European foreword

This document (EN ISO 16321‑1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94 "Personal safety -- Personal protective equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 85 “Eye protective equipment” the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2025.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 166:2001, EN 169:2002, EN 170:2002, EN 171:2002, EN 172:1994, EN 379:2003+A1:2009.

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Regulation 2016/425.

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

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The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. However, for any use of this document ‘within the meaning of Annex ZA, the user should always check that any referenced document has not been superseded and that its relevant contents can still be considered the generally acknowledged state-of-art.

When an IEC or ISO standard is referred to in the ISO standard text, this shall be understood as a normative reference to the corresponding EN standard, if available, and otherwise to the dated version of the ISO or IEC standard, as listed below.

NOTE The way in which these referenced documents are cited in normative requirements determines the extent (in whole or in part) to which they apply.

Undated normative references in the ISO standard	Clause(s) of the ISO standard	Equivalent dated standard
Undated normative references in the ISO standard	Clause(s) of the ISO standard	EN	ISO or IEC
ISO 4007	Clause 2 & 3	EN ISO 4007:2018	ISO 4007:2018
ISO 11664‑1	Clause 2 & 4.3.1.1	EN ISO 11664‑1:2011	ISO 11664‑1:2007
ISO 11664‑2	Clause 2 & 4.3.1.1	EN ISO 11664‑2:2011	ISO 11664‑2:2007
ISO 16321‑1	Clause 1, 2, & 4.1	EN ISO 16321‑1:2020	ISO 16321‑1:2020
ISO 18526‑1	Clause 2	EN ISO 18526‑1:2020	ISO 18526‑1:2020
ISO 18526‑2	Clause 2	EN ISO 18526‑2:2020	ISO 18526‑22020
ISO 18526‑3	Clause 2	EN ISO 18526‑3 :2020	ISO 18526‑3:2020
ISO 18526‑4	Clause 2, 6.3 & 7	EN ISO 18526‑4 :2020	EN ISO 18526‑4 :2020

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BS EN ISO 16321-1:2022

Eye and face protection for occupational use - Part 1. General requirements

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 May 2022