ESF request feedback: Proposal Omnibus Regulation and impact on PPE Regulation (EU)2016/425

mei 30, 2025 | actualiteiten homepage, Nieuws

The EU Commission published the proposal for Omnibus legislation on digitalisation and common specifications. Here you can find  proposed Omnibus Regulation and its annex.The ESF has created a pdf of the existing PPE Regulation with added in remarks, the changes that are included in the draft Omnibus regulation. This way you can see the changes that are to be expected. You will find this document here: Document 318 – 2016-425 with Omnibus proposal in remarks

A public consultation period has started on the 23th of May and will finish on the 22nd of July (remark : the eight-week feedback period is being extended every day until the adopted proposal is available in all EU languages).

Request for feedback

In order to be able to prepare the ESF input for the consultation, ESF would like to ask you to provide them with your input latest on the 14th of July, so that they have a week to consolidate and where necessary consult members if contradicting input is received. You can send your input to: Henk Vanhoutte, Secretary General ESF, via [email protected]

The consultation is available on the ‘have your say’ webpage of the EU Commission. There are no specific questions foreseen in the consultation, the feedback can be given in a text box or in an attached document. Also, don’t hesitate to send in your own feedback directly to the Commission if you wish to do so.

PPE Seminar

This is certainly a topic that will be discussed (also with the representative of DG GROW) during our PPE seminar in June (www.ppe-seminar.eu), so all the more reason to register if you have not yet done that.

 

For your info, a complete list of all legislations that will be amended by either the Omnibus Directive or Regulation aligning product legislation with the digital age:

Directives:

  • Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors
  • Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast)
  • Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC
  • Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels (recast)
  • Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast)
  • Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments (recast)
  • Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast)
  • Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts (recast)
  • Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)
  • Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (recast)
  • Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment
  • Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast)
  • Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC

Regulations:

  • Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC
  • Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC
  • Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC
  • Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC

Documents

Below you will find the documents grouped together:
Document 316 – proposal omnibus regulation COM_2025_504_1_EN_ACT_part1_v2
Document 317 – proposal omnibus COM_2025_504_1_EN_annexe_proposition_part1_v2
Document 318 – 2016-425 with omnibus proposal in remarks

 

 

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