Commission communication in the framework of the implementation 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: 2002-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, pressure equipment, safety standard, technical standard

9.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 62/39

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation 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)

(2002/C 62/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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

ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonised standards

CEN

EN 583-5:2000

Non-destructive testing (cid:151) Ultrasonic examination (cid:151) Part 5: Characterisation and
sizing of discontinuities

CEN

EN 1252-2:2001

Cryogenic vessels (cid:151) Materials (cid:151) Part 2: Toughness
temperatures between (cid:150) 80 (cid:176)C and (cid:150) 20 (cid:176)C

requirements

for

CEN

EN 1349:2000/
AC:2001

Industrial process control valves

CEN

EN 1591-1:2001

Flanges and their joints (cid:151) Design rules for gasketed circular flange connections
(cid:151) Part 1: Calculation method

CEN

EN 1797:2001

Cryogenic vessels (cid:151) Gas/material compatibility

CEN

EN ISO 9692-3:2001 Welding and allied processes (cid:151) Recommendations for joint preparation (cid:151) Part
3: Metal inert gas welding and tungsten inert gas welding of aluminium and its
alloys (ISO 9692-3:2000)

CEN

EN 12797:2000

Brazing (cid:151) Destructive tests of brazed joints

CEN

EN 13136:2001

Refrigerating systems and heat pumps (cid:151) Pressure relief devices and their
associated piping (cid:151) Methods for calculation

(1) ESO (European standardisation organisations):

(cid:151) CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel.
(32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://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 (http://www.cenelec.org);
fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16
(cid:151) ETSI: 650,

route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex,

(33-4) 92 94 42 00,

tel.

(http://www.etsi.org).

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 of which the list is annexed to
the Council Directive 98/34/EEC (2), as 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 on the Internet at:

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

(1) OJ L 265, 27.9.1997, p. 110.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
(4) OJ C 202, 18.7.2001.