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Directive 2009/142/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.This Directive shall apply to appliances and fittings.
Appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises shall be excluded from its scope.
2.For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:
(a)‘appliances’ means appliances burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting or washing and having, where applicable, a normal water temperature not exceeding 105 °C. Forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners shall also be considered as appliances;
(b)‘fittings’ means safety devices, controlling devices or regulating devices and sub-assemblies, other than forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners, separately marketed for trade use and designed to be incorporated into an appliance burning gaseous fuel or assembled to constitute such an appliance;
(c)‘gaseous fuel’ means any fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 °C under a pressure of 1 bar.
3.For the purposes of this Directive, an appliance is said to be ‘normally used’ when it is:
(a)correctly installed and regularly serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions;
(b)used with a normal variation in the gas quality and a normal fluctuation in the supply pressure; and
(c)used in accordance with its intended purpose or in a way which can be reasonably foreseen.
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