PED - Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU)

On May 15th, 2014, the new Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) has been adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Some essentials of the former PED remain unchanged such as the scope, the "Essential Safety Requirements" (Annex I), the "Conformity Assessment Tables" (Annex II), and the CE marking requirements.
However, concerning changes, the new PED defines the obligations and responsibilities of importers (Art.8) and distributors (Art. 9). It is also quite noticeable that the Art. 3, §3 of the 97/23/EC Directive, defining the exclusions of the PED’s Technical Requirements, becomes 
the Art. 4, §3 under the 2014/68/EU Directive.

The PED applies to the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of pressure equipment and assemblies with a maximum allowable pressure (PS) greater than 0,5 bar such as: vessels, pressurised storage containers, heat exchangers, steam generators, boilers, industrial pipes, safety devices, pressure accessories, valves and fittings.

Equipment excluded from the PED (CE marking prohibited):

• Equipment with PS < 0,5 bar (Art. 1 §1)
• Valves and fittings < DN32 (Art. 4 §3)

DN: Nominal size

PS: Maximum allowable pressure

TS: Maximum/minimum allowable temperature

Fluids means gases, liquids and vapours in pure phase as well as mixtures thereof. Fluids may contain a suspension of solids.

Explosive, extremely flammable, highly flammable, flammable (max. allowable temp. above flashpoint), pyrophoric, very toxic, toxic, oxidizing.

Liquids
example: fuel

Gases
example: natural gas

Other fluids not referred to in Group 1.

Liquids
example: water

Gases
example: natural gas

Risk category IV only applies for safety devices.

List of notified bodies operating with our manufacturers under 2014/68/EU Directive: