Certificates

At Ronell, safe hearing and communication in the workplace is key. Our products comply with current PPE standards (EU regulation 2016/425) and are tested according to the EN352-2: 2020 standard. Products are inspected annually by an independent notified body to ensure safety.

 

History

The Directive 89/686/EEC was replaced on 21-04-2018 by a new European Regulation (EU) 2016/425 personal protective equipment. This contains updates and stricter rules for bringing personal protective equipment to market within the European Union. As of April 2018, (EU) 2016/425 will need to be adhered to. April 2018 to mid-April 2019 was a transition year. In that year, the existing products with existing certificates could still be offered, as well as the products covered by the new certificates.
From April 2018, we will have to operate according to (EU) 2016/425. April 2018 to mid-April 2019 was a transitional year. In that year, existing products with existing certificates were still allowed to be offered, as well as those covered by the new certificates.

For Ronell, this means that our product will fall under the strictest conformity procedure from 21-04-2018. Our hearing protection will now fall under the toughest category of personal protective equipment, namely category 3.

Specifically, our custom-made hearing protection is subject to an EU type examination by a certified testing body.

 

21 April 2019

From 21 April 2019, deliveries may only be made in accordance with the new European regulation (EU) 2016/425. This requires continuous monitoring of the production process and, in addition, proper quality assurance is required.

 

Validity period

There is now a limitation on the period of validity of the certificates. The validity of the certificates is currently limited to a maximum of five years. In addition, there will be an annual review by the inspection body to determine whether our product still meets the same criteria based on which the certificate was issued.

 

Declaration of conformity

A legal document drawn up and signed by us should be made available. This way, Ronell declares that the product meets all requirements of the applicable legislation.

Would you like to know more about the safety of our hearing protection? Then please contact your personal hearing advisor

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