This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 26 October 2003 for provisional application . The Technical Specification CEN/TS 15256:2005 has status of the Standard of Republic Serbia. 42 р. This Technical Specification applies to personal protective equipment (excluding face and head protectors) for ice hockey players other than goal keepers. This Technical Specification specifies requirements for neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, genital, hip, coccygeal, thigh, knee and shin protectors. It specifies the cut resistance of all the protectors except those for the shoulders and elbows, and impact performance for all the protectors except the neck protector. Additionally for all protectors it specifies requirements for innocuousness, ergonomics, cleaning, restraint, zone of protection, and provisions for marking and information for users