[Integrated] SGS assists PPE personal protection industry in responding to EU CE certification

On December 20th, 2017, organized by CBI, the world’s leading inspection, appraisal, testing and certification organization SGS and China Textile Business Association’s Safety and Health Protection Products Committee and many other organizations supported “2017 Asia-Pacific Labor Supplies New Materials Innovation Application” The Technical Conference was successfully held in Rudong, Jiangsu. SGS was invited to share with the guests on the topic of “change and change in the new EU PPE regulations”.

SGS interprets the latest changes in EU PPE regulations at the conference, sorts out the relevant requirements for CE certification, helps the personal protection industry to successfully respond to new regulatory requirements, satisfies the EU market access threshold, and helps the personal protection industry to respond to changes in the new situation. To achieve industrial upgrading.

Guo Yu, SGS Technical Expert in Textiles and Footwear Products and Personal Protective Products, Interprets the Latest Changes in EU PPE Regulations

In recent years, with the rapid development of the personal protection industry at home and abroad, a number of representative PPE companies have emerged in the country. Their products have passed the European Union’s “CE” certification, and are either branded with their own or own brands or for foreign companies. In the form of seizing domestic and foreign market share. PPE products are facing the world in order to fully interpret personal safety protection product regulations and constantly updated product standards. In particular, the EU Commission passed in March 2016 and will implement the EU Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (EU) 2016/425, which came into effect on April 21, 2018. Manufacturers of PPE individual protection products are subject to changing regulations and CE certification requirements. How to accurately understand and grasp the changes in the new regulations, understanding the test requirements of the PPE product standards is the key to maintaining the competitiveness of international products and successfully entering the EU market.

In this summit, Guo Yu, a technical expert of SGS textiles and footwear products and personal protection products, pointed out that the EU PPE Directive 89/686 EEC has been used for more than 20 years. Although it is increasingly known and recognized in the industry, With regard to industrial development, the technical requirements of the original directives have been unable to meet the needs of the development of the PPE industry, and they need to be updated. It is in this context that (EU) 2016/425 regulations were born. The new regulations can better protect the safety and health of users of personal protective equipment, more effectively regulate the EU market, ensure fair competition for sellers in the market, and simplify existing EU regulations and laws. Guo Yu explained in detail the changes in the obligations of the new regulations relative to the original directives in the supply chain, the scope of application, the CE certificates, technical documents, and the accreditation of the notified bodies, and classified the risks of the PPE products. Contents that did not change within the regulations such as the certification process and harmonized standards were described, and the impact of PPE production companies was analyzed. In combination with actual cases, we shared the experience of SGS in the EU PPE personal protection product testing, CE certification and other service areas, as well as the unique solution of SGS in helping companies respond to new regulatory changes, quickly obtain CE certification, and help PPE production companies successfully achieve CE Changes in the certificate to meet the new regulatory requirements and win the EU market.

As an international leading inspection, appraisal, testing and certification organization, SGS has a global network of regulatory experts and laboratories that are recognized worldwide, providing companies with one-stop solutions for product testing, certification, and consulting covering the entire supply chain. SGS is the European Union PPE Individual Protection Equipment Regulations (EU) 2016/425 Notice Body (NB 0120), which can carry out technical documentation review and CE certification under the regulations. The scope of certification covers all personal protective equipment and will also continuously improve the detection of PPE products. Ability to use information-based advantages, through laboratory testing, comprehensive coverage of the supply chain inspection, as well as a variety of technical consulting, self-service laboratory consulting services to create transparency and competitive advantages of PPE products, to help personal protective products manufacturing enterprises from raw materials Meets regulatory requirements in the design, manufacturing and manufacturing processes to help improve the quality and industrial upgrading of the personal protection industry.