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Equipment for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Directive

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Equipment for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Directive

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The 2014 Equipment for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) Directive defines the essential health and safety requirements and conformity assessment procedures, to be applied before equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere can be placed on the EU market. It is applicable from 20 April 2016.

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The following documents provide a comprehensive insight into EU legislation concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. This covers the legal text of the 2014 Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) Directive, as well as policies on standardisation and guidelines. The database contains the most recent publications but also allows you to go back in time.The documents set essential health and safety requirements to ensure that such equipment does not pose explosion risks when operated under normal or foreseeable conditions. They define obligations for manufacturers, importers, and distributors, including conformity assessment procedures and CE marking.

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2015-10-14 – Guidance document on the ATEX transition
2020-05 – ATEX Directive Guidelines – 3rd edition
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2018 Communication on references of harmonised standards under ATEX Directive – 2018 C 371 01
2019 Implementing Decision on harmonised standards under ATEX Directive – EU 2019 1202
2022-03-10 – ATEX harmonised standards summary list
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Issue Group ‘Indoor Environmental Quality’
Special Project ‘Air Handling Units’
Task Force ‘Energy Performance of Buildings’
Task Force ‘Environmental Product Declaration’
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Task Force ‘F-Gas’
Task Force ‘IT Cooling’
Task Force ‘Polyvalent Units’
Task Force ‘Taxonomy and CSRD’
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