PPE certification

BIMEO has been a notified body in the European Union since 2005, entitled to carry out the third-party conformity assessment tasks required by EU Regulation 2016/425.

As a notified body we act impartially and independently: we explain the procedure steps, the documentation required and the manufacturer's obligations — the outcome of the assessment rests solely on the examinations.

As of July 2026, close to 500 valid EU type-examination certificates issued by BIMEO are in force — roughly half for protective gloves, half for safety and occupational footwear — held by manufacturers in more than 15 countries: the most certificates are held in Hungary, Czechia, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden and Pakistan, with further holders from the Nordics and Baltics through Serbia and France to Turkey and the United Kingdom. Every certificate is listed in the Hungarian notifying authority's public register.

Safety footwear certification

EU type-examination of safety, protective and occupational footwear, firefighter and chain-saw-resistant footwear.

Protective glove certification

Conformity assessment of gloves against mechanical, thermal, cold and chemical risks.

Welding PPE

Welder’s gloves, protective clothing and footwear — the PPE of the welding workplace.

Firefighter PPE

Type-examination of firefighter footwear and gloves.

For non-EU manufacturers

CE marking for non-EU manufacturers: a remote procedure with English documentation and courier samples — one certificate for the EU and GB.

Conformity assessment procedures for the different categories of PPE

For personal protective equipment (PPE) belonging to Category II and III, it is necessary to involve a notified body (Modules B, C2/D). The conformity assessment procedures to be followed for each of the risk categories are as follows:

  • Category I: internal production control (Module A)
  • Category II: EU type-examination (Module B), followed by conformity to type based on internal production control (Module C)
  • Category III: EU type-examination (Module B) together with one of: (i) conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (Module C2); (ii) conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process (Module D)
CE-marking of PPE Category IMinimal risks Category II Category IIIVery serious risks Technical documentation EU type-examination(Module B) Conformity to typebased on internalproduction control(Module C) Supervised productchecks at randomintervals(Module C2) Quality assuranceof the productionprocess(Module D) EU declaration of conformity CE CE CE nnnn

BIMEO offers conformity assessment against the following standards:

Foot and leg protection

Hand and arm protection

  • General standards EN 420, EN ISO 21420
  • Protective gloves against mechanical risks EN 388
  • Protective gloves against thermal risks EN 407
  • Protective gloves against cold EN 511
  • Protective gloves for welders EN 12477
  • Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals EN ISO 374-1
  • Protective gloves against micro-organisms (bacteria and fungi) EN ISO 374-5
  • Protective gloves for firefighters EN 659
  • Protective gloves against mechanical vibration and shock EN ISO 10819
  • Protective gloves with electrostatic properties EN 16350

Protective clothing

  • Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes EN ISO 11611

Certification enquiry

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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