Equipment intended for use in explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
Summary table
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Short name of the speciality: |
Equipment intended for use in explosive atmospheres |
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EU directive: |
Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres |
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EU directive’ s abbreviation: |
ATEX |
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Repealed EU directive |
Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres |
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Transposing Hungarian legislation: |
Ministerial decree 35/2016. (IX. 27.) NGM rendelet on examination and certification of equipments, protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres |
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Repealed legislation |
Ministerial decree 8/2002. (II. 16.) GM rendelet on examination and certification of equipments, protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres |
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Guide to directive: |
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Actual list of harmonised standards: |
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Site of the speciality on European Commission’s website: |
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Notified bodies to European Commission according the directive: |
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Short description of speciality
These products are determined by the ministerial decree 35/2016. (IX. 27.) NGM rendelet (hereafter: NGM decree). Directive 2014/34/EU is transposed to Hungarian law by NGM decree.
The products of speciality are called in brief explosion-proof products. Potentially explosive atmosphere is an atmosphere in which a mixture with air of flammable gases, vapours, mists or dusts can come into being. Directive 2014/34/EU is usually called ATEX directive. The ATEX name is an acronym that springs from French designation of explosive atmosphere (atmosphères explosibles).
The Authority deal with equipments and protective systems belong to equipment-group II determined by 3. § point 26. of NGM decree. These explosion-proof equipments are not intended for use in mines. The Supervisory Authority of Regulated Activities task is the market surveillance of equipments belong to equipment-group I.
Amongst CE marking another obligatory marking on explosion-poof equipments is Ex marking in hexagon:
Connecting legislation:
The ministerial decree 3/2003. (III. 11.) FMM-ESzCsM együttes rendelet on minimum requirements for industrial safety of place of work in potentially explosive atmospheres connects to GM decree.
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