EN ISO 20346
Protective footwear
Protective footwear with 100 J toe protection — the requirements and tests for the protection level below safety footwear.
Current edition:
EN ISO 20346:2022 + A1:2024 — successor of EN ISO 20346:2014The same 2022 generation change as EN ISO 20345 (new slip regime, PL/PS, WPA/WR, waterproof P6/P7 classes, hybrid construction class).
At the review date EN ISO 20346:2022+A1:2024 is the harmonised edition (cited 8 October 2024, Decision (EU) 2024/2599); the bare 2022 edition was never cited on its own. The 2014 edition lost its presumption of conformity on 8 April 2026. The EU Official Journal defines the status at any given time.
What does the standard require?
- Toecap: 100 J impact and 10 kN compression — the intermediate level between safety footwear (200 J) and occupational footwear (no toecap)
- Otherwise mirrors the EN ISO 20345:2022 architecture: basic slip resistance, optional SR, WPA/WR water protection, P/PL/PS perforation resistance
- Antistatic (A), energy-absorbing seat (E), HI/CI insulation, HRO, FO and the other additional marks with identical meanings
- The shared test-method toolbox is EN ISO 20344
Classes and levels: PB → P1 → P2 → P3/P3L/P3S → P4/P5 (all-polymeric) → P6/P7 (waterproof) — the S-ladder mirrored with the letter P.
Related standards
Laboratory testing
Independent laboratory measurement of the properties behind this standard's requirements — for development, verification, disputes.
Certification (NB 1524)
The standard belongs to BIMEO's notified-body conformity-assessment scope — EU type-examination is available against it.
Technical content cross-checked against external sources. Last reviewed: 2026-08-14. The authoritative list of harmonised versions is always the EU Official Journal.
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