Commission Directive 2001/2/EC of 4 January 2001 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 1999/36/EC on transportable pressure equipment (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, pressure equipment, roadworthiness tests, safety standard, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

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10.1.2001

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2001/2/EC

of 4 January 2001

adapting to technical progress Council Directive 1999/36/EC on transportable pressure equipment

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred
to in Article 15 of Directive 1999/36/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The text of the Annex to Directive 1999/36/EC is replaced by
the text of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 1 July 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures they shall contain a
reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the
Member States.

2. Member States shall comunicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of domestic law that they adopt in
the field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 4 January 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 1999/36/EC of 29 April
1999 on transportable pressure equipment (1), and in particular
Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 3(1) of Directive 1999/36/EC stipulates that new
receptacles and new tanks shall meet the relevant provi-
sions of Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November
1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods
by road (2), as last amended by Directive 2000/61/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council (3), and also
that they shall meet the relevant provisions of Council
Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approx-
imation of the laws of the Member States with regard to
the transport of dangerous goods by rail (4), as last
amended by Directive 2000/62/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (5).

The provisions of the European Agreement on the Inter-
national Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (herein-
after referred to as the ADR) and of the regulation on
the international carriage of dangerous goods by Rail
(hereinafter referred to as the RID) (6), together with their
amendments, are annexed to Directives 94/55/EC and
96/49/EC respectively. A new version of the ADR and
RID will enter into force on 1 July 2001.

Annex V to Directive 1999/36/EC lays down the
modules to be followed for the conformity assessment
of the new receptacles and new tanks. These provisions
no longer comply with the new version of the ADR and
the RID. Consequently, this Annex should be amended.

The amendments necessary for adapting the Annexes to
Directive 1999/36/EC shall be adopted pursuant
to
Article 14 of
in accordance with the
the Directive,
procedure laid down in Article 15 thereof.

(1) OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 44.
(6) Regulation set out in Annex I to Appendix B of the Convention on

the International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

MODULES TO BE FOLLOWED FOR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

The following table indicates which conformity assessment modules as described in Annex IV, Part I, are to be followed
for the transportable pressure equipment defined in Article 2(1).

Categories of transportable pressure
equipment

Modules

1. Receptacles in respect of which the product of the test
pressure and the capacity is not more than 30 MPa ×
litre (300 bar × litre),

2. Receptacles in respect of which the product of the test
product of the test pressure and the capacity is more
than 30 and not more than 150 MPa × litre (300 and
1 500 bar × litre respectively),

3. Receptacles in respect of which the product of the test
pressure and the capactiy is more than 150 MPa × litre
(1 500 bar × litre), and likewise for the tanks.

A1, or D1 or E1

H, or B in combination with E, or B in combination with
C1 or B1 in combination with F, or B1 in combination
with D

G, or H1, or B in combination with D, or B in combination
with F

Notice 1. Transportable pressure equipment must be subject, at the choice of the manufacturer, to one of the conformity
assessment procedures laid down for the category in which it is classified. In the case of receptacles, or their
valves or other accessories used for transport, the manufacturer may also choose to apply one of the set
procedures for the higher categories.

Notice 2. As part of the quality assurance procedures, the notified body must, when making unannounced visits, take a
sample of the equipment at the manufacturing or storage premises for the purpose of carrying out a check, or
having a check carried out, to verify compliance with the requirements of this Directive. For this purpose the
manufacturer must inform the notified body of the production programme planned. The notified body shall
carry out at least two visits during the first year of manufacturing. The frequency of subsequent visits will be
determined by the notified body on the basis of the criteria set out in point 4.4 of the relevant modules in
Annex IV, Part I.’