(NF) EN 60825 standard

Europe applies the European standard (NF) EN 60825-1/A2 : “Safety of Laser Products – Part 1: Equipment classification, requirements and user's guide “. Every program applying laser safety to industry, medicine and research is based on this standard. It is referenced in France by the ministers of work, health, and by the “Caisses Primaires d'Assurance Maladie”.

The EN 60825-1/A2 standard for laser safety contains informations on the classification of lasers with respect to safety, the useful safety–related calculations, hazard prevention activities, and the main advices to the persons in charge for laser safety and to the firm security-and-health-comity. These standards have been written in order to give all required informations to the users and to help the understanding of the laser safety programs.

This standard is the reference concerning the conformity of the equipments of laser-sources-production industries. Every laser source sold in Europe must be conform to this standard and be labelled CE.