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1. July 2003 haveto be “Industrial Safety Regulations“ in October 2002. in compliance with this directive.This new Ex directive was convertedinto national German law by the new

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Amongst other things, the ATEX directive 94/9/EC now regulates the classification and marking of apparatus for use in hazardous areas. issued in December 1996. These ATEX directives 1999/92/EC re-gulate the explosion-protection and the standards for the required monitoring of apparatus in Germany. These natio- nal regulations were replaced by the “Explosion-Protection decree (ExVO)”

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The Directive 94/9/EC

for the harmonization of the statutory provisions of member states on appara- tus and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphe- res dated 23.3.1994 (Directive 94/9/EC) will replace any existing directives on Explosion-Protection on a European level. All explosion-protected apparatuswhich have been put into circulation for the first time since directives 94/9/EC of theEuropean Parliament and Council After a transition period, as of July 1, 2003 the

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Electrical apparatus for use in hazar-dous areas must be explosion-protec- ted in design and must comply with the regulations on Explosion-Protec- tion. In order to establish a requirement and safety level that is the same throughout Europe, the European Union has compiled product-related “European Directives” for all types of products. In 1976 the Council of the European Community issued basic directives on Explosion-Protection. These were converted into national law in Germany in the “Regulations concerning electri- cal installations in explosive atmosphe- res (Elex V)” issued in February 1980. CENELEC, the European committee for electrotechnical standardization, worked out European standards for apparatus for use in hazardous areas. In Germany these standards DIN EN 50014 to 50020/VDE 0170/0171, Parts 1 to 7, designated as VDE regula- tions, came into force on 1.5.1978. They contain constructional and test requirements for explosion-protected electrical apparatus for hazardous areas.The certificates of conformity or inspection certificates issued by noti- fied bodies of member states of the EC, which are issued on the basis of the tests carried out, are recognized by all member states of the EU as type examination certificates. Explosion-protected apparatus according to the directive 76/117/EEC bear the

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Regulations on Explosion-Protection

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