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KANBrief 2/09 Construction products: controversy over the safety requirements in the EU regulation The Construction Products Directive (CPD) adopted in 1989 may be replaced before the end of the year

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KANBrief 3/11 Today's forestry sector requires up-to-date standards Accidents, in some cases severe, have occurred in the past during work with large forestry machinery. This has prompted KAN to commi

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KANBrief 2/12 Test finger: tested and found to be too short A test finger can be used to test whether the enclosures of machines and installations are designed such that persons are not able to come i

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KANBrief 2/23 KAN expert report provides an overview of the body of regulations governing lighting © Gorodenkoff Productions OU - stock.adobe.com The body of official German state rules and regulation

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Railways/rail transport ©Leonid Andronov - stock.adobe.com The European Directive 2016/797/EU on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union takes utmost precedence in the hierar

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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 t

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KANBrief 1/25 Testing of the non-slip characteristics of floor coverings In 2023, around 172,000 reportable accidents caused by tripping, falling and slipping occurred in the public and private sector

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KANBrief 4/20 Signposts in the corona jungle ©Burin - stock.adobe.com Personal protective equipment, community face coverings, an occupational safety and health standard: the coronavirus pandemic has

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KANBrief 2/21 China: a developing global power in standardization ©MicroOne - stock.adobe.com Route of the New Silk Road ©Kalyakan - stock.adobe.com The outline for the China Standards 2035 plan has s

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KANBrief 2/21 75 kg: the standard is not the norm ©KAN Figure 1 ©KAN Figure 2 Many standards assume a weight of 75 kg for human beings, for example for the formulation of test methods or requirements