{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686/article-8.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": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Before placing a PPE model on the market, the manufacturer or his authorized representative established in the Community shall assemble the technical documentation referred to in Annex III so that this can, if necessary, be submitted to the competent authorities.\n2. Prior to the series production of PPE other than those referred to in paragraph 3, the manufacturer or his authorized representative established in the Community shall submit a model for EC type-examination as referred to in Article 10.\n3. EC type-examination shall not be required in the case of PPE models of simple design where the designer assumes the user can himself assess the level of protection provided against the minimal risks concerned the effects of which, when they are gradual, can be safely identified by the user in good time.\nThis category shall cover exclusively PPE intended to protect the wearer against:\nmechanical action whose effects are superficial (gardening gloves, thimbles, etc.),\ncleaning materials of weak action and easily reversible effects (gloves affording protection against diluted detergent solutions, etc.),\nrisks encountered in the handling of hot components which do not expose the user to a temperature exceeding 50 °C or to dangerous impacts (gloves, aprons for professional use, etc.),\natmospheric agents of a neither exceptional nor extreme nature (headgear, seasonal clothing, footwear, etc.),\nminor impacts and vibrations which do not affect vital areas of the body and whose effects cannot cause irreversible lesions (light anti-scalping helmets, gloves, light footwear, etc.),\nsunlight (sunglasses).\n4. Production of PPE shall be subject:\n(a) according to the manufacturer's choice, to one of the two procedures referred to in Article 11 in the case of PPE of complex design intended to protect against mortal danger or against dangers that may seriously and irreversibly harm the health, the immediate effects of which the designer assumes the user cannot identify in sufficient time. This category shall cover exclusively:\nfiltering respiratory devices for protection against solid and liquid aerosols or irritant, dangerous, toxic or radiotoxic gases,\nrespiratory protection devices providing full insulation from the atmosphere, including those for use in diving,\nPPE providing only limited protection against chemical attack or against ionizing radiation,\nemergency equipment for use in high-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of 100 °C or more and which may or may not be characterized by the presence of infra-red radiation, flames or the projection of large amounts of molten material,\nemergency equipment for use in low-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of -50 °C or less,\nPPE to protect against falls from a height,\nPPE against electrical risks and dangerous voltages or that used as insulation in high-tension work,\n. . . . .\n(b) the EC declaration of conformity referred to in Article 12 for all PPE.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Directive 93/95/EEC of 29 October 1993 amending Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (PPE)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/686/article/8",
    "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."
}