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"Les équipements de protection individuelle (EPI) sont destinés à protéger le travailleur contre un ou plusieurs risques. Leur utilisation ne doit être envisagée qu'en complément des autres mesures d'élimination ou de réduction des risques.
Les règles relatives à leur conception et leur utilisation sont définies par le Code du travail.
Ce document présente, sous forme de questions-réponses, les principales règles juridiques concernant la mise sur le marché des EPI ainsi que les conditions de leur mise à disposition par les employeurs."

"COVID-19 has had an extraordinary impact on global demand for, and supply of, personal protective equipment (PPE) in 2020. Demand for PPE rocketed in England from March, when NHS and care workers, together with key workers in other industries, started to require protection from patients, colleagues and members of the public who potentially had COVID-19. There was also a surge in demand in other countries. At the same time, the global supply of PPE declined as a result of a fall in exports from China (the country that manufactures the most PPE) in February. Some other countries also imposed temporary restrictions on the export of PPE.
The result was an extremely overheated global market − a ‘sellers' market' − with desperate customers competing against each other, pushing up prices, and buying huge volumes of PPE often from suppliers that were new to the PPE market. The situation was made more difficult as the guidelines for wearing PPE, and the specifications and certifications that different types of PPE must meet, are complex and were updated throughout the pandemic, in particular as understanding of the virus improved."