Directive 94/9/EC: Guidelines on the application

GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF DIRECTIVE 94/9/EC 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 - Third edition June 2009

It is the objective of the Commission services to ensure that the ATEX Guidelines are continuously updated. For this reason the new Guidelines are provided in .pdf as well as .html, the latter being updated as subject matters are resolved.

The members of the ATEX Standing Committee, at the meeting on 22 June 2009, unanimously formally approved the Third edition - June 2009, as the last consolidated version of the ATEX Guidelines, including all the updates according to the results of the relevant ATEX working parties in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as some other minor and editorial changers.

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Notes
1. Introduction
2. Objective of the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC
3. General concepts
4. In which cases does Directive 94/9/EC apply?
5. Equipment not in the scope of Directive 94/9/EC
6. Application of Directive 94/9/EC alongside others that may apply
7. Used, repaired or modified products and to spare parts
8. Conformity Assessment Procedures
9. Notified Bodies
10. Documents of conformity
11. Marking
12. Safeguard clause and procedure
13. European Harmonised Standards
Annex I: Distinctive Community (Ex) Mark drawn from Directive 84/47/EEC
Annex II: Borderline list - ATEX products

ATEX Guidelines (Third edition - June 2009 - Update May 2011) pdf - 2 MB [2 MB]

ATEX-Leitlinien, 3. Ausgabe, 06/2009 pdf - 483 KB [483 KB] [German version of the ATEX Guidelines (Third Edition - June 2009) - for information purpose only]

Linee Guida ATEX, 3a Edizione - Giugno 2009 pdf - 454 KB [454 KB]
[Italian version of the ATEX Guidelines (Third Edition - June 2009) - for information purpose only]