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 wit
KANBrief 4/10 The 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive, one year on: adaptation of standards now largely complete Over the past three years, the workload of European safety standardization work has been hea
KANBrief 4/10 PEROSH: collaboration for improving the quality of OSH research PEROSH, the Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health ( more information on PEROSH and its joint
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 accreditatio
KANBrief 3/10 Finally: standards for recyclable and waste material presses Owing to the high accident rate on channel baling presses, OSH representatives called in 2006 for a standard supporting the s
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
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
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 conducte
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: Genera
KANBrief 4/09 Fifteen years of the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) What is the situation regarding access to standards and participation by stakeholders on stan
