1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER I SCOPE, DEFINITIONS, PLACING ON THE MARKET AND FREE MOVEMENT

   1. Article 1. (1) This Directive applies to simple pressure vessels manufactured in...

   2. Article 2. (1) Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure...

   3. Article 3. (1) Vessels in respect of which the product of PS...

   4. Article 4. Member States shall not impede the placing on the market...

   5. Article 5. (1) Member States shall presume that vessels bearing the ‘CE’...

   6. Article 6. Where a Member State or the Commission considers that the...

   7. Article 7. (1) Where a Member State finds that vessels bearing the...

3. CHAPTER II CERTIFICATION

   1. SECTION 1 Certification procedures

      1. Article 8. (1) Prior to production of pressure vessels of which the...

      2. Article 9. (1) Member States shall notify the Commission and the other...

   2. SECTION 2 EC type-examination

      1. Article 10. (1) EC type-examination is the procedure whereby an approved inspection...

   3. SECTION 3 EC verification

      1. Article 11. (1) EC verification is the procedure whereby a manufacturer or...

   4. SECTION 4 EC declaration of conformity

      1. Article 12. (1) A manufacturer fulfilling the obligations arising under Article 13...

      2. Article 13. (1) Where a manufacturer makes use of the procedure referred...

      3. Article 14. The approved inspection body which issued the EC type-examination certificate...

4. CHAPTER III ‘CE’ MARKING AND INSCRIPTIONS

   1. Article 15. Without prejudice to Article 7: where a Member State establishes...

   2. Article 16. (1) The ‘CE’ marking and the inscriptions provided for in...

5. CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 17. Any decision taken pursuant to this Directive which results in...

   2. Article 18. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of...

   3. Article 19. Directive 87/404/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex...

   4. Article 20. This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day...

   5. Article 21. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

6. Signature

7. 1. ANNEX I

      1. ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (referred to in Article 3(1))

         1. 1. MATERIALS

            1. 1.1. Pressurised parts

               1. 1.1.1. Steel vessels

               2. 1.1.2. Aluminium vessels

            2. 1.2. Welding materials

            3. 1.3. Accessories contributing to the strength of the vessel

            4. 1.4. Non-pressurised parts

         2. 2. VESSEL DESIGN

            1. 2.1. Wall thickness

               1. 2.1.1. Calculation method

               2. 2.1.2. Experimental method

         3. 3. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

            1. 3.1. Preparation of the component parts

            2. 3.2. Welds on pressurised parts

         4. 4. PUTTING INTO SERVICE OF THE VESSELS

   2. ANNEX II

      ‘CE’ MARKING, INSCRIPTIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE SCHEDULES, DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS

      1. 1. ‘CE’ MARKING AND INSCRIPTIONS

         1. 1.1. ‘CE’ marking

         2. 1.2. Inscriptions

      2. 2. INSTRUCTIONS

      3. 3. DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SCHEDULES

      4. 4. DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS

         1. 4.1. Definitions

            1. (a) The design pressure ‘P’ is the gauge pressure chosen by...

            2. (b) The maximum working pressure ‘PS’ is the maximum gauge pressure...

            3. (c) The minimum working temperature Tmin is the lowest stabilised temperature...

            4. (d) The maximum working temperature Tmax is the highest stabilised temperature...

            5. (e) The yield strength ‘RET’ is the value at the maximum...

            6. (f) Families of vessels:

            7. (g) A batch of vessels consists at the most of 3...

            8. (h) There is series manufacture within the meaning of this Directive...

            9. (i) Inspection slip: document by which the producer certifies that the...

         2. 4.2. Symbols

   3. ANNEX III

      1. MINIMUM CRITERIA TO BE MET BY MEMBER STATES FOR THE APPROVAL OF INSPECTION BODIES (referred to in Article 9(2))

         1. 1. The approved inspection body, its director and the staff responsible...

         2. 2. The approved inspection body and its staff must carry out...

         3. 3. The approved inspection body must have at its disposal the...

         4. 4. The staff responsible for inspection must have:

         5. 5. The impartiality of inspection staff must be guaranteed. Their remuneration...

         6. 6. The approved inspection body must take out liability insurance unless...

         7. 7. The staff of the approved inspection body is bound to...

   4. ANNEX IV

      1. PART A

      2. PART B

   5. ANNEX V