prEN 16448-1

Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 1: General requirements

This European Standard specifies the minimum general requirements for body armour intended to provide basic torso protection and high protection to some vital organs against assaults by firearms and / or edged and pointed weapons including sizing, coverage, ergonomic and innocuousness requirements, and requirements for labelling and the provision of information. The standard targets products aimed for the civilian market, for example for different types of guards. Smaller components such as collars, shoulders & groin protectors (if included) fall outside the scope of this standard.

Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Diese Europäische Norm legt die allgemeinen Mindestanforderungen an Körperschutz fest, der dazu vorgesehen ist, grundlegenden Schutz für den Oberkörper sowie ein hohes Maß an Schutz für einige lebenswichtige Organe gegen Angriffe durch Feuerwaffen und/oder scharfe und spitze Waffen zu bieten, eingeschlossen die Größeneinteilung, die bedeckte Fläche, Anforderungen an Ergonomie und Unschädlichkeit sowie die Anforderungen an die Kennzeichnung und die Bereitstellung von Informationen.
Diese Norm bezieht sich auf Produkte für den zivilen Markt, zum Beispiel für verschiedene Arten von Wachpersonal.
Kleinere Bestandteile wie Kragen, Schulter- und Unterleibsschutz (falls eingeschlossen) fallen nicht in den Anwendungsbereich dieser Norm.

Vêtements de protection - Protection corporelle - Partie 1: Exigences générales

Varovalna obleka - Neprebojno oblačilo - 1. del: Splošne zahteve

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 29-Sep-2014
• ICS: 13.340.10 - Protective clothing
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 162/WG 5 - Resistance to mechanical impact of protective clothing
• Current Stage: 0098 - Decision to abandon - Definition of new project
• Completion Date: 31-May-2018
• Directive: 89/686/EEC - Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment
• Mandate: M/031 - Standardization mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning standards for Personal Protective Equipment
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 16448-1:2012 - Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 1: General requirements

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 16448-1:2012
01-september-2012
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Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 1: General requirements
Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16448-1
ICS:
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
oSIST prEN 16448-1:2012 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 16448-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

June 2012
ICS 13.340.10
English Version
Protective Clothing - Body Armour - Part 1: General
requirements
 Schutzkleidung - Körperschutz - Teil 1: Allgemeine
Anforderungen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 162.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard 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.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and 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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Contents Page
Foreword .4
Introduction .5
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .6
3.1 General terms relating to body armour .6
3.2 Terms relating to specific injury and to associated protective mechanisms .7
3.3 Terms relating to constructions and components used in body armour .7
3.4 Terms relating to test specimens .8
4 Classification of body armour and performance levels.8
5 Requirements .9
5.1 General .9
5.2 Designation of body armour .9
5.2.1 Designation of style .9
5.2.2 Designation of the performance level . 1
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