legally binding)	Summary of references of harmonized standards published in the Official Journal – Regulation (EU) 2016/4251 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
No. (EU) 2021/1433	Commission Recommendation on conformity assessment and market surveillance procedures in the context of the COVID-19 threat (will gradually replace Commission Recommendation (EU) 2020/403)
No. (EU) 2020/403 as corrected	Commission Recommendation on conformity assessment and market surveillance procedures in the context of the COVID-19 threat
No. (EU) 2019/1217 (hEN July 18, 2019)	Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for personal flotation devices – life jackets drawn up in support of Council Directive 89/686/EEC
2014/748/EU	Commission Decision on a measure taken by Germany pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 89/686/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market of fire-resistant safety belts of types FHA, FHB, and FSmS
No. 2011/49/EU	Commission Decision pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 89/686/EEC on the prohibition adopted by the authorities of the United Kingdom concerning protective clothing for fencers
No. 2011/211/EU	Commission Decision pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 89/686/EEC regarding a prohibition adopted by the authorities of the United Kingdom concerning the HACA Leitern 0529.7102 type fall arrest device
(EU)2015/15	Commission Decision on a measure taken by Finland pursuant to Article 7 of Council Directive 89/686/EEC prohibiting the placing on the market of “Ribcap” head protectors
No. (EU)2020/668 (hEN May 19, 2020) Repealed as amended by: (EU)2022/1914 (hEN Oct. 7, 2022), (EU) 2021/395 (hEN March 5, 2021), (EU) 2021/1201 (hEN July 21, 2021), (EU)2022/2414 (hEN Dec. 9, 2022)	Commission Implementing Decision on harmonized standards for personal protective equipment drawn up in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council, consolidated version (EU) 2020/668, including amendment (EU) 2022/2414
2018/C/209/3 Repealed as amended by of June 26, 2018	Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC// This is the second list of references to harmonized standards published in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council. / However, it shall continue to apply with regard to the references to harmonized standards listed in Annex II to Decision (EU) 2023/941, until the dates of repeal of the references contained in that Annex.
2018/C/113/3 2018/C/282/1	Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (Publication of titles and references of harmonized standards in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 89/686/EEC on personal protective equipment) // This list replaces all previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union. // Harmonized standards for which references have been published pursuant to Directive 89/686/EEC continue to confer a presumption of conformity only with that Directive and only until April 20, 2019. This presumption of conformity under Directive 89/686/EEC will cease to apply on April 21, 2019.