minimum safety standards set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The current standard for Safety Footwear across Europe (EN) is EN ISO 20345:2011. This was updated in 2011 to make it stricter. Under this standard, all safety footwear must now have toe protection against a 200 joule impact. This is the amount of energy the toe region can absorb before breaking. All new products must be manufactured and certified under EN ISO 20345:2011. Any product certified under any previous version of the standard (2004; 2007) was required to be recertified.
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