EN 352-2:2020/FprA1

Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs

This document specifies requirements on construction, design, performance, marking and user information for earplugs.
In particular, it specifies requirements regarding the sound attenuation of the earplugs, measured in accordance with EN ISO 4869-1:2018.
This document applies to earplugs designed for users who are able to follow supplied instructions and understand the related risks, can fit the earplugs correctly and can give feedback on the performance.
Ergonomic aspects are addressed by taking into account, within the requirements, the interaction between the user, the device and where possible the working environment in which the device is likely to be used (see Annex ZA and EN 458).

Gehörschützer - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 2: Gehörschutzstöpsel

Protecteurs individuels contre le bruit - Exigences générales - Partie 2 : Bouchons d'oreille

Varovala sluha - Splošne zahteve - 2. del: Ušesni čepi - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 02-Jun-2024
• ICS: 13.340.20 - Head protective equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 159 - Hearing protectors
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 159/WG 6 - Hearing protectors - General requirements and test methods
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 04-Apr-2024
• Due Date: 25-Feb-2024
• Completion Date: 04-Apr-2024
• Directive: 2016/425 - 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
• Mandate: M/571 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 19.11.2020 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards personal protective equipment in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Ref Project: SIST EN 352-2:2021/kprA1:2024 - Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 352-2:2020+A1:2024 - Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs
• Effective Date: 17-Apr-2024
• Amends: EN 352-2:2020 - Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs
• Effective Date: 28-Dec-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 352-2:2021/oprA1:2023
01-julij-2023
Varovala sluha - Splošne zahteve - 2. del: Ušesni čepi - Dopolnilo A1
Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2: Earplugs
Gehörschützer - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 2: Gehörschutzstöpsel
Protecteurs individuels contre le bruit - Exigences générales - Partie 2 : Bouchons
d'oreille
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 352-2:2020/prA1
ICS:
13.340.20 Varovalna oprema za glavo Head protective equipment
SIST EN 352-2:2021/oprA1:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

SIST EN 352-2:2021/oprA1:2023
SIST EN 352-2:2021/oprA1:2023
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 352-2:2020
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
May 2023
ICS 13.340.20
English Version
Hearing protectors - General requirements - Part 2:
Earplugs
Protecteurs individuels contre le bruit - Exigences Gehörschützer - Allgemeine Anforderungen - Teil 2:
générales - Partie 2 : Bouchons d'oreille Gehörschutzstöpsel
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 159.

This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 352-2:2020. If this draft becomes an amendment,
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of
this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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SIST EN 352-2:2021/oprA1:2023
EN 352-6:2020/prA1:2023 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modification to “European foreword” . 4
2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references” . 4
3 Modifications to Clause 3, “Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations” . 4
4 Modifications to Clause 4, “Requirements” .
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