Military products are excluded from the CE Marking requirements. Check the Blue Guide for details.
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/‘blue-guide’-implementation-eu-product-rules-0_en Best, Doug Nix [email protected] Mobile: (519) 729-5704 > On Jul 2, 2019, at 06:31, STEVENSON Philip > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Members > > I am looking for information on whether the CE Marking ATEX Directive > 2014/34/EU is applicable to Airborne Military Products or not? This is > because I have no previous experience of applying or assessment of the ATEX > Directive. > > The Military Product is a detachable Airborne Launcher that is designed to be > fitted to an Air Platform. The Airborne Launcher is designed to fire > Explosive Munitions under control of the Air Platform. > > The ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU Chapter 1 Article 1 Scope clause 2 (b) states > “equipment and protective systems where the explosion hazard results > exclusively from the presence of explosive substances or unstable chemical > substances.”. In my research I have found technical articles on the ATEX > Directive which state that “equipment using explosive products” are excluded > from the scope of the directive! My initial thoughts where that this > exclusion applied but the use “exclusively” in the statement is causing me > concern. This is because the Airborne Launcher is also operating in an air > platform fuel-air explosive atmosphere and not “exclusively” in the presence > the Explosive Munitions. But I could find no further clarification on this in > the EU ATEX Guidelines. > > Note the Explosive Munition is covered by a separate CE Marking assessment > and therefore is not part of this assessment. > > This military product is not covered by the Article 346 exemption for > military equipment but has its own documented Safety Case. It has also been > assessed for potential sources of ignition which concluded that the potential > ignition sources on their own could not facilitate the ignition in an air > platform fuel-air explosive atmosphere. > > Therefore based on this information should this product be included or > excluded from the scope of the ATEX Directive? > > Finally if it is within the scope of the ATEX Directive would I be required > to involve a Notified Body in the assessment or not? > > Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. If you would prefer to > contact me off-line my contact Email addresses are listed below and I will > not put any off-line replies on the PSES Server. > > > > Regards > > Philip Stevenson > > Work Email: [email protected] > > Home Email: [email protected] > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
