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Safety shoes CE certification

According to European regulations, employers must provide employees with safety protection to ensure that employees work in a safe environment. Safety shoes are an important part of this. The CE mark is not a sign of quality assurance. Safety shoes marked with the CE mark indicate that the product complies with all requirements of the European Union's relevant regulations, the Personal Protective Equipment PPE Directive (PEEP personal Protect Equipment Directive 89/686/EEC), and the CE mark is mandatory. Only safety shoes with the CE mark can be sold in 28 EU countries.

From August 1, 2005, the EU has also raised the technical barriers to the import of European safety shoes and adopted a new certification standard EN ISO 20344/20345/20346/20347, adding new test items and regulations.

EU safety footwear CE certification is a personal protective equipment directive

(PPE-PersonalProtectEquipmentDirective89/686/EEC), the standard tests mainly include ENISO20344, ENISO20345, ENISO20346 and ENISO20347. The types and structures of safety shoes are as follows:

EN ISO 20346 - Protective: Safety footwear shall provide a wearer with a resistance of 100 joules at the toecap and a compression capacity of 10,000 Newtons.

EN ISO 20345 - Safety: Safety shoes must provide a wearer with a resistance of 200 joules at the tip of the shoe and can withstand pressures of not less than 15,000 newtons.

ENISO20347 - Occupational: Refers to safety shoes for all types of professionals without steel heads.