Equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)

ATEX Equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres 2014/34/EU · Consolidated version of 30 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Contents of the act

CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 – Scope
• Article 2 – Definitions
• Article 3 – Making available on the market and putting into service
• Article 4 – Essential health and safety requirements
• Article 5 – Free movement

CHAPTER 2 – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 6 – Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 7 – Authorised representatives
• Article 8 – Obligations of importers
• Article 9 – Obligations of distributors
• Article 10 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 11 – Identification of economic operators

CHAPTER 3 – CONFORMITY OF THE PRODUCT

• Article 12 – Presumption of conformity of products
• Article 13 – Conformity assessment procedures
• Article 14 – EU declaration of conformity
• Article 15 – General principles of the CE marking
• Article 16 – Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking and other markings

CHAPTER 4 – NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

• Article 17 – Notification
• Article 18 – Notifying authorities
• Article 19 – Requirements relating to notifying authorities
• Article 20 – Information obligation on notifying authorities
• Article 21 – Requirements relating to notified bodies
• Article 22 – Presumption of conformity of notified bodies
• Article 23 – Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
• Article 24 – Application for notification
• Article 25 – Notification procedure
• Article 26 – Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
• Article 27 – Changes to notifications
• Article 28 – Challenge of the competence of notified bodies
• Article 29 – Operational obligations of notified bodies
• Article 30 – Appeal against decisions of notified bodies
• Article 31 – Information obligation on notified bodies
• Article 32 – Exchange of experience
• Article 33 – Coordination of notified bodies

CHAPTER 5 – UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF PRODUCTS ENTERING THE UNION MARKET AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE

• Article 34 – Union market surveillance and control of products entering the Union market
• Article 35 – Procedure for dealing with products presenting a risk at national level
• Article 36 – Union safeguard procedure
• Article 37 – Compliant products which present a risk
• Article 38 – Formal non-compliance

CHAPTER 5a – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

• Article 38a – Application of emergency procedures
• Article 38b – Prioritisation of the conformity assessment of products designated as crisis-relevant goods
• Article 38c – Derogation from the conformity assessment procedures requiring the mandatory involvement of a notified body
• Article 38d – Presumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications
• Article 38e – Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities

CHAPTER 6 – COMMITTEE, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 39 – Committee procedure
• Article 40 – Penalties
• Article 41 – Transitional provisions
• Article 42 – Transposition
• Article 43 – Repeal
• Article 44 – Entry into force and application
• Article 45 – Addressees

Annexes

• ANNEX I – CRITERIA DETERMINING THE CLASSIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT-GROUPS INTO CATEGORIES
• ANNEX II – ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR USE IN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES
• ANNEX III – MODULE B: EU-TYPE EXAMINATION
• ANNEX IV – MODULE D: CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
• ANNEX V – MODULE F: CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT VERIFICATION
• ANNEX VI – MODULE C1: CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL PLUS SUPERVISED PRODUCT TESTING
• ANNEX VII – MODULE E: CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE
• ANNEX VIII – MODULE A: INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL
• ANNEX IX – MODULE G: CONFORMITY BASED ON UNIT VERIFICATION
• ANNEX X – EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY (No XXXX) (
• ANNEX XI – PART A