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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-tasks-await-kan/anthrax-co-a-controversial-cen-document-concerning-biological-safety

considerable impact in practice. KAN regards CWAs as an unsuitable instrument for the formulation of safety or health-related provisions. The stakeholders represented in KAN consider it necessary for the [...] documents to be amended...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/colloquium-15-years-of-kan/on-the-political-agenda-participation-in-standardization-activity

recommendations for improved access to standardization (Refer to the conference publication ( KAN Report 45 (pdf) ) were derived from the study and are currently being discussed at the European Commission [...] KANBrief 4/09: Fifteen years of...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-eu-and-standardization/how-up-to-date-are-harmonized-standards-governing-machine-safety

significance in this respect, the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) has conducted an analysis to determine whether harmonized standards governing machine safety are still [...] C standards govern a specific...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-office-work-of-today/safe-storage-of-wood-pellets

widely appreciated that dangerous concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) may arise in pellet stores. KAN saw a need for action in this area, and since 2014 has either launched or provided expert support for [...] background and based upon a...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/market-surveillance/co-ordination-of-market-surveillance-in-the-eu

Mattiuzzo mattiuzzo@kan.de KANBrief 3/14: Co-ordination of market surveillance in the EU The trade unions' expectations of market surveillance The ZLS: presenting an institution KAN study: biomechanical [...] European Commission presented a...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/4/23/occupational-safety-and-health-institutes-in-several-countries-adopt-position-on-standardization

sufficiently involved in the standardization processes. The joint declaration (pdf) was published in December 2023. Freeric Meier meier@kan.de KANBrief 4/23: The new EU Product Safety Regulation Fall-protection [...] institutes in several...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/personal-protective-equipment/safe-storage-of-wood-pellets

In storage however, pellets emit carbon monoxide gas. This has already caused several fatalities. KAN sees a need for action in this area. Its response has included initiating the production of a DGUV [...] und Verkehr Sachsen. Abschlussbericht...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/standardization-for-the-situation-on-the-ground/judges-consider-standards-and-specifications-to-be-highly-informative

referred to in court rulings, and for what reasons, was the subject of a legal report (pdf, in german) produced on behalf of KAN and published in december 2016 (Project partner: Professor Dr Thomas Wilrich (lawyer) [...] meaning in court...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/safety-of-mobile-machinery/inspiring-the-world-congress

KANBrief 4/14 Inspiring: the World Congress © DGUV - Kongressbild Bild 1 © KAN - privat © KAN - privat [Translate to Englisch:] Bild 3 In August 2014, the XX World Congress for Safety and Health at Work [...] is that we abandon technical jargon...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/service-standards-are-in-the-ascendency/the-diversity-of-service-standards

activity is advisable. Where occupational safety and health is concerned, KAN's position on the standardization of services (pdf) and CEN Guide 15 apply: the health and safety of workers at work should [...] addressed occupational safety and...