National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 143:2000, including corrigenda July 2002 and March 2005 and amendment A1:2006. It supersedes BS EN 143:1991 which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags . Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated in the text by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PH/4, Respiratory protection, to Subcommittee PH/4/4, Filters, which has the responsibility to:

— aid enquirers to understand the text;
— present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed;
— monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No.	Date	Comments
14049 Corrigendum No. 1	16 December 2002	Change to Figure 4
15725 Corrigendum No. 2	31 August 2006	Change to Key of Figure 3
16500	31 July 2006	See national foreword

BS EN 143:2000

Respiratory protective devices. Particle filters. Requirements, testing, marking

Published:

15 Jun 2000

Withdrawn:

2 Mar 2021