Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1616 of 27 September 2019 on the harmonised standards for pressure equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2019-09-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: European Committee for Standardisation, European standard, harmonisation of standards, marketing standard, pressure equipment, product safety, safety standard, technical specification, technical standard








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30.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 250/95








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/1616
of 27 September 2019
         
on the harmonised standards for pressure equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), pressure equipment or assemblies referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) of that Directive which are in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements covered by those standards or parts thereof referred to in Annex I to that Directive.












(2)


By letter M/071 of 1 August 1994 the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for drawing up, in relation to the pressure equipment, the product related standards and the standards of a horizontal nature in support of Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). That Directive was replaced by Directive 2014/68/EU without changing the essential safety requirements referred to in Annex I to Directive 97/23/EC.












(3)


On the basis of the request M/071 CEN drafted new harmonised standards EN ISO 4126-2:2019 for safety devices for protection against excessive pressure, EN ISO 15494:2018 for plastics piping systems for industrial applications and EN ISO 21028-2:2018 for cryogenic vessels. Standard EN ISO 21028-2:2018 is a new standard replacing EN 1252-2:2001. In order to reflect the state of the art, CEN amended and revised some of the existing standards. Specifically, CEN amended standards EN 13445-2:2014, EN 13445-3:2014, EN 13445-5:2014 and EN 13445-6:2014 for unfired pressure vessels, and standards EN 13480-2:2017 and EN 13480-5:2017 for metallic industrial piping. CEN also revised standards EN 1562:2012 and EN 1563:2011 for cast iron, standards EN 12516-1:2014 and EN 12516-4:2014 for industrial valves and standard EN 13136:2013 for refrigerating systems and heat pumps.












(4)


The Commission together with the CEN has assessed whether the standards on the pressure equipment as drafted, amended or revised by CEN comply with the request M/071.












(5)


The standards on the pressure equipment as drafted, amended or revised by CEN satisfy the requirements which they aim to cover and which are referred to in Annex I to Directive 2014/68/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.













(6)


References of amended or revised versions of standards are to be published for the standards EN 13445-2:2014, EN 13445-3:2014, EN 13445-5:2014, EN 13445-6:2014, EN 13480-2:2017, EN 13480-5:2017, EN 1562:2012, EN 1563:2011, EN 12516-1:2014, EN 12516-4:2014 and EN 13136:2013. Standard EN 1252-2:2001 is to be replaced by a new standard. It is therefore necessary to withdraw from the Official Journal of the European Union (4) references of the standards EN 13445-2:2014, EN 13445-2:2014/A1:2016, EN 13445-2:2014/A2:2018, EN 13445-3:2014, EN 13445-3:2014/A1:2015, EN 13445-3:2014/A2:2016, EN 13445-3:2014/A3:2017, EN 13445-3:2014/A4:2018, EN 13445-5:2014, EN 13445-6:2014, EN 13480-2:2017, EN 13480-5:2017, EN 1252-2:2001, EN 1562:2012, EN 1563:2011, EN 12516-1:2014, EN 12516-4:2014 and EN 13136:2013. In order to provide the manufacturers with sufficient time to adapt their products to the new standards for cryogenic vessels and the revised standards for cast iron, industrial valves and refrigeration systems and heat pumps, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the references of those standards.












(7)


Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The references of harmonised standards for pressure equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/68/EU, listed in Annex I to this Decision, are hereby published in the Official Journal of the European Union.


Article 2
The references of harmonised standards for pressure equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/68/EU, listed in Annex II to this Decision, are hereby withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union as from the dates set out in that Annex.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12.

(2)  Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 164).

(3)  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 (OJ L 181, 9.7.1997, p. 1).

(4)  
            OJ C 326, 14.9.2018, p. 94.




ANNEX I






No


Reference of the standard




1.


EN 1562:2019
Founding — Malleable cast irons




2.


EN 1563:2018
Founding — Spheroidal graphite cast irons




3.


EN ISO 4126-2:2019
Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure — Part 2: Bursting disc safety devices (ISO 4126-2:2018)




4.


EN 12516-1:2014+A1:2018
Industrial valves — Shell design strength — Part 1: Tabulation method for steel valve shells




5.


EN 12516-4:2014+A1:2018
Industrial valves — Shell design strength — Part 4: Calculation method for valve shells manufactured in metallic materials other than steel




6.


EN 13136:2013+A1:2018
Refrigerating systems and heat pumps — Pressure relief devices and their associated piping — Methods for calculation




7.


EN 13445-2:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 2: Materials
EN 13445-2:2014/A1:2016
EN 13445-2:2014/A2:2018
EN 13445-2:2014/A3:2018




8.


EN 13445-3:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 3: Design
EN 13445-3:2014/A1:2015
EN 13445-3:2014/A2:2016
EN 13445-3:2014/A3:2017
EN 13445-3:2014/A4:2018
EN 13445-3:2014/A5:2018
EN 13445-3:2014/A6:2019




9.


EN 13445-5:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 5: Inspection and testing
EN 13445-5:2014/A1:2018




10.


EN 13445-6:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 6: Requirements for the design and fabrication of pressure vessels and pressure parts constructed from spheroidal graphite cast iron
EN 13445-6:2014/A2:2018




11.


EN 13480-2:2017
Metallic industrial piping — Part 2: Materials
EN 13480-2:2017/A1:2018
EN 13480-2:2017/A2:2018
EN 13480-2:2017/A3:2018




12.


EN 13480-5:2017
Metallic industrial piping — Part 5: Inspection and testing
EN 13480-5:2017/A1:2019




13.


EN ISO 15494:2018
Plastics piping systems for industrial applications — Polybutene (PB), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene of raised temperature resistance (PE-RT), crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X), polypropylene (PP) — Metric series for specifications for components and the system (ISO 15494:2015)




14.


EN ISO 21028-2:2018
Cryogenic vessels — Toughness requirements for materials at cryogenic temperature — Part 2: Temperatures between – 80 degrees C and – 20 degrees C (ISO 21028-2:2018)









ANNEX II







No


Reference of the standard


Date of withdrawal




1.


EN 13445-2:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 2: Materials
EN 13445-2:2014/A1:2016
EN 13445-2:2014/A2:2018


30 September 2019




2.


EN 13445-3:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 3: Design
EN 13445-3:2014/A1:2015
EN 13445-3:2014/A2:2016
EN 13445-3:2014/A3:2017
EN 13445-3:2014/A4:2018


30 September 2019




3.


EN 13445-5:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 5: Inspection and testing


30 September 2019




4.


EN 13445-6:2014
Unfired pressure vessels — Part 6: Requirements for the design and fabrication of pressure vessels and pressure parts constructed from spheroidal graphite cast iron


30 September 2019




5.


EN 13480-2:2017
Metallic industrial piping — Part 2: Materials


30 September 2019




6.


EN 13480-5:2017
Metallic industrial piping — Part 5: Inspection and testing


30 September 2019




7.


EN 1252-2:2001
Cryogenic vessels — Materials — Part 2: Toughness requirements for temperatures between – 80 °C and – 20 °C


30 March 2020




8.


EN 1562:2012
Founding — Malleable cast irons


30 March 2020




9.


EN 1563:2011
Founding — Spheroidal graphite cast irons


30 March 2020




10.


EN 12516-1:2014
Industrial valves — Shell design strength — Part 1: Tabulation method for steel valve shells


30 March 2020




11.


EN 12516-4:2014
Industrial valves — Shell design strength — Part 4: Calculation method for valve shells manufactured in metallic materials other than steel


30 March 2020




12.


EN 13136:2013
Refrigerating systems and heat pumps — Pressure relief devices and their associated piping — Methods for calculation


30 March 2020