| 3.11. |
blast furnaces including the furnace cooling system, hot-blast recuperators,
dust extractors and blast-furnace exhaust-gas scrubbers and direct reducing
cupolas, including the furnace cooling, gas converters and pans for melting,
re-melting, de-gassing and casting of steel and non-ferrous metals;
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| 3.12. |
enclosures for high-voltage electrical equipment such as switchgear,
control gear, transformers, and rotating machines;
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| 3.13. |
pressurized pipes for the containment of transmission systems, e.g.
for electrical power and telephone cables;
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| 3.14. |
ships, rockets, aircraft and mobile off-shore units, as well as equipment
specifically intended for installation on oard or the propulsion thereof;
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| 3.15. |
pressure equipment consisting of a flexible casing, e.g. tyres, air
cushions, balls used for play, inflatable craft, and other similar pressure
equipment;
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| 3.16. |
exhaust and inlet silencers;
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| 3.17. |
bottles or cans for carbonated drinks for final consumption;
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| 3.18. |
vessels designed for the transport and distribution of drinks having
a PS 7V of not more than 500 bar 7L and a maximum allowable pressure not
exceeding 7 bar;
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| 3.19. |
equipment covered by the ADR (1), the RID (2),
the IMDG (3) and the ICAO Convention (4);
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| 3.20. |
radiators and pipes in warm water heating systems;
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| 3.21. |
vessels designed to contain liquids with a gas pressure above the liquid
of not more than 0,5 bar.
Article 2
Market surveillance
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| 1. |
Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the
pressure equipment and the assemblies referred to in Article
1 may be placed on the market and put into serive only if, when properly
installed and maintained and used for their intended purpose, they do not
endanger the health and safety of persons and, where appropriate, domestic
animals or property.
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| 2. |
The provisions of this Directive shall not affect Member States' entitlement
to lay down, with due regard to the provisions of the Treaty, such requirements
as they may deem necessary to ensure that persons and, in particular, workers
are protected during use of the pressure equipment or assemblies in question
provided that this does not mean modifications to such equipment or assemblies
in a way not specified in this Directive.
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| 3. |
At trade fairs, exhibitions, demonstrations, etc., Member States shall
not prevent the showing of pressure equipment or assemblies as defined
in Article 1 not in conformity with the
provisions of this Directive, provided that a visible sign clearly indicates
their non-conformity and their non-availability for sale until brought
into conformity by the manufacturer or by his authorized representative
established within the Community. During demonstrations, appropriate safety
measures shall be taken in accordance with any requirements laid down by
the competent authority of the Member State concerned in order to ensure
the safety of persons.
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Article 3
Technical requirements
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| 1. |
The pressure equipment referred to in 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 must satisfy
the essential requirements set out in Annex
I:
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| 1.1. |
Vessels, except those referred to in 1.2 for:
(a) gases, liquefied gases, gases dissolved under pressure, vapours
and also those liquids whose vapour pressure at the maximum allowable temperature
is greater than 0,5 bar above normal atmospheric pressure, (1 013 mbar)
within the following limits:
- for fluids in Group 1 with a volume greater than 1 L and a product
of PS and V greater than 25 bar 7L, or with a pressure PS greater than
200 bar (Annex II, table 1),
- for fluids in Group 2, with a volume greater than 1 L and a product
of PS and V is greater than 50 bar 7L, or with a pressure PS greater than
1 000 bar, and all portable extinguishers and bottles for breathing apparatus
(Annex II, table 2);
(b) liquids having a vapour pressure at the maximum allowable temperature
of not more than 0,5 bar above normal atmospheric pressure (1 013 mbar)
within the following limits:
- for fluids in Group 1 with a volume greater than 1 L and a product
of PS and V greater than 200 bar 7L, or with a pressure PS greater than
500 bar (Annex II, table 3),
- for fluids in Group 2 with a pressure PS greater than 10 bar and
a product of PS and V greater than 10 000 bar 7L, or with a pressure PS
greater than 1 000 bar (Annex II,
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