Directive on Personal Protective Equipment - Guide to application
The new PPE Guidelines, including an updated Categorisation Guide, has been prepared by the relevant services of the Directorate General - Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission in collaboration with Member States, European industry, European standardisation and Notified Bodies. Its aim is to facilitate a common interpretation and application of the PPE Directive. Nevertheless, the readers' attention is drawn to the fact that only the relevant national transposition of the directive is legally binding.
The European Commission will undertake to maintain this Guidelines. It is our goal to ensure that the information provided is both timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
Last updated version of PPE Guidelines 
[465 KB] : 12 April 2010
- Notes and Introduction
- Definitions
- Chapter I: Scope, placing on the market and free movement
- Chapter II: Certification procedures
- Chapter III: CE marking
- Chapter IV: Final provisions
- Annex I: Exhaustive list of PPE classes not covered by this Directive
- Annex II: Basic Health and Safety Requirements
- Annex III: Technical documentation supplied by the manufacturer
- Annex IV: CE conformity marking and information
- Annex V: Conditions to be fulfilled by the bodies of which notification has been given
- Annex VI: Model EC Declaration of Conformity
- Appendix: Guide for the categorisation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
