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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/ergonomics/how-compliant-are-conformity-assessment-bodies-themselves

KANBrief 1/11 How compliant are conformity assessment bodies themselves? The European Single Market and with it a substantial part of prevention activity are founded upon suitable procedures for the testing [...] governing accreditation and...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/eu-reforms-standardization-and-the-single-market/the-latest-developments-in-standards-governing-services

KANBrief 3/11 The latest developments in standards governing services Besides pure product standardization, standardization of services is becoming increasingly important, and is therefore also a highly [...] OSH representatives have also...

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KANBrief 3/12 EUROSHNET conference: forging the key to product safety Helsinki, geographically on Europe's northern frontier but economically and technologically at its heart, was the venue of the EUROSHNET [...] "Doing more with less by...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/service-standards-are-in-the-ascendency/standardizing-services-exploiting-opportunities-identifying-hazards

therefore important for us to look closely at what is being standardized (see also KANBrief 1/13 ). Karl-Josef Thielen KANBrief 1/13: Standardizing services: exploiting opportunities, identifying hazards S [...] KANBrief 1/13 Standardizing...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/standardization-and-the-safety-and-health-of-workers-at-work/examples-of-good-practice-in-machine-ergonomics

KANBrief 1/15 Examples of good practice in machine ergonomics © KAN How can designers of machinery be encouraged to apply ergonomic findings, and how can standards be used for this purpose? How can purchasers [...] weight to ergonomics during...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/2/23/the-implementing-act-an-instrument-for-harmonized-implementation-of-eu-legislation

support other legislation. The differences between the two instruments are described in KANBrief 4/22 . KANBrief 2/23: New European Machinery Regulation replaces Machinery Directive Revision of EN ISO [...] KANBrief 2/23 The implementing act:...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/power-to-the-users/updating-of-the-european-standardization-system

KANBrief 4/12 Updating of the European standardization system In 2011, the European Commission had presented the draft of a regulation by which the standardization system was to be adapted better to the [...] the challenges of our time ( see KA...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-guideline-documents-on-ergonomics/the-new-en-iso-26800-basic-ergonomics-standard

KANBrief 2/12 The new EN ISO 26800 basic ergonomics standard Ticket machines, household appliances, computer keyboards: any device intended for use by human beings should be not only safe, but also easy [...] Institute for Applied Occupational...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-fight-the-risk-campaign/vdi-and-din-a-trivial-difference-for-occupational-safety-and-health

KANBrief 2/10 VDI and DIN – A trivial difference for occupational safety and health? Traditional standards are not the only documents describing the state of the art, for example with regard to the safety [...] publish the standard or at least...

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KANBrief 3/17 Healthcare in the future: one possible scenario © detailblick-foto-stock/Fotolia EU Member States are at liberty to organize their healthcare systems as they themselves see fit. At the same [...] countries have voiced their...