The EC Directive
97/23/EC covers the wide sector of Pressure equipment listed
below
Pressure-cookers
Portable fire
extinguishers
Safety accessories
Pressure
accessories
Portable fire extinguishers and bottles for
breathing apparatus
Pressure equipment and assemblies
except for portable fire extinguishers and bottles for
breathing apparatus
Components for water and gas fire
suppression and extinguishing systems
Pressure equipment
and assemblies of categories II, III, IV as parts of LPG and
water installations
Pressure equipment and assemblies of
categories II, III, IV as parts of refrigeration
installations
Conformity assessment of safety valves
fitted to fixed LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) storage
vessels
Conformity assessment of hermetically sealed’
compressor units used in refrigeration systems
Pressure
equipment as referred to in 1.1, 1.3 and 1.4 of Article 3
and assemblies as referred to in 2.2 and 2.3 of Article 3,
made from ferritic materials with wall temperatures of -40°C
to 250°C, or from austenitic materials with wall
temperatures of -200°C to 300°C, applying a calculation
method in accordance with the first indent of 2.2.3(a) of
Annex I, or a design method in accordance with 2.2.4 of
Annex I in combination with the first indent of
2.2.3(a)
Pressure equipment
and assemblies as defined in Article 1 for use exclusively in
fire-fighting plant, excluding fired or otherwise heated
pressure equipment presenting a risk of overheating?