Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, Annex 1, Chapter 5, Section 5, Point 9 ‘Information exchange’ — Information from Switzerland on the basis of Article 12 of the Agreement on the types of gas and the corresponding supply pressures of gaseous fuels on the Swiss territory referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (This publication is based on information received by the Commission from the Swiss Confederation)
Date: 2018-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC conformity marking, Switzerland, agreement (EU), exchange of information, gas, gas appliance, harmonisation of standards, mutual recognition principle, safety standard, technical standard








C_2018275EN.01000101.xml










6.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/1






Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, Annex 1, Chapter 5, Section 5, Point 9 ‘Information exchange’
Information from Switzerland on the basis of Article 12 of the Agreement on the types of gas and the corresponding supply pressures of gaseous fuels on the Swiss territory referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC


(This publication is based on information received by the Commission from the Swiss Confederation)


(2018/C 275/01)
SWITZERLAND















Gas Family


2nd Family


3rd Family




Gas Group


Group H


Group P


Group B




 


minimum


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum




Gross Calorific Value (GCV) [MJ/m3]


36,20


44,74


—


95,65


—


—


125,81


—




Wobbe index [MJ/m3]


48,82


53,48


—


76,84


—


—


87,33


—




Gas composition by volume in % of the total content:




 


minimum


nominal


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum




C1 to C5 content (sum)


96


97,46


100



 (1)



—


100



 (1)



—


100




N2 + CO2 content


—


—


2,50


—


—



 (2)



—


—



 (2)





CO content


—


—


3,00


—


—


—


—


—


—




Unsaturated HC content


—


—


—


—


—


—


—


—


—




Hydrogen content


—


—


1,99


—


—



 (2)



—


—



 (2)





Information on toxic components contained in the gaseous fuel:




Tetrahydrothiophen (THT) in mg/Nm3 natural gas


10,0


—


30,0


—


—


—


—


—


—




Ethyl mercaptan (EM) in mg/Nm3 gas (Propane/Butane)


—


—


—


7,1


—


25,0


8,2


—


30,0




Carbonyl sulfide (COS) + elementary Sulfur in mg/kg (ppm) in (Propane/Butane)


—


—


—


—


—


5


—


—


5




Supply pressure:




 


minimum


nominal


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum


minimum


nominal


maximum




Supply pressure at the inlet of appliances [mbar]


17,4


20,0


24,0


25,0
42,5


37,0
50,0


45,0
57,5


(25,0) (3)

25,0
42,5


(29,0) (3)

37,0
50,0


(35,0) (3)

45,0
57,5




Supply pressure at the point of delivery [mbar]


21,4



 (4)




 (5)



26,85
45,0


37,0
50,0



 (6)



(26,45) (3)

26,85
45,0


(29,0) (3)

37,0
50,0



 (6)





Admissible pressure loss in the end-user gas installation [mbar]


0



 (7)



4,0


0



 (7)



1,85
2,50


0



 (7)



(1,45) (3)

1,85
2,50




Reference conditions for Wobbe index and Gross Calorific Value (GCV)




Combustion reference temperature [°C]


15 °C




Volume measurement reference temperature [°C]


15 °C




Volume measurement reference pressure [mbar]


1,013 bar






(1)  In the content of C1-C5 (sum) only Propane respectively Butane must be min. 95 g/(100 g) in Weight-%.

(2)  The components (sum): Hydrogen + N2 + O2 + CH4 is max. 0,2 g/(100 g) in Weight-%.

(3)  Exception for Butane: Additional supply pressure of 28-30 mbar for gas categories I3+ and II2H3+.

(4)  Depends on the pressure loss up to the appliance.

(5)  Depends on the gas network operators.

(6)  Depends on the operating pressure range.

(7)  Depends on the diameter of the pipeline.