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) (c. 425)

CHAPTER I U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

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 [F1 concerning] PPE in the [F2 United Kingdom].

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)