EU PPE Certification for Gloves: What Category II Actually Requires
Mechanical-risk gloves are PPE Category II in the EU. That single fact decides what paperwork must exist before a glove can be CE-marked and sold — and what a buyer should ask to see.
The legal frame
Regulation (EU) 2016/425 replaced the old 89/686/EEC directive. Gloves protecting against mechanical risks (EN 388) sit in Category II: they require EU type-examination (Module B) by a notified body, followed by Module C conformity based on internal production control. The old directive number should not appear in current documentation — if it does, ask why.
Chemical and micro-organism gloves (EN 374) and heat gloves at higher risk levels move into Category III, with ongoing production surveillance on top.
What a buyer should ask for
Per model or family: the EU type-examination certificate reference, the declaration of conformity, and the test reports behind the printed EN 388 string. On this site, CE / test reports are available on request — report numbers and documents are provided per model when you inquire, before you commit to an order. Nothing is published as a downloadable file, by policy: documents are exchanged buyer-to-supplier, per model.
The Article 12 trap for private label
If you sell PPE under your own name or trademark, Article 12 of the Regulation makes you the manufacturer in law — with the technical documentation and conformity duties that follow, even though you never touched a knitting machine. It is manageable, and our OEM page sets out the routes, but it must be planned before the first own-brand order, not discovered after it.
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Short answers
Are Toughora's gloves CE-marked?
The models carry their manufacturers' CE documentation; reports and numbers are provided per model on request so you can verify before ordering.
Can I download certificates from this site?
No — by policy, documents are provided per model during the inquiry process, not published as public downloads.
Put the guide to work
Send your task and hazard list. The reply maps it to models with printed, report-backed specifications.