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EN 17092: latest news
Last November, the harmonization procedure of prEN17092 suffered a slowdown: parts 2 to 6 of the standard surprisingly received a negative assessment from the new “HAS consultant” (HAS= HArmonized Standard). The news has destabilized in some cases the market, mostly...
Stricter controls on the Certification process
The impressive product offer in terms of quantity, diversity and provenance has repeatedly led the EU Commission to set as its objective the reinforcement and the standardizing of consumer protection and safeguarding across Europe, with a consequent strengthening of...
EN ISO 20344 remains harmonised
The European Commission has published its decision about the formal objection against the current standard EN ISO 20344:2011 for safety footwear made in 2014. The objection was about the presumed unsuitability of the test method for determining the outsole penetration...
Airbag protectors: EN 1621-4 will be soon harmonised
After years of “bureaucratic immobility” the standard EN 1621-4:2013 for mechanically triggered inflatable protectors for motorcyclist is finally going to become officially harmonised. Up to now the publication of the standard in the "Official Journal of the EU" had...
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