Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/895 of 14 May 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/941 as regards the harmonised standards for hearing protectors, personal fall protection equipment, mountaineering equipment, knee protectors, protective clothing against tick bites and electrically insulating helmets, drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Article 1

Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/941 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Point (1) of the Annex shall apply from 16 November 2026.

ANNEX

ANNEX
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/941 is amended as follows:
(1)
rows 21, 31, 67 and 175 are deleted;
(2)
the following rows are inserted in sequential order:
‘21a.
EN 352-2:2020+A1:2024
Hearing protectors – General requirements – Part 2: Earplugs
Notice: This standard does not require labelling indicating the noise attenuation level on the product. Compliance with this standard therefore does not confer a presumption of conformity with point 3.5., second paragraph, of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/425.’;
‘31a.
EN 353-2:2024
Personal fall protection equipment – Part 2: Guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line’;
‘67a.
EN 958:2024
Mountaineering equipment – Energy absorbing systems for use in klettersteig (via ferrata) climbing – Safety requirements and test methods’;
‘147a.
EN 14404-2:2024
Personal protective equipment – Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position – Part 2: Requirements for wearable knee protectors (type 1)’;
‘147b.
EN 14404-3:2024
Personal protective equipment – Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position – Part 3: Requirements for the individual combination of knee pads and garments (type 2)
Notice: In addition to clauses 5.5.1.1, 5.5.1.2, 5.5.5.1 and 5.5.5.2, compliance with clause 5.5.1.3 is also necessary to confer presumption of conformity with essential requirement in point 1.3.1. of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/425’;
‘147c.
EN 14404-4:2024
Personal protective equipment – Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position – Part 4: Requirements for the combination of interoperable knee pads and garments (type 2)’;
‘147d.
EN 14404-6:2024
Personal protective equipment – Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position – Part 6: Requirements for kneeling systems (type 4)’;
‘175a.
EN 17109:2020+A1:2024
Mountaineering equipment – Individual safety systems for rope courses – Safety requirements and test methods’;
‘177a.
EN 17487:2024
Protective clothing – Garments with permethrin as-treated articles supporting the protection against tick bites’;
(3)
row 189.I is replaced by the following:
‘189.I
EN 50365:2023
Live Working – Electrically insulating helmets for use on low and medium voltage installations
EN 50365:2023/AC:2024-09’.

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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/895 of 14 May 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/941 as regards the harmonised standards for hearing protectors, personal fall protection equipment, mountaineering equipment, knee protectors, protective clothing against tick bites and electrically insulating helmets, drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EUR-Lex). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/eu/act/32025D0895