Commission implementing Decision of 19.11.2020 n. 7924

ID 21128 | 11.01.2024

Commissione implementing Decision of 19.11.2020 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regardsin support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council - C(2020) 7924 final

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Article 1 Requested standardisation activities

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) are requested to revise existing harmonised standards listed in Table 1 of Annex I to this Decision and to complete the work on the draft standards listed in Table 2 of Annex I to this Decision in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 for personal protective equipment by the deadlines set in that Annex.

The standards referred to in the first paragraph shall meet the requirements set out in Annex II.

Article 2 Work programme

CEN and Cenelec shall prepare a joint work programme indicating all the standards referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1, the responsible technical bodies and a timetable for the execution of the requested standardisation activities in line with the deadlines set out in Annex I.

CEN and Cenelec shall submit the joint work programme to the Commission by 4 January 2021 and provide it with access to an overall project plan.

CEN and Cenelec shall inform the Commission of any amendments to the joint work programme.

Article 3 Reporting

(1) CEN and Cenelec shall report annually to the Commission on the execution of the request referred to in Article 1 indicating the progress made in implementation of the work programme referred to in Article 2.
(2) They shall submit the first annual joint report to the Commission by 21 November 2021.
(3) Subsequent annual reports shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 October each year.
(4) CEN and Cenelec shall provide the Commission with the final report by 30 April 2024.
(5) Without prejudice to the reporting obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4, CEN and Cenelec shall promptly report to the Commission any concerns relating to the scope of the request referred to in Article 1 and the deadlines set out in Annex I.

Article 4 Harmonised standards

CEN and Cenelec shall include in each harmonised standard a clear and precise description of the relationship between its content and the corresponding essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/425 that it aims to cover. Each harmonised standard developed on the basis of the request referred to in Article 1 of this Decision shall refer to this Decision.

CEN and Cenelec shall include in each revised standard information on significant changes that were introduced in that standard.

CEN and Cenelec shall provide the Commission with the titles of the requested harmonised standards in all the official languages of the Union.

Article 5 Validity of the standardisation request

If CEN or Cenelec do not accept the request referred to in Article 1 within a month of receiving it, the request may not constitute a basis for the standardisation activities referred to in that Article.

This Decision shall expire on 30 April 2024.

Article 6 Expiry of existing standardisation mandate

Standardisation mandate M/031 shall expire

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