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Article 1 Subject matter

United Kingdom

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This Regulation lays down requirements for the design and manufacture of personal protective equipment (PPE) which is to be made available on the market, in order to ensure protection of the health and safety of users and establish rules F1concerning PPE in the F2United Kingdom.

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Textual amendments

F1

Word in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 35 para. 3(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 35 para. 3(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)