French Sports Code

EC type-examination is the procedure whereby a body authorised by the Minister for Industry ascertains and certifies that the PPE-SL model concerned meets the essential health and safety requirements applicable to it. The application for “EC” type examination may only be submitted by the manufacturer, his authorised representative or, failing this, by any person responsible for placing the equipment on the market, to a single authorised body for a given…

The bodies referred to in article R. 322-35 meet the following obligations in particular: legal personality, independence and impartiality, technical competence, existence of appropriate technical and human resources, integrity and competence of staff, in particular, respect for professional secrecy, quality of organisation. Bodies accredited by the Comité français d’accréditation (COFRAC) in accordance with the standard relating to the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, the reference for which is published…

The person responsible for hiring out or repeatedly making available second-hand PPE-SL must ensure that this PPE-SL meets the conditions specified by the manufacturer in the notice referred to in point 1.4 of annex III-5 of the regulatory part of the sports code. An order issued by the ministers responsible for industry and labour respectively specifies the information available to this person in order to establish that the PPE-SL remains…

I.-The following is punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences: 1° Manufacture with a view to placing on the Community market, import, hold with a view to sale or distribution free of charge, offer for sale, sell or make available free of charge or against payment a PPE-SL that does not comply with the obligations laid down in article R. 322-29 ; 2° Make available second-hand PPE-SL…