Personal Protective Equipment

Transposition and implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC is within the competence of the Ministry of Economy - Sector for Quality and Product Safety.

This area is regulated by the Rulebook on Personal Protective Equipment, ("Official Gazette of RS" No 23/2020), which is harmonized with all the principles and relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In the course of drafting of this Rulebook, besides the stated EU Regulation, solutions from the reference EU regulations in the field of technical legislation were taken into consideration, especially from Decision No 768/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council on a common framework for the marketing of products.

Тhe Rulebook on Personal Protective Equipment, ("Official Gazette of RS" No 23/2020), is accompanied by a List of Serbian standards in the field of PPE, and the latest version of this list was published in the "Official Gazette of RS", No 90/20 in  June 26 ^th 2020. This list is regularly updated in accordance with the list of harmonised standards published in the Official Journal of the EU and it is harmonised with list from 18. may 2020.

 Guide to application of the Rulebook on Personal Protective Equipment