The Gas Appliances Directive contains two different routes which are
alternatives to the full type approval route. These are the
'verification' routes and they are intended for exactly the situation
you describe. There are some brief details at
http://www.conformance.co.uk/CE_MARKING/ce_gas.html
Before you get into this, however, decide whether or not the product
is actually a gas appliance within the meaning of the directive.
Basically, if it not used for room heating (and rooms included
industrial spaces such as warehouses and aircraft hangars) or for
cooking in a domestic or commercial kitchen, it is outside the scope
of the directive. If this is the case it will almost certainly be
within the scope of the Machinery Directive and you simply treat the
gas aspects as any other hazard (unless you have a plenum which
contains an un-ignited gas-air mixture, in which case the ATEX
directive may apply).
The Machinery Directive may apply to it even if it is within the
scope of the GAD, as may the LVD and EMC directives. However, unless
the GAD (or ATEX) applies, the equipment will only require self
certification.
Incidentally, you should note that the GAD test houses tend to be
picky about the EMC immunity performance of the control system and
simple compliance with the EMC directive standards may not be enough
to satisfy them.
We have done exactly this sort of work in the past, and I'd be happy
to give you some more advice if you'd care to contact me privately
with some more details of the equipment.
Regards
Nick.
At 12:20 -0800 30/3/2001, Dan Teninty wrote:
One of our clients wants to ship a small (less than 10)quantity of an
industrial gas appliance into the EU. Since the quantity is limited and a
full blown approvals submittal would be cost prohibitive, is there a
provision to get third party review of a product on site and is it even
required? This is a factory built product that is delivered on a truck,
hooked up to gas and electric supplies. We can assist the client in
identifying the applicable standards, reviewing the product for compliance
and issuing a DofC. This would be sufficient for some products to affix a CE
sticker, but I'm not sure in this case. Would appreciate any input from the
group.
Regards,
Daniel E. Teninty, P.E.
Managing Partner
DTEC Associates LLC
Streamlining the Compliance Process
5406 S. Glendora Drive
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 443-0215
(509) 443-0181 fax
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