Mees STD-BST BS EN 1089-3-ENGL 1957 MM 1b24bb9 Ob312b S22 mm BRITISH STANDARD | BS EN | 1089-3 : 1997 Transportable gas cylinders — Cylinder identification Part 3. Colour coding ‘The European Standard EN 10893: 1997 has the status of a British Standard uy it NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW _—[_—_—_—_—_—_—_——__—_—_———_* Copa by te Oct 16 14wee STD-BSI BS EN LO89-3-ENGL 1997 MM Db24Gb9 0639127 4L5 mm BS EN 1089-3 : 1997 Committees responsible for this British Standard ‘The preparation ofthis British Standard was entrusted by Technical Committee VEZ, Gas containers, Subcommittee PVE, Periodic inspection and maintenance of transportable seamless gas containers, upon which the following bodies were represented: Aluminium Federation Association of British Oceanological Industries Ltd British Association of Breathing Apparatus Service Engineers British Compressed Gases Association British Fire Consortium British Iron and Steel Producers’ Association British Soft Drinks Association Ltd. Botish Sub-Aqua Club Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association Fire Extinguishing Trades Association Health and Safety Executive Home Office Intemational Marine Contractors’ Association LP Gas Association ‘National Engineering Laboratory Safety Assessment Federation Lid Safety Equipment Association ‘Tubes Investments Limited ‘This eich Sardar, ing ‘ben prepared under the ection ofthe Bnrering Storr fos, woe phe sder the author of te Standards Board and comes into 18 September 1007 © nsti907 Amendments issued since publication ‘Amd. No. [Date "Text affected ‘The flowing BS references tele the worcom andar Draft for comment 70776 DC Copa by the Bate Stns station Sah et 16 M43: 16 2004STD-BSI BS EN LO8-3-ENGL 1997 MM Lb24bb9 0439128 375 mm BS EN 1089-3: 1997 National foreword ‘This Part of BS EN 1089 has been prepared by Subcommittee PVE/7 and is the English language version of EN 1089-3 1987 Trunsportable gas cylinders — Cylinder identifiontion — Part 3: Colour coding, and its corrigendum of April 1997, published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It supersedes BS 319 1973 and BS 349¢ : 1973 which are withdrawn, Cross-reference Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard EN 7202: 1996 BS EN 720 Transportable gas cylinders — Gases and gus rmictures Patt 2: 1997 Determination of flammability and oxidizing bitty of gases and gas mixtures Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. mmary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i andi, the EN title page, pages 2to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover ens isn7 pit by te Fe Standings tion ‘Sah et 16 14:73:22 2004wee STD-BST BS EN 1089-3-ENGL 1997 MM b246b5 0639129 231 mm EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 10893 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM. February 1907 KS Bu0%0 Including Corrigendu, Api 1887 Descripors: Gas evinders, designation, Europe, marking, colour marking, colour codes gases, fas mxtures, colour English version Transportable gas cylinders — Cylinder identification — Part 3: Colour coding Boutelles & gaz transportables — Ontsbewesliche Gasaschen — Identification de la bouteille & gaz — Gasflaschen-Kenngeichnung — Partie 3: Code couleur ‘Teil 3: Farbeodierung ‘This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1907-01-09. CEN members are ound to comply with the CEN/CENELBC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the stans of a national standard ‘without any alteration ‘Upto-date lists and bibliographical references conceming such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member ‘This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibilty of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status 2s the official versions, CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany; Greece, Jeeland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom, CEN European Committee for Standardization Comité Buropéen de Normalisation Europaisches Komitee fir Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels © 1997 Copyright reserved to CEN members Ref, No. EN 10803 : 1907 E, Copa by the Bath Stns station ‘Sah et 16 14:13:28 2004Set et 16 STD-BSI BS EN LO89-3-ENGL 1997 MM Db24bbS Page 2 EN 10893 : 1997 Foreword ‘This European Standard has been prepared by ‘Technical Committee CEN/TC 23, Transportable gas cylinders, the secretariat of which is held by BSI. ‘This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 1997, and conflicting national standands shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 1997. ‘This European Standard has been prepared under a ‘mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trace Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). ‘This European Standard is a three Part standard, belonging to a series of standards specifying gas cylinder identification requirements: Part 1: Stampmarking, Part2: Precautionary labels; Part3: Colour coding. Some current national and intemational standards and rogulations covering colour coding of gas cylinders ray be in conflict with this standard. Annex D (normative) lists the special national conditions causing a deviation from this standard for a transitional period ending at the latest 2006-07-01. ‘When harmonization is reached, itis expected that the requirement to apply the letter ‘N' (see clause 5) will be removed by a revision of this standard. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following. ‘countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway; Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. bite Standards sition 33 2004 pit by 039130 TS3 mm Contents Page Foreword 2 Introduction 3 Scope 3 2 Normative references 3 3 Principles 3 4 Colour coding systems 3 5 Implementation 4 ‘Annex A (normative) Colour references 5 Annex B (normative) Colour location 5 ‘Annex C (normative) Letter "N" 7 Annex D (normative) Special national conditions 8gt by Set et 16 STD-BST BS EN 1089-3-ENGL 1997 MM Db24Gb9 0639132 997 mm Introduction Cylinder colours refer to the contents of cylinders and are used to complement cylinder labels which are the primary method of indicating cylinder contents, Cylinder colours are an important method of contents Identification when itis not possible to read labels, particularly when itis not possible to approach close to a cylinder. 1 Scope ‘This European Standard specifies a colour coding system for the identification of the contents of ‘industrial and medical gas cylinders with particular reference to the property of the gas or gas mixture. ‘This standard does not apply to cylinders containing liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) oF to fire extinguishers. 2 Normative references ‘This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. ‘These normative references are cited at the appropriate place in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only ‘when incorporated in it by amendment or revision, For undated references the lalest ition of the publication referred to applies. EN 7202 Trinsportable gas cylinders — Gases and gas mixtures — Part 2: Determination of Aamanabitity and oxidizing ability of ‘gases and gas mixtures 18032 Gas cylinders for medical use— Marking Jor identification of content 180 10298 Determination of the tarivity of a gas or gs mixture ISO 18338 Determination of tissue corrasiveness of a es oF gas miture 3 Principles Colour coding is used primarily to identify the hazard associated with the contents of a cylinder In addition, to assist users, certain gases, particularly those used for medical purposes, have a specifi identification colour consistent with 180 32, Identification colours shall he applied to cylinder shoulders. The eylinder body and valve protection device may be coloured for other purposes. However, the use of a colour for the eylinder body which allows misinterpretation of the hazard should be avoided, Colours used shall be in accordance with annex A. © Bt 107 teh Standards tion 4 Page 3 EN 10893 : 1997 4 Colour coding system 4.1 Gas properties Unless specifically identified in 4.2.1 all gases and gas ‘mixtures shall be identified by a colour classification indicating the property of the contents in accordance ‘with the risk diamond on cylinder labels. ‘The property is classified in the following descending ordet of hazard: a) Toxic and/or corrosive (Gn accordance with ISO 10298 and ISO 13338) YELLOW, 1) Flammable (in accordance with EN 7202) RED; ©) Oxidizing (in accordance with EN7202) LIGHT BLUE; 4) Inert (non toxic, non comosive, BRIGHT non flammable, non oxidizing) GREEN. WARNING: The colour ‘BRIGHT GREEN' shall not be used for air for inhalation (es, breathing apparatus), see 4.4 When a gas or gas mixture has two hazard properties then the cylinder shoulder shall be coloured in accordance with the primary hazard. ‘The colour of the secondary hazard can also be a) Toxic (and/or corrosive) and flamunable ‘YELLOW plus REI b) Toxic (and/or corrosive) YELLOW plus LIGHT and oxidizing BLUE, ‘When two colours are applied to the cylinder shoulder they should be in one of the formats (bands o quadrants) identified in annex. B. 4.2 Specific gases 4.2.1 The following gases shall be identified by specific colours rather than the colour system defined. ina a) Flammable gases: Acetylene ‘MAROON; ) Oxidizing gases Oxygen WHITE; Nitrous oxide BLUE,STD-BSI BS EN LO8~3-ENGL Page 4 EN 10893 : 1997 4.2.2. Additionally inert gases for medical applications Shall be further differentiated by use of the following colours: ~ Argon DARK GREEN; — Nitrogen BLACI Carbon dioxide GREY, Helium BROW: These colours may also be used for applications other than medical 43 Mixtures of inert gases ‘When inert gases are mixed, combinations of the optional colours of the specific component gases, listed in 4.2.2, can be used to identify the cylinder contents (Gee amex B), 44 Gas mixtures used for inhalation ‘The following medical and breathing ens mixtures containing oxygen shall be identified using the colour of the components listed in 4.2: WHITE plus BLACK; WHITE plus BROWN; WHITE plus GREY; WHITE plus BLUE. a) Air or synthetic air ) Hetunnoxygen ©) Onygenvearbon dioxide 4) Oxygervnitrous oxide ‘These colours shall not be used for industrial gas mixtures containing these components. 5 Implementation All cylinders, colour coded in accordance with this ‘Standard, shall have the letter 'N’ marked twice on the shoulder of the cylinder. These markings shall be diametrically opposed, in a colour distinct from the colours of the cylinder shoulder. The size and shape of the letter ‘N’ shall be as indicated in annex C. In countries, where the colour defined in this standard fs the same as that already in use, it will only be necessary to apply the letter 'N' to those cylinders ‘which will leave that country to be transported in or through a CEN member country, where the colour specified in this standard is different from that ‘currently used. piety he Bach Sarda station Sa et 16 147345 2004 1997 MM Lb24b69 Ob39132 B26 Mm esisSTD.BST BS EN 1089-3-ENGL 1997 MH Lb24bb5 0639233 762 mm Page 5 EN 1089-3 : 1997 Annex A (normative) Colour references Table A. Colours Cotoer RAL number” [RAT designation” Yellow 1018 Tine yellow Red 3000 Flame red Light blue | 5012 Light blue Bright green | 6018 Yellow green Maroon 3000 Oxide red White 010 Pure white Biue 5010 Gentian blue Dark green | 6001 Emerald green Black 2005, Set black Grey os Dusty geey Brown 8008 Otive brown "The colours specified are in accordance with the register RAL 840 HR, obtainable from: RAL Siegburger Strasse 39 DS97S7 Sankt Augustin Germany a Annex B (normative) Colour location, Colour Figure B.1 Colour coding with one colour he = cylinder shoulder height © pst 9 gt ye Bach Standnds tution Sa et 16 141351 2004wee STD-BSI BS EN 1085-3-ENGL 1997 MM Db24669 Ob39234 679 mm Page 6 EN 10893 : 1997 | Colour 1 Colour t Colour 2 =05h =05h Colour 2 Body colour j ai Colour? Colour 1 / Colour 1 Colour 2 Colour + Colour 1 Colour 2 Plan view | » ° Colour2, in configuration a), shall not be the same as the body colour of the cylinder: It is acceptable to transpose colour | and colour to avoid this situation, Configurations b) or ¢) can also be used. Figure B.2 Colour coding with two colours nst 907 Copa by te Set et 16 1 Sts Inston 2004wee STD-BSI BS EN 1089-3-ENGL L997 MM Ub24b49 Ob39L35 535 mM Page 7 EN 10893 : 1997 Annex C (normative) Letter ‘N Figure C.1 Letter ‘N’ - Approximate shape | st | Figure C.2 Letter ‘N' - Height relative to shoulder Coptigh by te Bireh Standards ittton Sah et 16 14408 2004STD-BSI BS EN LOS9-3-ENGL L997 MH Lb24Gb9 OL39336 47) a Annex D (normative) Special national conditions Dal Special national conditions: National characteristics or practice that cannot be ‘changed even over a long period, eg. climatic conditions, electrical earthing conditions. I it affects hhannonization, it forms part of the European Standard ‘or Harmonization Document. 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