In short, the ATEX Directive replaces the existing CENELEC certification scheme.
For electrical equipment, the requirements (and standards) actually remain similar where third party certification is required but some equipment will now only require self-certification. The big changes are that mechanical equipment is now included within the scope of the Directive, and that the requirements become mandatory for all industries and locations where an explosive atmosphere may occur whereas previously the requirements have only been mandatory in safety lamp mines. There are some links on our web page at http://www.conformance.co.uk/CE_MARKING/ce_atex.html which you may find useful. Regards Nick. At 14:47 -0400 19/5/03, [email protected] wrote: >Does anyone have any information on the relationship between the ATEX >directive and CENELEC? Is it a replacement for CENELEC? Does compliance >with one insure compliance with the other? Are they mutually exclusive? >Any help or direction as to where to look would be appreciated. > > >Regards, > >Lisa > >Lisa A. Cefalo, CRE >Manager, Reliability and Design Services >MKS Instruments >6 Shattuck Road >Andover, MA 01810 >(978)-975-2350 X 5669 >[email protected] This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
