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FFP2 and P2 respirators are not NIOSH-approved, so they cannot satisfy OSHA-required workplace use in the US. This guide covers the legal rule, the ended COVID exception, the FFP2-to-N95 and FFP3-to-P100 translation table, voluntary-use cases, the reverse question abroad, and a spec-conversion worked example.

EN 149 grades European disposable respirators FFP1, FFP2, and FFP3; EN 143 grades P1-P3 filters. This guide decodes the classes, the CE marking string, NR/R/D suffixes, gas-filter types, and Regulation (EU) 2016/425 — plus how the European system maps to NIOSH N95 and P100, with a dual-certified GVS Elipse worked example.