2006/216/EC: Commission Decision of 16 March 2006 on the publication of the references of standard EN 143:2000 Respiratory Devices — Particle filters — Requirements, testing, marking in accordance with Council Directive 89/686/EEC (personal protective equipment) (notified under document number C(2006) 777) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 89/686/EEC
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The references of harmonised standard EN 143:2000 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex.

Article 2

Where, pursuant to Article 5(4) of Directive 89/686/EEC, Member States publish the references of the national standards transposing the harmonised standard referred to in Article 1, they shall add to that publication a warning identical to that provided for in the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Publication of references of European harmonised standards in accordance with Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment

ESO  ( *1 )

Reference and title of the harmonised standard (and reference document)

First publication in OJ

Reference of superseded standard

Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard  ( *2 )

CEN

EN 143:2000

Respiratory protective devices — Particle filters — Requirements, testing, marking

24.1.2001

EN 143:1990

Date expired (31.8.2000)

Warning: As regards particle filters the filtering efficiency of which is exclusively or partially achieved by the use of materials based on non-woven electrically-charged fibres, this publication does not concern clauses 8.7.2.4, last sentence, 8.7.3.4, last sentence, and 10 of the standard, in respect of which there shall be no presumption of conformity with the basic health and safety requirements of Directive 89/686/EEC. This warning shall also be taken into account in the application of the following harmonised standards: EN 149:2001; EN 405:2001; EN 1827:1999; EN 12083:1998; EN 12941:1998; EN 12941:1998/A1:2003; EN 12942:1998; EN 12942:1998/A1:2002; EN 13274-7:2002.

NOTE:

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Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to the Directive 98/34/EC.

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Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages.

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This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union . The Commission ensures the updating of this list.

More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/

( *1 )   ESO: European Standardisation Organisation:

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CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels, Tel. [phone]; fax [phone] (http://www.cenorm.be)

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CENELEC: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels, Tel. [phone]; fax [phone] (http://www.cenelec.org)

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ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, Tel. [phone]; fax [phone] (http://www.etsi.org)

( *2 )   Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.