Overview
EN ISO 13688:2013/A1:2021 - Protective clothing - General requirements (Amendment 1) is a CEN-endorsed amendment to ISO 13688:2013 that updates general requirements, definitions, test references and labelling/pictogram guidance for protective clothing. The amendment was approved in 2021 and includes changes to measurement definitions, updated normative references, chemical and metal release limits, and clarifications for dimensional change and care labelling. Note: the document record indicates a scope entry “2021-03-01 - Lack of compliance - publication on hold,” so check national bodies or the Official Journal for current citation status before relying on presumption of conformity.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Updated normative references: replaces ISO 3635 with ISO 8559-1:2017 and ISO 8559-2:2017 for sizing and body dimensions; dates many referenced standards (e.g., ISO 3071:2020, ISO 4045:2018, ISO 3175-1:2017).
- Definitions and sizing: revises definition 3.6 to “waist to waist over the shoulder line” and replaces “shoulder length” with “shoulder point” to clarify measurement methods.
- Chemical and metal limits:
