The purpose of this document is to answer certain questions relating to the transition between Directive 89/686/EEC and Regulation 2016/425 on personal protective equipment.
The fact that products complying with the PPE Directive cannot be placed on the market after 21/04/2019 will render their manufacture obsolete. Only products that comply with the PPE Regulation (i.e. with an EU declaration of conformity and, for category II and III PPE, an EU type-approval certificate) may be manufactured with a view to being placed on the market after this date.
