Preamble
Recitals 64
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Article 1-5) 5
Chapter 2 - OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS (Article 6-11) 6
Chapter 3 - CONFORMITY AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLIES (Article 12-19) 8
Chapter 4 - NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES (Article 20-38) 19
Chapter 5 - UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLIES ENTERING THE UNION MARKET, AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE (Article 39-43) 5
Chapter 5A - EMERGENCY PROCEDURES (Article 43a-43e) 5
Chapter 6 - COMMITTEE PROCEDURE AND DELEGATED ACTS (Article 44-46) 3
Chapter 7 - TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 47-52) 6
Annexes 6

safety accessories

Definitions over time (1)

17/07/2014 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 2, Directive 2014/68/EU Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

‘safety accessories’ means devices designed to protect pressure equipment against the allowable limits being exceeded, including devices for direct pressure limitation, such as safety valves, bursting disc safety devices, buckling rods, controlled safety pressure relief systems (CSPRS), and limiting devices, which either activate the means for correction or provide for shutdown or shutdown and lockout, such as pressure switches or temperature switches or fluid level switches and safety related measurement control and regulation (SRMCR) devices;