Explosion Protection Ordinance 2015.
Country
Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
The present Ordinance implements, inter alia, the Mineral Raw Material Act (BGBl. I No. 38/1999). The Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the equipment and protective systems for designated use in potentially explosive atmosphere. Article 4 establishes that products may only be placed on the market and put into service, if they comply with appropriate installations and maintenance instructions of the present Ordinance. The text consists of 34 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Obligations of economic operators (2); Conformity of the product (3); Conformity assessment (4); Monitoring by the Union Market, control of products entering the Union, safeguard procedures (5); Transitional and final provisions (6). Ten Annexes are enclosed.
Attached files
Web site
Long title of text
Ordinance by the Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy on equipment and protective systems for designated use in potentially explosive atmosphere.
Date of text
Notes
The present Ordinance repeals the previous Ordinance (BGBl. Nr. 252/1996) on the same subject.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 49, 19 February 2016, 34 pp.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung des Bundesministers für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft über Geräte und Schutzsysteme zur bestimmungsgemäßen Verwendung in explosionsgefährdeten Bereichen (Explosionsschutzverordnung 2015 – ExSV 2015).