Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure equipment (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, approximation of laws, exchange of information, pressure equipment, product safety

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Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 97/23/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States concerning pressure equipment (1)

(2000/C 348/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonised standards

Year of ratification

CEN

EN 378-2

CEN

EN 378-3

CEN

EN 378-4

Refrigerating systems and heat pumps (cid:151) Safety and environ-
mental requirements (cid:151) Part 2: Design, construction, testing,
marking and documentation

Refrigerating systems and heat pumps (cid:151) Safety and environ-
mental requirements (cid:151) Part 3: Installation site and personal
protection

Refrigerating systems and heat pumps (cid:151) Safety and environ-
mental requirements (cid:151) Part 4: Operation, maintenance,
repair and recovery

CEN

EN 1252-1

Cryogenic vessels (cid:151) Materials (cid:151) Part 1: Toughness
requirements for temperatures below (cid:150) 80 (cid:176)C

CEN

EN 1289

Non-destructive examination of welds (cid:151) Penetrant testing of
welds (cid:151) Acceptance levels

CEN

EN 1291

Non-destructive examination of welds (cid:151) Magnetic particle
testing of welds (cid:151) Acceptance levels

CEN

EN 1713

Non-destructive examination of welds (cid:151) Ultrasonic exam-
ination (cid:151) Characterisation of indicators in welds

2000

2000

2000

1998

1998

1998

1998

For the following harmonised supporting standard for materials, presumption of conformity to the ESRs is limited to
technical data of materials in the standard and does not presume adequacy of the material to a specific equipment.
Consequently the technical data stated in the material standard should be assessed against the design requirements of the
specific equipment to verify that the ESRs of the PED are satisfied.

CEN

EN 1982

Copper and copper alloys (cid:151) Ingots and castings

CEN

EN 1984

Industrial valves (cid:151) Steel gate valves

CEN

EN ISO 9606-5

Approval testing of welders (cid:151) Fusion welding (cid:151) Part 5:
Titanium and titanium alloys, zirconium and zirconium
alloys (ISO 9606-5:2000)

1998

2000

2000

For the following harmonised supporting standard for materials, presumption of conformity to the ESRs is limited to
technical data of materials in the standard and does not presume adequacy of the material to a specific equipment.
Consequently the technical data stated in the material standard should be assessed against the design requirements of the
specific equipment to verify that the ESRs of the PED are satisfied.

CEN

EN 10028-1

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 1:
General requirements

CEN

EN 10028-2

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 2:
Non-alloy and alloy steels with specified elevated temperature
properties

CEN

EN 10028-3

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 3:
Weldable fine grain steels, normalised

2000

1992

1992

(1) OJ L 265, 27.9.1997, p. 110.

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ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonised standards

Year of ratification

CEN

EN 10028-4

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 4:
Nickel alloy steels with specified low temperature properties

CEN

EN 10028-5

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 5:
Weldable fine grain steels, thermomechanically rolled

CEN

EN 10028-6

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 6:
Weldable fine grain steels, quenched and tempered

CEN

EN 10028-7

Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 7:
Stainless steels

CEN

EN 10213-1

Technical delivery conditions for steel castings for pressure
purposes (cid:151) Part 1: General

CEN

EN 10213-2

Technical delivery conditions for steel castings for pressure
purposes (cid:151) Part 2: Steel grades for use at room temperature
and elevated temperatures

CEN

EN 10213-3

Technical delivery conditions for steel castings for pressure
purposes (cid:151) Part 3: Steel grades for use at low temperatures

CEN

EN 10213-4

Technical delivery conditions for steel castings for pressure
purposes (cid:151) Part 4: Austenitic and austenitic-ferritic steel
grades

CEN

EN 10222-1

forgings for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 1: General

Steel
requirements for open die forgings

CEN

EN 10222-2

Steel forgings for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 2: Ferritic and
martensitic
temperature
properties

steels with specified

elevated

CEN

EN 10222-3

Steel forgings for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 3: Nickel steels
with specified low temperature properties

CEN

EN 10222-4

Steels forgings for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 4: Weldable fine
grain steels with high proof strength

CEN

EN 10222-5

Steel forgings for pressure purposes (cid:151) Part 5: Martensitic,
austenitic and austenitic-ferritic stainless steels

CEN

EN 10269

Steels and nickel alloys for fasteners with specified elevated
and/or low temperature properties

CEN

EN 12420

Copper and copper alloys (cid:151) Forgings

CEN

EN 12451

Copper and copper alloys (cid:151) Seamless, round tubes for heat
exchanges

1994

1996

1996

2000

1995

1995

1995

1995

1998

1999

1998

1998

1999

1999

1999

1999

(1) ESO: (European standardisation organisation):

(cid:151) CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (www.cenorm.be);
(cid:151) Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (www.cenelec.be);
(cid:151) ETSI: BP 152, F-06561 Valbonne Cedex, tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 12, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16 (www.etsi.org).

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NOTE:

(cid:151) Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies (1) of which the list
is
annexed to Directive 98/34/EC (2) of the European Parliament and Council amended by Directive
98/48/EC (3).

(cid:151) Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not imply that the

standards are available in all the Community languages.

(cid:151) Further harmonised standards for pressure equipment have been published in previous editions of the
Official Journal of the European Communities (4). A complete updated list can be found on the Europa-
server in the Internet at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/equippre.html

(1) http//www.cenorm.be/aboutcen/whatis/membership/members.htm.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
(4) OJ C 227, 10.8.1999, p. 14.

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament setting out
conditions, in the context of preferential tariff arrangements, for informing economic operators
and Member State administrations of cases of reasonable doubt as to the origin of goods

(2000/C 348/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. INTRODUCTION

In its communication COM(1997) 402 of 23 July 1997 the
Commission set out an action plan for changing the way in
which preferential tariff arrangements are administered.

Among the measures proposed (second subparagraph of
paragraph 9(3)(2)) was the more systematic use of an early
warning system for importers in cases of reasonable doubt as
to the origin of goods covered by such arrangements. Basically,
the Commission will
inform economic operators when such
cases come to its attention.

The information will be published in such a way that operators
and Member States’ customs administrations can take the
necessary action (cid:151) the former
to safeguard their own
economic interests; the latter to protect the financial interests
of the Community.

In publishing the information, the Commission will bear in
mind the need not to interfere with any ongoing enquiries,
whether at national or Community level, in connection with
preferential arrangements.

Note that
just because there has been no notification of
reasonable doubt concerning a particular country or product
this does not necessarily mean that there is no problem. In
particular, this is without prejudice to specific measures such as
import guarantees, which may be required from time to time
in individual cases. Operators must therefore continue at all
times to be extremely vigilant in operating the arrangements,
especially when it comes to preferential certificates of origin.

2. CASES WHERE INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSION IS

NEEDED

The main circumstances liable to give rise to reasonable doubt
as to origin are as follows (non-exhaustive list) (1):

(1) Where the explanatory notes

to Protocol 4 of

the Europe
Agreements (OJ C 90, 31.3.1999, p. 6) refer to (cid:145)reasonable doubt(cid:146),
this concerns only individual cases where, mainly for reasons of
form, doubt may occasionally arise as to the goods’ real origin.
Similarly, measures to suspend tariff preferences that are taken by
the Commission under provisions applying to certain autonomous
arrangements (Generalised System of Preferences, arrangements for
imports originating in Albania, or for those originating in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Croatia, Council Regulations
(EC) Nos
2820/98 of 21 December 1998, 1763/1999 of 29 July 1999,
6/2000 of 17 December 1999) concern cases beyond (cid:145)reasonable
doubt(cid:146): there is actual evidence of false declarations of origin.