Translation of "ÉPI pour les employés " (French → English) :

give details, such as the registered trade name and their postal address, on PPE packaging or accompanying documents.

(33a) Whereas Directive 89/656/EEC lays down minimum requirements for personal protective equipment used by workers at work and whereas national provisions relating to safety at work make the use of PPE compulsory, each Member State should take appropriate measures to encourage employers and employees to make use of appropriate PPE including by providing clear information on their compulsory use to employers, employees and employees' associations and through promoting, as examples of best practice, employers who apply these rules and observe general prevention principles as set out in Article 6(2) of Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduct ...[+++]ion of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work.

6. When deemed appropriate with regard to the risks presented by PPE, importers shall, to protect the health and safety of consumers and other end-users, carry out sample testing of PPE made available on the market, investigate, and, if necessary, keep a register of complaints, of non-conforming PPE and PPE recalls, and shall keep distributors informed of any such monitoring.

When deemed appropriate with regard to the risks presented by PPE, manufacturers shall, to protect the health and safety of consumers and other end-users, carry out sample testing of PPE made available on the market, investigate, and, if necessary, keep a register of complaints, of non-conforming PPE and PPE recalls, and shall keep distributors informed of any such monitoring.

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Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)