 Declaration of conformity to the standard EN 353-1 and additional testsCommunication to all our customers, partners, users, owners and distributors of our products, competent persons doing inspections, training partners, to whomever this may be of interest28th March 2011We refer to our notification in March 2010 that the European Commission has withdrawn the
European Standard EN 353-1: 2002 “Personal protective equipment against falls from height
– Part 1: Guided type fall arresters including a rigid anchor line”. The withdrawal was
published in the European Union’s Official Journal on the 19th March 2010.
Since that date a new standard has been under preparation. During the transition period, the
notified bodies have implemented additional tests outlined in the test procedure
CNB/P/11.073 to re-evaluate the safety of Fall Protection Systems in accordance with the
European Directive 89/686/EEC. We are pleased to inform you that all the Fall Protection Systems that we currently sell
have successfully passed the additional tests and confirm accordingly that these
products can be used without restriction. They must of course be used in accordance
with their applicable user manuals, and in particular the shuttles must only be used
together with their associated anchor-line or rail manufactured by Sperian. Our
current list of products, and pictures of them, are set out in Annex 1 As manufacturing and sales of the under mentioned shuttles stopped some years ago
("Discontinued Products"), we cannot apply for the additional tests at the notified
bodies. We will therefore stop annual inspections and repairs of these. - Söll Compact shuttle sales ended in 2004
- Söll Universal shuttle sales ended in 1994
- Söll Simplex shuttle sales ended in 1992
- Söll Standard shuttle sales ended in 1990
Pictures of these Discontinued Products are shown in Annex 2. Please note that, as per the European Directive, it is the owner's responsibility to ensure the
safety of users of guided type fall arresters including a rigid anchor line. While the
Discontinued Products met all applicable standards at the time they were sold, as a matter of
precaution, if you continue to use these Discontinued Products, you should only do so in
conjunction with an additional protective device (like a double legged energy absorbing
Lanyard). If you would like to purchase one of our current products, please contact a Miller® Fall Protection sales representative or contact us by mail at: 353-info@sperian.com If you are a distributor or if you have supplied our products to other companies that use today
guided type fall arresters including a rigid anchor line, please forward this message
accordingly to ensure all owners and users are informed.
Our user’s safety is always our highest priority. As the world leader in Safety at Height, we
participate in the Working Group 2, which is in charge of developing the new European
standard EN 353-1. We will keep you informed on the evolution of this new standard and welcome any questions
on the following mail address: 353-info@sperian.com | 
