KANBrief 3/10 Serving the quality of standards: CEN/CENELEC Consultants In order to ensure that harmonized European standards adequately support the essential safety requirements of EU directives, CEN
KANBrief 1/10 Requirements governing measurements in product standards Measurements of physical parameters repeatedly differ in their results. For this reason, a study commissioned by KAN was conducte
KANBrief 1/10 Is agricultural machinery on the home straight? At the end of 2009, Germany submitted a proposal to ISO for a revision of EN ISO 4254-1, “Agricultural machinery – Safety – Part 1: Genera
KANBrief 4/09 Fifteen years of the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) What is the situation regarding access to standards and participation by stakeholders on stan
KANBrief 2/10 See and be seen: the use of machinery on construction sites The use of modern construction machinery is substantially responsible for construction work becoming increasingly more product
KANBrief 4/09 How much do you know about standardization? Test yourself! What does the abbreviation “GDS“ stand for? What exactly is a “formal objection“? Is the application of standards mandatory? Te
KANBrief 1/10 CEN guide to preparing service standards: does it benefit occupational safety and health? CEN has produced a draft guide which is intended to provide assistance in the creation of standa
KANBrief 4/09 Where to find information on standardization on the Internet The European and international standards organizations CEN , CENELEC , ISO and IEC provide a wealth of information on their w
KANBrief 1/09 EN ISO 13849: Successful transfer of research results Dr. Michael Schaefer and Michael Dorra, BGIA, answer questions Between 1997 and 2000, nine European testing and research institutes
KANBrief 3/09 Hearing protectors: correction values bridge the gap between laboratory testing and the field Hearing protectors frequently attain lower sound-attenuation levels in industrial use than i
