Why is RESTUBE safety buoy not a Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)?

The basic requirement for PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) is that the product offers protection against danger by simply putting it on (in this case: protection against drowning). The safety buoy was not developed for this, but for various different scenarios. RESTUBE safety bupy requires an additional action from the user, namely that the user has to lean over the buoy. This is why the safety buoy does not fall under the EU Directive 89/686 / EEC (Directive on personal protective equipment).
 

RESTUBE safety buoy cannot be approved as a life jacket because by definition it is not a PPE. RESTUBE safety buoy should never replace a life jacket, but rather be used wherever you need more freedom and other forms of buoyancy. Our system meets the highest quality standards and enables completely new fields of application.
 
 At first glance it seems strange that a product like Restube doesn't fit the norm. On the other hand, it is clear that really big innovations are