I hear the HSE is going to challenge some of the European (EN) Standards applied to personal protective equipment (PPE) such as fall arrest equipment, on the basis that they are inadequate compared to the British Standards.
Apparently, in some of the major EU countries the way you get onto a standards-setting board is by paying to be on it. And if you pay enough, you get to chair the board. So they are stuffed with manufacturers who are not always interested in making the standards too demanding.
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I've yet to see any evidence that a harmonised EN is "less safe" than the BS variant. BSI seem to be forgetting that ENs are minimum levels of performance, as opposed to the old BS system of 'quality'.
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