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KANBrief 2/25 Three questions for: Eckhard Metze, Head of the employers’ liaison office at the KAN Secretariat until March 2025 © Fukuda – Foto Menke As Head of the employers’ liaison office at the KAN [...] s of the social partners, and also...

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KANBrief 3/25 When standards lose their memory © Diki – stock.adobe.com Are the processes of standards development – international, European or national – as transparent, efficient and sustainable as they [...] reflected in all steps and at all...

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KANBrief 4/25 Omnibus packages: fast track procedure for reforms Since February 2025, the European Commission has been pursuing the goal of strengthening the European Union’s competitiveness with a series [...] Regulation ( EU ) No 1025/2012....

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KANBrief 4/25 New EN 14404 standard: effective protection for the knee © Ladanifer – stock.adobe.com Work performed in a kneeling position places considerable stress on the knee joints. The risks of harm [...] of knee protectors. Nicola von der...

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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 in [...] laboratory conditions, and may be...

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KANBrief 2/19 Safe storage of wood pellets © Antonio Gravante - stock.adobe.com Wood pellets have become firmly established on the European market as a heating fuel. Until just a few years ago, it was [...] providing the user with a body of...

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KANBrief 3/17 Standards: the conflict between building regulations and work premises legislation © UK NRW/rend Medien Service GmbH (2017) Ambulance station The design of an ambulance station must satisfy [...] points to the body of rules and...

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KANBrief 1/17 DGUV Sectoral Rules: occupational safety and health at users' fingertips © DGUV How can companies ascertain which of the numerous – and in some cases somewhat abstract – OSH rules and measures [...] apps for use on tablets and...

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KANBrief 2/17 Aspects of safety and security in the emergence of Industrie 4.0 © Melinda Nagy - Fotolia Industry 4.0 stands for the networking of human beings, machines and installations. Owing to the [...] Industry 4.0 to be a success....

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KANBrief 2/17 "Process observation" operating mode: blessing or curse? In toolmaking and machine construction, custom part manufacture and development, conditions repeatedly arise in which the operator [...] Meyer, Chairperson of ISO TC 39 SC...