during a two-month period. KAN is able to provide effective support to the experts when comments are submitted on occupational safety and health aspects. The advantage of a KAN comment is that it reflects [...] work in the standards committee,...
Initiative Digitale Standards (IDiS). Paper has now largely disappeared from standardization. Page-based PDF files and monolithic documents in natural language must also be replaced progressively by solutions [...] Level 0 Not...
relevance ( Guidance on the implications of the ISO Global Relevance policy for CEN standardization (pdf) ): a core EN ISO standard is supplemented by technical specifications which apply at regional level [...] supporting all relevant...
test and information requirements for registration of the nanoforms of substances under the EU REACH (pdf) Chemical Regulation were recently extended, including by the addition of dust-formation tests. Gaps [...] particularly concerning fibrous...
body of regulations, BG Rule (BGR) 117 Part 1 governing work in vessels, silos and confined spaces (pdf, in german) recommends minimum dimensions that are sufficiently large to enable a person to be rescued [...] subcommittee within the "Raw...
le body postures whilst working (cf. BMAS , BAuA . Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit 2016 (pdf, in german) ) . Exoskeletons, assistive systems worn on the body, are intended to make these tasks [...] more and more frequently. Together...
action as a result of ageing or storage (See also KAN Report 39 "Consideration of time-related performance characteristics of PPE in standards (pdf) ), and are to require appropriate marking of the products
minimum and owing to the limited scientific knowledge. Dr. Anja Vomberg vomberg@kan.de Dr. Michael Thierbach thierbach@kan.de 1 K.E. Appel et al., Risk assessment of Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) [...] izin Mainz; ca. 2012...
implications of the new EU regulation on standardisation. Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 on standardisation (pdf) has been applicable since 1 January 2013. What has changed with this new regulation? With this regulation