- Replaces EN 471:2003 High visibility clothing for professional use
- Clothing with the old certificate can still be manufactured, sold and used. A new certificate will be applied for for products planned in the future. The requirements do not apply to old products.
- Stricter requirements for fabric suppliers, the change affects them the most. For example, testing is done after washing (min. 5 washes). Our suppliers have also passed the new certification, so almost all old fabrics can also be used in new clothes.
- New pictogram
- Reflectors do not need to go over the straws at the top
- Due to the reflector square requirements, 70mm reflectors must be used on the vest, the vest cannot be class 3.
- Dimex clothing has previously been certified as a set, so that a class 2 jacket and class 1 trousers in the same outfit have a combined maximum of 3 classes. This is now also mentioned in the certificate. Remember that 1+2 is automatically 3.
- The transition period now begins in October, there is no deadline for the transition. The new certificate will probably start appearing on the market gradually next year.
- Dimex is not yet moving to the new certificate because we want to make the change in a controlled manner.