This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 June 2007. Supersedes EN 1497: 1996. The European Standard EN 1497:2007 has status of the Standard of Republic Serbia. 22 p. This European Standard specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information supplied by the manufacturer for rescue harnesses. Rescue harnesses conforming to this European Standard are used as components of rescue systems, which are personal fall protection systems