Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
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 – Technical 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 AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLIES
- Article 12 – Presumption of conformity
- Article 13 – Classification of pressure equipment
- Article 14 – Conformity assessment procedures
- Article 15 – European approval for materials
- Article 16 – User inspectorates
- Article 17 – EU declaration of conformity
- Article 18 – General principles of the CE marking
- Article 19 – Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking
CHAPTER 4 – NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
- Article 20 – Notification
- Article 21 – Notifying authorities
- Article 22 – Requirements relating to notifying authorities
- Article 23 – Information obligation on notifying authorities
- Article 24 – Requirements relating to notified bodies and recognised third-party organisations
- Article 25 – Requirements relating to user inspectorates
- Article 26 – Presumption of conformity of conformity assessment bodies
- Article 27 – Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by conformity assessment bodies
- Article 28 – Application for notification
- Article 29 – Notification procedure
- Article 30 – Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
- Article 31 – Lists of recognised third-party organisations and user inspectorates
- Article 32 – Changes to notifications
- Article 33 – Challenge of the competence of notified bodies, recognised third party organisations and user inspectorates
- Article 34 – Operational obligations of notified bodies, user inspectorates and recognised third party organisations
- Article 35 – Appeal against decisions of notified bodies, recognised third party organisations and user inspectorates
- Article 36 – Information obligation on notified bodies, recognised third party organisations and user inspectorates
- Article 37 – Exchange of experience
- Article 38 – Coordination of notified bodies, recognised third-party organisations and user inspectorates
CHAPTER 5 – UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLIES ENTERING THE UNION MARKET, AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE
- Article 39 – Union market surveillance and control of pressure equipment and assemblies entering the Union market
- Article 40 – Procedure for dealing with pressure equipment or assemblies presenting a risk at national level
- Article 41 – Union safeguard procedure
- Article 42 – Compliant pressure equipment or assemblies which present a risk
- Article 43 – Formal non-compliance
CHAPTER 5a – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- Article 43a – Application of emergency procedures
- Article 43b – Prioritisation of the conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies designated as crisis-relevant goods
- Article 43c – Derogation from the conformity assessment procedures requiring the mandatory involvement of a notified body
- Article 43d – Presumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications
- Article 43e – Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities
CHAPTER 6 – COMMITTEE PROCEDURE AND DELEGATED ACTS
CHAPTER 7 – TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 47 – Penalties
- Article 48 – Transitional provisions
- Article 49 – Transposition
- Article 50 – Repeal
- Article 51 – Entry into force and application
- Article 52 – Addressees