KANBrief 3/11 ‘Safer by Design’: A global initiative to involve the whole supply chain in working towards Zero Harm Originating in the United Kingdom (UK) and now a board-approved project of UEPG, the [...] design in this way is simply the...
KANBrief 2/11 From DIN A4 to social responsibility: a paradigm shift in standardization? Over 100 interested individuals responded on 31 March 2011 to the invitation by KAN, the DGUV (German Social Accident [...] concerned actually take...
KANBrief 3/11 The European standardization system is to be improved The European Commission plans to restructure the European standardization system. One reason for this is to address the fact that certain [...] position of those stakeholders...
KANBrief 2/11 Occupational safety and health in Italy has been restructured On 31 May 2010, Italy’s Superior Institute for Job Accident Prevention and Safety (ISPESL) and Insurance Institute for the Maritime [...] custom services in the future...
KANBrief 1/11 Ergonomics standards to be made more user-friendly The body of ergonomics standards is divided between European standards pursuant to the Machinery Directive, international standards with [...] standard, and are therefore able to...
KANBrief 2/10 The DAkkS: accreditation from a single source On 1 January 2010, the DAkkS ( Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH ) assumed its functions. With the formation of this national accreditation [...] important contribution to the...
KANBrief 3/10 Interpretation of EU directives Although the institutions of the EU endeavour to formulate directives comprehensively and clearly, questions repeatedly arise regarding their application in [...] basis of which standardization...
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 [...] early stage (refer also to the...
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 conducted [...] given to the uncertainty of...
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: General [...] level to be implemented effectively...