The ATEX compliance is mandatory in EU countries for equipment installed in explosive atmospheres. At international level instead it is widespread the IECEx certification, that is a certification scheme that testifies conformity to Ex standard (issued by IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission) for electrical equipment. IECEx certification was derived from representatives, industries and laboratories with the common aim to ease the international commerce of Ex equipment, ensuring the required safety levels and avoiding to pass conformity tests for each single market. A list of countries that currently accept the IECEx certification are reported in the table below.
Explosive atmospheres can arise in several industrial fields (oil&gas, chemistry, pharmaceutical, feed industry, metallurgic) during transport, manufacturing or storage processes and if ignited they can lead to harmful or catastrophic events for people and the environment. ATEX directive, in the European Union countries, aims to uniform the different legislations of its members with respect to the risk given by the presence of potentially explosive atmosphere: it is divided in 2014/34/UE and ATEX 99/92/CE.
ATEX directive 2014/34/UE defines the essential safety requirements and protection systems intended to be used in potentially explosive
atmosphere. It applies for manufacturers and require the certification of their products.
ATEX directive 99/92/CE defines the minimum requirements for safety and health in working environments in potentially explosive atmospheres, where plants and certificated equipment are employed. It applies for final
users
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— IECEx
— ATEX
— NRTL Hazloc
— INMETRO
— PESO
— CCC
— EAC
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