PPE manufacturers
Protective equipment is not a product in the EU until its conformity is recognised. In Category II and III that takes a notified body — and the manufacturer's work starts well before the type-examination.
The manufacturer's route to CE marking
- Identify category and standard: which risk the product protects against, and which harmonised standard applies.
- Compile the technical documentation per Regulation (EU) 2016/425.
- EU type-examination (Module B) at a notified body.
- Conformity of series production: internal production control for Category II (Module C); Module C2 or D for Category III — with notified body involvement.
- EU declaration of conformity and CE marking — with the notified body number for Category III.
Where BIMEO takes part
- EU type-examination for protective footwear, gloves, welding and firefighter PPE (NB 1524);
- Module C2/D surveillance for Category III products;
- independent measurement supporting development — as a separate laboratory service, outside the certification procedure.
What impartiality means
As a notified body we do not give product-design advice on a product we later assess — the outcome of the procedure rests solely on the examination results. That is not a limitation; it is the source of the certificate's value, and the reason the market accepts it.
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Tell us which product needs EU type-examination and against which standard — we will explain the procedure steps and the documentation required.
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