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GENERAL-HORIZONTAL QUESTIONS

Guideline J-01

Pressure Equipment Directive PED 2014/68/EU

Commission's Working Group "Pressure"
Guideline related to: Recital (4), horizontal guideline

Must the pressure equipment directive be applied to used pressure

Question
equipment imported from outside the European Economic Area?

Answer Yes. Recital (4) states the PED applies to new pressure equipment and new or
second-hand equipment imported from a third country.

Reason See also Blue Guide Chapter 2.4. related to products imported from countries
from outside the EU and Chapter 4.5.1.6 related to CE marking

Note [x]

Accepted by Working Party Guidelines (WPG) on: 09/12/2015

Accepted by Working Group Pressure (WGP) on: 15/03/2016

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Guideline J-06

Pressure Equipment Directive PED 2014/68/EU

Commission's Working Group "Pressure"
Guideline related to: Annex IV

Question What is the information to be given in the EU Declaration of Conformity

in order to comply with Annex IV point 6?

Answer The harmonised standard or specification referred to is the governing

document(s) embracing all aspects of materials, design, manufacturing and
testing of the item of pressure equipment or assembly.
If the governing document is an internal specification or a published technical
code, this information shall also be given.
However, as regards conditions related to the use of such documents, see also
PED Guidelines I-05 and I-06 particularly.

Reason "The Blue Guide on the implementation of EU product rules" (edition. 2014)
explains in Chapter 4.4 that the EU declaration of conformity contains "the
referenced standards or other technical specifications (such as national
technical standards and specifications) in a precise, complete and clearly
defined way; this implies that the version and/or date of the relevant standard
is specified."
It is not requested to give the complete list of the standards used in
combination with the governing document.

Note [x]

Accepted by Working Party Guidelines (WPG) on: 09/12/2015

Accepted by Working Group Pressure (WGP) on: 15/03/2016

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Guideline J-08

Pressure Equipment Directive PED 2014/68/EU

Commission's Working Group "Pressure"
Guideline related to: Annex IV

Question What is the information to be given in the EU Declaration of Conformity

of assemblies in order to comply with the third indent of section 4 of
Annex IV?

The declaration of conformity of assemblies must contain a description of all

Answer
items of pressure equipment constituting the assembly together with, for each
PED item, the conformity assessment procedure followed.

Reason

Note This description includes the identification of the items of pressure equipment
falling under category I to IV.
The other items taken into account in the assessment of the integration of the
PED assembly (including Article 4 paragraph 3 equipment or pressure
equipment excluded from the PED) shall also be described as part of this
assembly. This latter description may be by reference to appropriate
information in the instructions for use (e.g. component lists, drawings). See
also PED Guideline C-13.
See also the chapter on the EU declaration of conformity of "The Blue Guide
on the implementation of EU product rules".

Accepted by Working Party Guidelines (WPG) on: 15/10/2015

Accepted by Working Group Pressure (WGP) on: 08/01/2016

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