{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686/annex-II/division-3/division-3.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686/annex-II/division-3/division-3.4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1989/686",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (89/686/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686",
  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.4",
  "heading": "Prevention of drowning (lifejackets, armbands and lifesaving suits)",
  "text": "PPE designed to prevent drowning must be capable of returning to the surface as quickly as possible, without danger to his health, a user who may be exhausted or unconscious after falling into a liquid medium, and of keeping him afloat in a position which permits breathing while awaiting help.\nPPE may be wholly or partially inherently buoyant or may be inflated either by gas which can be manually or automatically released or orally.\nUnder the foreseeable conditions of use:\nPPE must, without prejudice to its satisfactory operation, be capable of withstanding the effects of impact with the liquid medium and the environmental factors inherent in that medium,\ninflatable PPE must be capable of inflating rapidly and fully.\nWhere particular foreseeable conditions of use so require, certain types of PPE must also satisfy one or more of the following additional requirements:\nit must have all the inflation devices referred to in the second subparagraph, and/or a light or sound-signalling device,\nit must have a device for hitching and attaching the body so that the user may be lifted out of the liquid medium,\nit must be suitable for prolonged use throughout the period of activity exposing the user, possibly dressed, to the risk of falling into the liquid medium or requiring his immersion in it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/686/annex/II/division/3/division/3.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:28.135211+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}