Personal Protective Safety Shoes CE
Summary：Safety Shoes EU CE requirements
EU Regulations/Directives for Safety Shoes CE
Regulation (EU) 2016/425
Safety Shoes CE standards：
EN ISO 20345 - Personal protective equipment — Safety footwear
EN ISO 20346 - Personal protective equipment — Protective footwear
EN ISO 20347 - Personal protective equipment — Occupational footwear
EN ISO 20349-1:2017 - Personal protective equipment — Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding — Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries
EN ISO 20349-2:2017 - Personal protective equipment — Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding — Part 2: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in welding and allied processes
EN 50321:1999 Electrically insulating footwear for working on low voltage installations
EN 13634:2017 Protective footwear for motorcycle riders — Requirements and test methods
EN 15090:2012 Footwear for firefighters
Test item of safety shoes basically can divide into product shoe and material two respects，According to the special protective requirements, the finished shoes and materials are tested。
CE test item
Upper | Whole footwear |
Tear strength | Penetration force |
Tensile properties | Construction |
Water vapour permeability and coefficient | Dimensions |
pH | Flex resistance of inserts |
Chromium VI content | Behaviour of non-metallic inserts |
Collar | Behaviour of metallic inserts |
Tear strength | Antistatic footwear |
Abrasion resistance | Energy absorption of seat region |
Insock | Water resistance(trough method) |
Thickness | Heat insulation |
Water absorption and desorption | Cold insulation |
Abrasion resistance(Rubbing) | others |
Outsole |
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Design |
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Tear strength |
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Abrasion resistance |
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Flexing resistance |
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Hydrolysis(for PU) |
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Interlayer bond strength |
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CE requirement- Personal Protective Safety Shoes CE
Customers who want to get the safety shoe CE mark, must submit a technical document with a full set of test results to Notified Body，technical document contain：
DOC, Test reports，Detailed information of all materials and accessories，trademark，Quality control document，Customer details（like：Company name, address, telephone, fax, contact person, order number, payment number, etc.）
u Technical documents: The purpose is to trace the products of manufacturers, importers/ec agent sellers
u DOC： The manufacturer's declaration of conformity must ensure that the method and material of the safety shoes produced are consistent with the type approval test sample sent.
u Test report：Technical documentation includes all test reports
u Material details：All parts and materials shall be numbered and specified for reference in the new product category.
u CE Label：Technical documentation includes photographs or drawings of the CE label to ensure that the label is correct.
u Quality Control：
- Technical documentation should include a quality plan. The program should include at least three tests: shock resistance, compression resistance and anti-static;
- The frequency of testing is specified by the ec representative (the most common practice is that a pair of 15,000 pairs of finished products on the production line must be pulled out for the above tests);
u An agent in the EU：Safety shoes made in the far east cannot be sold directly in the EU without a European agent.
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