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Article 19 – Conformity assessment procedures

PPE Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (EU) 2016/425 · Consolidated version of 29 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

CHAPTER IV – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

The conformity assessment procedures to be followed for each of the risk categories set out in Annex I are as follows:

(a) Category I: internal production control (module A) set out in Annex IV;

(b) Category II: EU type-examination (module B) set out in Annex V, followed by conformity to type based on internal production control (module C) set out in Annex VI;

(c) Category III: EU type-examination (module B) set out in Annex V, and either of the following:

(i) conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (module C2) set out in Annex VII;

(ii) conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process (module D) set out in Annex VIII.

By way of derogation, for PPE produced as a single unit to fit an individual user and classified according to Category III, the procedure referred to in point (b) may be followed.

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Contents of the act: Personal Protective Equipment Regulation