Technical standards for household gas appliances
Burning gaseous fuels appliances and their fittings must comply with the essential health and
safety requirements laid down in the Gas Appliances Directive 90/396/EEC (OJ L-196
26/07/1990) in order to be placed on the European Union (EU) market.
Product scope
The Directive applies to household gas appliances and their components where used for
cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting or washing. Forced draught
burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners also fall within its scope.
Excluded from its scope are those appliances specifically designed for use in industrial
processes carried out on industrial premises and appliances having a water temperature
exceeding 105°C, such as steam boilers.
1. Essential requirements
Household gas appliances have to conform to the essential health and safety requirements
provided in Annex I to the Directive. These requirements are related to some general and
technical conditions, the materials used in their manufacture, and the design and construction.
Appliances are to be:
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provided with appropriate installation, maintenance and user instructions,
built of appropriate materials and components,
designed so as not to be adversely affected by conditions such as condensation, bad
weather, fluctuation in supply etc.,
capable of withstanding normal wear and tear,
capable of preventing the release of unburned gas,
built to ignite reliably and safely,
designed not to attain excessive temperatures, especially on controls
efficient on energy consumption
built to provide the appropriate degree of protection against contamination for water and
foodstuffs.
2. Harmonised standards
Harmonised standards are technical specifications that would enable to meet the essential
requirements. Products manufactured according to these harmonised standards benefit from a
presumption of compliance with the essential requirements.
Harmonised standards are developed by the European Standardisation bodies: The European
Committee for standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical
standardisation (CENELEC) and published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
A compilation of the references of standards may be found in the following website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/appl
igas.html.
Some circumstances that cannot be harmonised, such as the differences in climate and gas
properties, can vary among the Member States’ national technical specifications and
installation requirements.
The European Commission has published a list of the gas properties as they are used in the
Member States of the EU and the EEA in Communication 98/C69/11 (OJ C-69 05/03/1998).
3. Conformity assessment
Notified bodies are always needed for all household gas appliances conformity assessment
procedures.
Notified bodies are organisations designated by each Member State and notified to the
Commission and the other Member States, that are in charge of assesing manufaturer's
conformity to the esssential requirements when a third party is required.
- In the case of appliances manufactured in series, the procedure to be used is the EC type
examination, followed by one of the procedures mentioned below, at the manufacturer's
choice:
1. EC declaration of conformity to type: the manufacturer writes and keeps a declaration of
conformity to type, besides the notified body carries out random checks.
2. Production quality assurance: the manufacturer's production quality system is approved
by a notified body.
3. Product quality assurance: the quality system for the final inspection and the tests of the
appliances are approved by a notified body.
4. EC verification: a notified body either carries out a random-sample test per batch or tests
each appliance manufactured.
- For appliances manufactured individually the manufacturer must use the EC verification
by single unit. The notified body checks the appliance and draws up a certificate of conformity
declaring that it complies with the provisions of the Directive.
4. CE marking
The CE marking symbolises the conformity of the equipment with the essential requirements. It
shall be affixed on the product, packaging, instructions for use or guarantee in a visible, easily
legible and indelible way.
All household gas appliances marketed in the EU must bear a CE marking, which is depicted
in Annex III to the Directive, together with the name of the manufacturer, the trade name, the
electrical supply used, the appliance category, the last two digits of the year the marking was
affixed and the identification number of the notified body.
Fittings do not bear CE marking, but they must be accompanied by a certificate declaring the
conformity of the fittings with the provisions of the directive, stating their characteristics and
how they must be incorporated into an appliance to assist compliance with the essential
requirements applicable to finished appliances.
5. Market surveillance
Each Member State has established the competent authorities for checking that products
placed on the market meet the requirements of the Directive and that the affixing and use of
the CE marking is correct.
Legislation
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Council Directive 90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels (OJ L-196 26/07/1990)
Other information sources
European Commission - DG Enterprise and Industry; Guide to implementation of gas
appliance Directive 90/396/EEC:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/gas_appliances/guidances.htm
Additional information for Austria
Competent authority / competent bodies
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit - BMWA (Federal Ministry of Economy and
Employment)
Abteilung I - Unternehmen (Department I - Enterprises)
Dampfschiffstraße 4
AT-1030 Wien
Tel: (+43) 1 71 100 8213
Fax: (+43) 1 71 435 82
E-mail: service@bmwa.gv.at
Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at
Standardisation body
Österreichisches Normungsinstitut - ON (Austrian Standards Institute)
Heinestraße 38
AT-1020 Wien
Tel: (+43) 1 213 00 0
Fax: (+43) 1 213 00 818
E-mail: office@on-norm.at
Website: http://www.on-norm.at
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Gasgeräte-Sicherheitsverordnung - GSV, BGBl. Nr. 430/1994 - Order on the Safety of
Gas Appliances
Additional information for Belgium
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Institut Belge de Normalisation - IBN (Belgian Institute for Standardisation)
Brabançonnelaan / Avenue de la Brabançonne 29
B-1000 Brussel / Bruxelles
Tel: (+32) 2 738 01 11 / (+32) 2 738 01 12
Fax: (+32) 2 733 42 64
E-mail: info@ibn.be
Website: http://www.ibn.be/
Notified body
Technigas asbl
Rodestraat / Rue de Rhode, 125
B-1630 Linkebeek
Tel: (+32) 2 383 02 00
Fax: (+32) 2 380 87 04
Website: http://www.technigas.be/
Market Surveillance Authority
Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie (Federal Public Service
for Economy, SME, Middle-class and Energy)
Direction Générale de l'Energie (Directorate-General for Energy)
3me Division: Gaz – Electricité (3d Division: Gas - Electricity)
North Gate III
Koning Albert II-laan / Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 7
B-1000 Brussel / Bruxelles
Tel: (+32) 2 277 45 23/ (+32) 2 206 41 11/ (+32) 2 277 62 28
Fax: (+32) 2 206 5731 / (+32) 2 206 5732
E-mail: gas.elec@mineco.fgov.be
Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be/
Legislation
Arrêté royal of 03/07/1992 concerning the placing on the market of gas equipments (MB of
11/08/1992), title amended by Arrêté royal of 06/12/2005 (MB of 07/02/2006)
Additional information for Cyprus
Competent authority / competent bodies
Ypourgeio Sygkoinonion kai Ergon (Ministry of Communications and Works)
Tmima Ylektromichanologikon Ypiresion (Department of Electrical and Mechanical Services)
P.O. Box 21426
CY-1722 Nicosia
Tel: (+357) 22 800 288
Fax: (+357) 22 776 266
E-mail: ipiresia.politi@mcw.gov.cy / director@ems.mcw.gov.cy
Website: http://www.mcw.gov.cy
Standardisation body
Kypriakos Organismos Typopoiisis (Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation)
Corner of Leoforos Lemesou and Kosta Anaxagora 30
CY-2014 Nicosia
Tel: (+357) 22 411 411
Fax: (+357) 22 411 511
E-mail: cystandards@cys.org.cy
Website: http://www.cys.org.cy
Legislation
Regulation 373/2003, on gas appliances (EE 26/07/2002)
Additional information for the Czech Republic
Competent authority / competent bodies
Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví (Czech Office for Standards,
Metrology and Testing)
Technická komise pro spotřebiče plynných paliv (Technical Commission for Gas Appliances)
Gorazdova 24
CZ-128 01 Praha
Tel: (+420) 224 907 201
Fax: (+420) 224 907 152
E-mail: posta@unmz.cz
Website: http://www.unmz.cz
Standardisation body
Český normalizační institut - ČNI (Czech Standards Institute)
Biskupský dvůr 5
CZ-110 02 Praha
Tel: (+420) 221 802 111
Fax: (+420) 221 802 301
E-mail: info@cni.cz
Website: http://www.cni.cz
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Zákon o technických požadavcích na výrobky (č. 22/1997 Sb.), 24.1.1997 (Law on
Technical Requirements for Products)
Nařízení, kterým se stanoví technické požadavky na spotřebiče plynných paliv (č.
22/2003 Sb.), 9.12.2002 (Order on Technical Requirements for Gas Appliances)
Zákon o České obchodní inspekci (č. 64/1986 Sb.), 20. 10. 1986 (Law on Czech
Commercial Inspection)
Additional information for Denmark
Competent authority / competent bodies
Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet (Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs)
Sikkerhedsstyrelsen (Danish Safety Technology Authority)
Nørregade 63
DK-6700 Esbjerg
Tel: (+45) 33 73 20 00
Fax: (+45) 33 73 20 99
E-mail: sik@sik.dk
Website: http://www.sik.dk
Standardisation body
Dansk Standard (Danish Standards Association)
Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Tel: (+45) 3996 6101
Fax: (+45) 3996 6102
E-mail: dansk.standard@ds.dk
Website: http://www.ds.dk
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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RGM nr 4027 of 20/06/1991. Gas Regulation, Part 1, Ruling on joined assessments,
marketting and usage of gas appliances
BEK nr 9566 of 24/09/2004. Decision on the marketing, sale and use of gas appliances
RGM nr 4028 af 20/06/1991. Decision on gas appliances construction, function and
labelling
Additional information for Estonia
Competent authority / competent bodies
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Eesti Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communications)
Siseturuosakond (Internal Market Department)
Kvaliteedi infrastruktuuri talitus (Quality Infrastructure Division)
Harju tn. 11
EE-15072 Tallinn
Tel: (+372) 625 6342
Fax: (+372) 631 3660
E-mail: info@mkm.ee
Website: http://www.mkm.ee
Tehnilise Järelevalve Inspektisioon (Technical Inspectorate)
Aru 10
EE-10317 Tallinn
Tel: (+372) 694 9454 / 694 9412
Fax: (+372) 694 9410
E-mail: tji@tji.ee
Website: http://www.tji.ee
Standardisation body
Eesti Standardikeskus MTÜ (Estonian Centre for Standardisation)
Aru 10
EE-10317 Tallinn
Tel: (+372) 6055 050
Fax: (+372) 6055 070
E-mail: info@evs.ee
Website: http://www.evs.ee
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Toote nõuetele vastavuse tõendamise seadus - Product Conformity Act of 17/11/1999
(RT I 1999, 92, 825)
Küttegaasi ohutuse seadus - Gas Fuel Safety Act of 22/05/2002 (RT I 2002, 49, 311)
Nõuded gaasi- ja abiseadmele, selle teabega varustamisele ja vastavusmärgi
paigaldamisele - Requirements for Gas Appliances and Fittings, for Supplying them with
Information and for Affixing of Conformity Mark of 28/06/2002 (RTL 2002, 75, 1156)
Gaasi- ja abiseadme nõuetele vastavuse hindamise ja tõendamise kord ning nõuetele
vastavuse hindamiseks ja tõendamiseks vajalikud vastavushindamise protseduurid Regulation on Gas and Gas Appliances of 28/06/2002 (RTL 2002, 75, 1157)
Additional information for Finland
Competent authority / competent bodies
Kauppa- ja Teollisuusministeriö (Ministry of Trade and Industry)
Teknologiaosasto (Technology Department)
Laatupolitiikan ja teknisen turvallisuuden ryhmä (Division for Quality Policy, Safety Technology
Standardisation and Safety Research)
P.O.Box 32
FI-Government 00023
Tel: (+358) 9 16001 / 9 1606 3725
Fax: (+358) 9 1606 3449
E-mail: kirjaamo@ktm.fi
Website: http://www.ktm.fi
Standardisation body
Suomen Standardisoimisliitto - SFS (Finnish Standards Association)
P.O.Box 116
FI-Helsinki 00241
Tel: (+358) 9 149 9331
Fax: (+358) 9 146 4925
E-mail: sfs@sfs.fi
Website: http://www.sfs.fi
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
Kaasulaiteasetus. Gas Appliances Decree of 22 December 1993, (Suomen säädöskokoelma
1993/1434)
Additional information for France
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Association française de normalisation - AFNOR (French Standardisation Association)
11, Rue Francis de Pressensé
F-93571 Saint-Denis la Plaine CEDEX
Tel: (+33) 1 41 62 80 00 / (+33) 1 41 62 76 44
Fax: (+33) 1 49 17 90 00
E-mail: norminfo@afnor.org
Website: http://www.afnor.org/
Notified bodies
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AFNOR Certification SA
11, Rue Francis de Pressensé
F-93571 Saint-Denis la Plaine CEDEX
Certigaz SAS
Rue de Courcelles, 62
F-75008 Paris
Website: http://www.afgaz.fr/site/page.php?rub=services&id=111
Market surveillance authority
Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (Ministry for the Economy, Finance and
Industry)
Direction Générale des Entreprises (General Directorate of Enterprises)
Direction de l'Action régionale de la Qualité et de la Securité Industrielle (Directorate for
Regional Action, Quality and Safety Industries)
Sous-direction de la sécurité industrielle et de la Mètrologie (Sub-Directorate for Industrial
Safety and Metrology)
5, Place des Vins de France
FR–75573 Paris Cedex 12
Tel: (+33) 153 44 27 59
Fax (+33) 153 44 27 60
Website: http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/sdsi/dgap/f3m_dgap.htm
Legislation
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Arrêté ministériel of 12/08/1991 implementing Directive 90/396/EEC on gas appliances
(JO of 22/09/1991)
Arrêté of 08/12/2000 establishing the organism for EU type-approval for gas appliances
(JO of 20/12/2000)
Arrêté interministériel of 04/03/1996 establishing the provisions for the compliance of gas
appliances withing dwellings, caravans, autocaravans and vans with standards (JO of
03/04/1996)
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Arrêté ministériel of 07/06/2002 on the prevention of fire hazards, explosions and
asphyxiation in leisure vehicles (JO of 16/06/2002)
Arrêté ministériel of 05/07/1994 amending arrêté of 12/08/1991 implementing Directive
90/396/EEC on gas appliances (JO of 31/07/1994)
Additional information for Germany
Competent authority / competent bodies
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie - BMWI (Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology)
Scharnhorststr. 34-37
DE-10115 Berlin
Tel: (+49) 30 2014 9
Fax: (+49) 30 2014 7010
E-mail: info@bmwi.bund.de
Website: http://www.bmwi.de
Standardisation body
Deutsches Institut für Normung - DIN (German Standardisation Institute)
Burggrafenstraße 6
DE-10787 Berlin
Tel: (+49) 30 2601 0
Fax: (+49) 30 2601 1231
Email: peter.anthony@din.de
Website: http://www.din.de
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Geräte- und Produktsicherheitsgesetz - GPSG - BGBl I 2004, 2 (219), 6.1.2004 (Law on
Devices and Product Safety)
Gasverbrauchseinrichtungsverordnung - 7. GPSGV - BGBl I 1993, 133, 26.1.1993 (Order
on Gas Consumption)
Additional information for Greece
Competent authority / competent bodies
Ypourgeio Anaptyxis (Ministry of Development)
Geniki Grammateia Viomichanias (General Secretariat for Industry)
Triti Diefthynsi Kladikis Viomichanikis Politikis (Third Directorate of Sector Industrial Policy)
Sisini 8
GR-11528 Athens
Tel: (+30) 210 6965 837 / 210 6965 802
Fax: (+30) 210 6965 838
E-mail: ggb@ypan.gr
Website: http://www.ggb.gr
Standardisation authority and notified body
Ellinikos Organismos Typopoiisis - ELOT (Hellenic Organization for Standardization)
Acharnon Street 313
GR-11145 Athens
Tel: (+30) 210 212 0100
Fax: (+30) 210 228 3034
E-mail: info@elot.gr
Website: http://www.elot.gr
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Additional information for Hungary
Competent authority / competent bodies
Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium - GKM (Ministry of Economy and Transport)
Ipari Főosztály (Department of Industry)
P.O. Box 1880
HU-1055 Budapest V.
Honvéd u. 13-15
Tel: (+36) 1 4753 434
Fax: (+36) 1 4753 435
E-mail: ugyfelszolgalat@gkm.gov.hu
Website: http://www.gkm.hu
Standardisation body
Magyar Szabványügyi Testület - MSZT (Hungarian Standards Institution)
Ülloi str. 25.
HU-1091 Budapest
Tel: (+36) 1 456 6800
Fax: (+36) 1 456 6884
E-mail: mszinfo@mszt.hu
Website: http://www.mszt.hu
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
Az ipari, kereskedelmi és idegenforgalmi miniszter 22/1998. (IV. 17.) IKIM rendelete egyes
gázfogyasztó készülékek kialakításáról és megfeleloségének tanúsításáról
Additional information for Ireland
Competent authority / competent bodies
Management authority
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment (DETE)
Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs (ODCA)
4 Harcourt Road,
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: (+353) 1 402 5555
Fax: (+353) 1 402 5501
E-mail: odca@entemp.ie
Website: http://www.odca.ie/
Standardisation and notified body
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
Tel: (+353) 1 807 3800
Fax: (+353) 1 807 3838
E-mail: nsai@nsai.ie
Website: http://www.nsai.ie/
Market surveillance authority
Health and Safety Authority (HSA)
10 Hogan Place
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: (+353) 1 614 7000
Fax: (+353) 1 614 7020
E-mail: wcu@hsa.ie
Website: http://www.hsa.ie/
Legislation
European Communities (Appliances Burning Gaseous Fuels) Regulations, 1992 (S.I. No. 101
of 1992)
Additional information for Italy
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione - UNI (Italian National Standardisation Body)
Via Sannio, 2
I-20135 Milano
Tel: (+39) 02 700241
Fax: (+39) 02 7002 4375
E-mail: uni@uni.com
Website: http://www.uni.com/
Notified bodies
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ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEL MARCHIO DI QUALITÀ (IMQ S.P.A.)
Via Quintiliano, 43
I-20138 MILANO
IISTITUTO DI RICERCHE E COLLAUDI M. MASINI SRL
Via Moscova 11
I-20017 RHO
AGENZIA NAZIONALE CERTIFICAZIONE COMPONENTI E PRODOTTI SRL
Via Rombon, 11
I-20134 MILANO
ISTITUTO RICERCHE PROVE ED ANALISI SRL
Via Artigiani, 63
I-25040 BIENNO
ISTITUTO GIORDANO S.P.A.
Via Rossini, 2
I-47814 BELLARIA
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CENTRO STUDI ED ESPERIENZE ANTINCENDI
Piazza Scilla, 2
I-00178 Roma-Capannelle
GASTEC ITALIA S.P.A.
Via Treviso 32/34
I-31020 San Vendemiano
FLAM GAS LABORATORIES SRL
V. Mazzini, 81/b
I-33080 Fiume Veneto
Market surveillance authority
Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (Ministry of Economic Development)
Direzione generale per l'energia e le risorse minerarie - DGERM (Directorate-General for the
Energy and Mineral Resources)
Via Molise,2
I-00187-Roma
Tel: (+39) 06 4705 2531 / 06 4705 2639
Fax: (+39) 06 4705 2847
E-mail: segreteria.dgerm@attivitaproduttive.gov.it
Website: http://www.attivitaproduttive.gov.it/
Legislation
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Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica of 15/11/1996 No. 661, laying down the
implementing measures for Directive 90/396/EEC on gas appliances (Supplemento
ordinario No. 231 to Gazzetta Ufficiale - Serie generale – of 27/12/1996 No. 302)
Legge of 06/12/1971 No. 1083, on the safety measures in the use of burner gas on gas
appliances (GU - Serie generale - of 20/12/1971 No. 320)
Decreto ministeriale of 12/04/1996, establishing techical regulations on fire prevention for
the design, construction and use of appliances burning gaseous fuels (Supplemento
ordinario to Gazzetta Ufficiale - Serie generale - of 04/05/1996 No. 103)
Additional information for Latvia
Competent authority / competent bodies
Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija (Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia)
Brīvības str. 55
LV-1519 Riga
Tel: (+371) 701 3105 / 701 3193
Fax: (+371) 728 0882
E-mail: pasts@em.gov.lv
Website: http://www.em.gov.lv
Standardisation body
Latvijas standarts - LVS (Latvian Standards Ltd)
K. Valdemāra str. 157
LV-1013 Riga
Tel: (+371) 737 1308
Fax: (+371) 737 1324
E-mail: lvs@lvs.lv
Website: http://www.lvs.lv
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Additional information for Malta
Competent authority / competent bodies
Management authority and standardisation body
Ministry for Competitiveness and Communications
Malta Standards Authority - MSA
Consumer and Industrial Goods Directorate - CIGD
Evans Building
Merchants Street
MT-Valletta VLT 03
Tel: (+356) 212 55545 / 212 42420
Fax: (+356) 212 42406
E-mail: info@msa.org.mt
Website: http://www.msa.org.mt/cigd
Legislation
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Appliances burning gaseous fuels (L.N. 52 of 18/03/1996)
Product Safety Act. (Government Gazette of Malta No. 17,052 of 09/02/2001
Additional information for the Netherlands
Competent authority / competent bodies
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Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport - VWS (Ministry of Public Health,
Welfare and Sport)
P.O.Box 20350
NL-2500 EJ The Hague
Tel: (+31) 70 340 79 11
Fax: (+31) 70 340 78 34
Website: http://www.minvws.nl
Voedsel en Waren Autoreit - VWA (Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority)
P.O. Box 19506
NL-2500 CM The Hague
Tel: (+31) 70 448 48 48
Fax: (+31) 70 448 47 47
E-mail: info@vwa.nl
Website: http://www.vwa.nl
Standardisation body
Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut - NEN (Netherlands' Standardisation Institute)
P.O.Box 5059
NL-2600 GB Delft
Tel: (+31) 15 269 03 90
Fax: (+31) 15 269 01 90
E-mail: info@nen.nl
Website: http://www.nen.nl
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
Besluit gastoestellen. Gas Appliances Decree of 8 January 1992 (Stb. 1992, 124)
Additional information for Poland
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny (Polish Committee for Standardisation)
ul. Swietokrzyska 14
PL-00-050 Warszawa
Tel: (+48) 22 556 77 55 / 22 556 77 26
Fax: (+48) 22 556 74 16
E-mail: oinsekr@pkn.pl
Website: http://www.pkn.pl
Notified bodies
Urzad Dozoru Technicznego (Office of Technical Inspection)
ul. Szczesliwicka 34
PL-02-353 Warszawa
Tel: (+48) 22 572 21 00
Fax: (+48) 22 822 72 09
E-mail: udt@udt.gov.pl
Website: http://www.udt.gov.pl
Instytut Nafty i Gazu (ING) (Oil and Gas Institute)
ul. Lubicz 25a
PL-31-503 Kraków
Tel: (+48) 12 421 00 33 / (+48) 12 653 25 12
Fax: (+48) 12 421 00 50
E-mail: office@inig.pl
Website: http://www.inig.pl
Osrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy (PREDOM-OBR)
ul. Krakowiaków 53
PL-02-255 Warszawa
Tel: (+48) 22 846 54 31
Fax: (+48) 22 846 19 05
E-mail: obr@predom.com.pl
Website: http://www.predom.com.pl
Centralny Osrodek Chlodnictwa (COCH)
ul. Juliusza Lea 116
PL-30-133 Kraków
Tel: (+48) 12 637 09 33
Fax: (+48) 12 637 37 24
E-mail: z3steind@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Website: http://www.coch.krakow.pl
Market surveillance authority
Panstwowa Inspekcja Pracy (The National Labour Inspectorate)
Glówny Inspektorat Pracy (Chief Labour Inspectorate)
ul. Krucza 38/42
PL-00-926 Warszawa
Tel: (+48) 22 661 8111
Fax: (+48) 22 625 4770
E-mail: kancelaria@gip.pl
Website: http://www.pip.gov.pl
Legislation
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Law on Conformity Assessment (Obwieszczenie Marszalka Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej w sprawie ogloszenia jednolitego tekstu ustawy o systemie oceny zgodnosci), of
24 August 2004 (Dz.U. No 204 item 2087; Dz.U. No 166, item 1360)
Regulation of the Ministry of Economy and Labour on requirements for gas appliances
(Rozporzadzenie Ministra Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Spolecznej w sprawie
zasadniczych wymagan dla urzadzen spalajacych paliwa gazowe), of 15 April 2003
(Dz.U. No 91 item 859) - implementation of the Directives 90/396/EC and 93/68/EC
Additional information for Portugal
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Instituto Português da Qualidade - IPQ (Portuguese Institute of Quality)
Rua António Gião, 2
P-2829-513 Caparica
Tel: (+351) 21 294 81 00
Fax (+351) 21 294 81 01
E-mail: ipq@mail.ipq.pt
Website: http://www.ipq.pt
Notified body
Centro de Apoio Tecnológico à Indústria Metalomecânica - CATIM (Technological Support
Center to Mechanical Industry)
Rua dos Plátanos, 197
P-4100-414 Porto
Tel: (+351) 22 615 90 00
Fax: (+351) 22 615 90 35
E-mail: catim@catim.pt
Website: http://www.catim.pt/
Market surveillance authority
Ministério da Economia e da Inovaçao (Ministry of Economy and Innovation)
Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica - ASAE (Portuguese Authority for Food
Safety and Consumer Protection)
Av. Conde Valbom, 98
P-1050-070 Lisboa
Tel: (+351) 21 798 36 00
Fax: (+351) 21 798 36 54
E-mail: correio.asae@asae.pt
Website: http://www.asae.pt
Legislation
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Decreto-Lei 130/92 of 6 June (DR 153 I-A, 6/7/1992) incorporating Council Directive
90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990 relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels.
Portaria 1248/93 of 7 December (DR 285 I-B, 7/12/1993), implementing Decreto-Lei
130/92 of 6 July (DR 153 I-A, 06/07/1992) on essential safety requirements and typeapproval rules relating to gas appliances.
Additional information for Slovakia
Competent authority / competent bodies
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Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Economy of the Slovak
Republic)
Mierová 17
SK-82715 Bratislava
Tel: (+421) 2 4854 1111
Fax: (+421) 2 4333 7827
E-mail: info@economy.gov.sk
Website: http://www.economy.gov.sk, http://www.mhsr.sk
Úrad pre normalizáciu, metrológiu a skúšobníctvo Slovenskej republiky (Slovak Office of
Standards, Metrology and Testing)
Štefanovičova 3
P.O. Box 76
SK-81005 Bratislava
Tel: (+421) 2 5249 6847
Fax: (+421) 2 5249 1050
E-mail: oei@normoff.gov.sk
Website: http://www.unms.sk
Standardisation body
Slovenský ústav technickej normalizácie - SÚTN (Slovak Standards Institute)
Karloveská 63
P.O. Box 246
SK-84000 Bratislava
Tel: (+421) 2 6029 4474
Fax: (+421) 2 6541 1888
E-mail: ms_post@sutn.gov.sk
Website: http://www.sutn.gov.sk
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Zákon o technických požiadavkách na výrobky (č. 264/1999 Z.z.), 7.9.1999 (Law on
technical requirements for products)
Nariadenie Vlády SR ktorým sa ustanovujú podrobnosti o technických požiadavkách na
spotrebice plynných palív (č. 393/1999 Z.z.), 16.12.1999 (Order on Technical
Requirements for Gas Appliances)
Additional information for Slovenia
Competent authority / competent bodies
Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo (Ministry of the Economy)
Kotnikova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel: (+386) 1 478 33 11
Fax: (+386) 1 433 10 31
E-mail: gp.mg@gov.si
Website: http://www.mg.gov.si/
Standardisation body
Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo - SIST (Slovenian Institute for Standardization)
Šmartinska cesta 140
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel: (+386) 1 478 30 13
Fax: (+386) 1 478 30 94
E-mail: sist@sist.si
Website: http://www.sist.si
Notified bodies
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main
Legislation
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Energetski zakon - Energy Act of 30/09/1999 (Uradni list 79/1999)
Odredba o plinskih napravah - Order on gas appliances of 17/11/2000 (Uradni list
105/2000)
Odlocba o priznanju veljavnosti certifikatom o skladnosti plinskih naprav - Decree on
validity of conformity assessment certificates for gas appliances of 28/09/2001 /Uradni list
76/2001)
Additional information for Spain
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación – AENOR (Spanish Standardisation and
Certification Association)
C / Génova, 6
E-28004 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 914 326 000
Fax: (+34) 913 104 032
E-mail: info@aenor.es
Website: http://www.aenor.es/
Notified bodies
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Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación – AENOR (Spanish
Standardisation and Certification Association)
C/ Génova, 6
E-28004 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 914 326 000
Fax: (+34) 913 104 032
E-mail: info@aenor.es
Website: http://www.aenor.es/
Laboratori General d'Assaigs i Investigació (LGAI)
Campus UAB, Apdo. Correos 18.
E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Tel: (+34) 935 672 000
Fax: (+34) 935 672 001
Websites: http://www.appluscorp.com/
Ingeniería y Técnicas de Calidad S.L. (INTECA)
Polígono Aurrera. Manzana 1, n.° 63 - 1a planta.
E-48510 Trapagaran (Vizcaya)
Entidad de Certificación y Aseguramiento S.A. (ECA)
Oficina de Madrid
Parque Empresarial La Finca Paseo del Club Deportivo s/n
Edificio 12
28223 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 917 848 900
Fax: (+34) 917 995 196
E-mail: madrid@eca.es
Website: http://www.eca.es/
Market surveillance authority
Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade)
Subdirección General de Calidad y Seguridad Industrial (Sub-Directorate General of Quality
and Industrial Safety)
Paseo de la Castellana, 160
E-28071 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 902 446 066
Fax: (+34) 914 578 066
E-mail: info@mityc.es
Website: http://www.mityc.es/
Legislation
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Real Decreto 1428/92 of 27/11/1992, implementing Council Directive 90/396/EEC of
29/06/1990 (BOE 292 05/12/1992)
Resolución of 1 March 1995, of the Dirección General de Calidad y Seguridad Industrial
(Directorate-General for Quality and Industrial Safety), publishing the list of notified
bodies for implementing the Gas Appliances Directive 90/396/CEE (BOE 6720/03/1995)
Additional information for the United Kingdom
Competent authority / competent bodies
Standardisation body
British Standards Institution (BSI)
389, Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 20 8996 9000
Fax: (+44) 20 8996 7001
E-mail: cservices@bsi-global.com
Website: http://www.bsi-global.com
Notified bodies
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BSI PRODUCT SERVICES
Maylands Avenue
HP2 4SQ Hemel Hempstead
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.bsi-global.com
ADVANTICA LIMITED - CERTIFICATION SERVICES
Ashby Road
LE11 3GR Loughborough
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.advantica.biz/
LLOYD'S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE (LRQA) LTD
EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE SERVICES
Middlemarch Office Village - Siskin Drive
CV3 4FJ Hiramford - Coventry
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.lrqa.com
SGS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Worle Park, Weston-Super-Mare
BS22 Owa Somerset
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.uk.sgs.com/
BUREAU VERITAS QUALITY INTERNATIONAL (BVQI)
2nd Floor, Tower Bridge Road, 224-226
SE1 2TX London
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.bureauveritas.com/homepage_frameset.html
INTERTEK TESTING & CERTIFICATION LTD
Intertek House, Cleeve Road
KT22 7SB Leatherhead
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.intertek-etlsemko.com/
Market surveillance authority
Department of Trade & Industry
Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate (STRD)
Office of Science & Innovation
Technological Innovation Group
Bay 280, 151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SS
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 20 7215 5000 / (+44) 20 7215 1345
Fax: (+44) 20 7215 1340
E-mail: enquiries.strd@gtnet.gov.uk / dti.strd6@gtnet.gov.uk
Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/
Legislation
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The Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1992 (SI No. 711 of 1992)
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The Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1995 (SI No. 1629 of 1995