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Pressure Equipment Directive

Table of Content

Whereas Clauses 164 - 171

Chapter 1 General Provisions 171

Article 1 Scope 171
Article 2 Definitions 173
Article 3 Making available on the market and putting into service 175
Article 4 Technical requirements 176
Article 5 Free movement 177

Chapter 2 Obligations of economic operators 177

Article 6 Obligations of manufactures 177
Article 7 Authorised representatives 179
Article 8 Obligations of importers 179
Article 9 Obligations of distributors 180
Article 10 Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and 181
distributors
Article 11 Identification of economic operators 181

Chapter 3 Conformity and classification of pressure equipment and assemblies 181

Article 12 Presumption of conformity 181
Article 13 Classification of pressure equipment 182
Article 14 Conformity assessment procedures 183
Article 15 European approval for materials 184
Article 16 User inspectorates 185
Article 17 EU declaration of conformity 186
Article 18 General principles of the CE marking 186
Article 19 Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking 186

Chapter 4 Notification of conformity assessment bodies 187

Article 20 Notification 187
Article 21 Notifying authorities 187
Article 22 Requirements relating to notifying authorities 187
Article 23 Information obligation on notifying authorities 188
Article 24 Requirements relating to notified bodies and recognised third-party 188
organisations
Article 25 Requirements relating to user inspectorates 190
Article 26 Presumption of conformity of conformity assessment bodies 191
Article 27 Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by conformity assessment bodies 191
Article 28 Application for notification 192
Article 29 Notification procedure 192
Article 30 Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies 193
Article 31 Lists of recognised third-party organisations and user inspectorates 193
Article 32 Changes to notifications 193

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Article 33 Challenge of the competence of notified bodies, recognised third 193

party organisations and user inspectorates
Article 34 Operational obligations of notified bodies, user inspectorates and 194
recognised third party organisations

Article 35 Appeal against decisions of notified bodies, recognised third party 194
organisations and user inspectorates
Article 36 Information obligation on notified bodies, recognised third party 194
organisations and user inspectorates
Article 37 Exchange of experience 195
Article 38 Coordination of notified bodies, recognised third-party organisations 195
and user inspectorates

Chapter 5 Union market surveillance, control of pressure equipment and 195

assemblies entering the union market, and union safeguard procedure
Article 39 Union market surveillance and control of pressure equipment and 195
assemblies entering the Union market
Article 40 Procedure for dealing with pressure equipment or assemblies 195
presenting a risk at national level
Article 41 Union safeguard procedure 196
Article 42 Compliant pressure equipment or assemblies which present a risk 197
Article 43 Formal non-compliance 197

Chapter 6 Committee procedure and delegated acts 198

Article 44 Committee procedure 198
Article 45 Delegated power 198
Article 46 Exercise of the delegation 199

Chapter 7 Transitional and final provisions 199

Article 47 Penalties 199
Article 48 Transitional provisions 199
Article 49 Transposition 200
Article 50 Repeal 200
Article 51 Entry into force and application 201
Article 52 Addressees 201

Annex 1 ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 202

Annex 2 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT TABLES 215
Annex 3 CONFORMITY ASSESMENT PROCEDURES 220
Annex 4 EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 253
Annex 5A REPEALED DIRECTIVE WITH LIST OF THE SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS THERETO 254
Annex 5B TIME-LIMIT FOR TRANSPOSITION INTO NATIONAL LAW AND DATE OF APPLICATION 254
Annex 6 CORRELATION TABLE 255

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