# Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 40: Compliant PPE which presents a risk

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where, having carried out an evaluation under Article 38(1), the enforcement authority finds that although PPE is in compliance with this Regulation, it presents a risk to the health or safety of persons, it shall require the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the PPE concerned, when placed on the market, no longer presents that risk, to withdraw the PPE from the market or to recall it within a reasonable period, commensurate with the nature of the risk, as it may prescribe.
2. The economic operator shall ensure that corrective action is taken in respect of all the PPE concerned that he has made available on the market ....
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/article-40
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