Current status in standardization in
the field of PED
Bratislava-11, 12 and 13 April 2005
Nouredine Hakimi
CEN Programme Manager
Content
• Some important horizontal decisions taken at
CEN level
• The Pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus
• The work programme and status of draft
standards
• The promotion of Pressure Equipment standards
• Conclusion
• Sources of Information
CEN IS MADE UP OF:
a ‘system’ to carry out formal processes shared between:
• 28 National Members, and the representative expertise
they assemble from each country
• 8 Associates; 2 Counsellors (EC, EFTA)
• The CEN Management Centre, Brussels
Some important horizontal decisions
taken at CEN level
Mr Lars Flink, the new chairman of the CEN Board,
outlined the challenges facing CEN in the next
three years:
• 3-year timeframe for the development of
standards: the successful implementation of this
action;
• Enlargement of CEN: participation of all CEN
Member bodies in the technical work.
• Technical work in the enlarged CEN
(Resolution BT 10/2004)
BT created a group (BT/CAG 172 Technical work in
enlarged CEN) to advise the Chairman on ways to
facilitate the participation of the National Standards
Bodies in the technical work, at all levels.
• Global relevance of standards (Resolution
BT 17/2004)
BT noted that BT/WG 152 Global relevance in
standards is developing guidance to CEN technical
committees on the implications of global relevance.
Global objective: The Three Year
Cycle for ENs
Timeframe
0
+6 months
+6 months
Milestones
Receipt of TC resolution (e-mail date)
Circulation of first working draft
Dispatch of Enquiry draft to CMC
+ 2.5 months
+ 5 months
+ 8 months
Submission to Enquiry
Closure of Enquiry
Dispatch of Formal Vote draft to CMC
+ 3.5 months
+ 2 months
+ 1 months
Submission to Formal Vote
Closure of Formal Vote
Ratification
+ 2 months
Definitive text available
= 36 months
ENQ + FV / PQ-UQ + FV
Timeframe
0
Milestones
Receipt of TC resolution (e-mail date)
+6 months
+6 months
+ 3.5 months
Circulation of first working draft
Dispatch of UAP draft to CMC
Submission to UAP
+ 3,4 or 5 months
+ 1 months
+ 2 months
= 21.5 to 23.5 months
Closure of UAP
Ratification
Definitive text available
Unique acceptance procedure UAP
The Pressure Equipment Advisory
Nucleus: PE-AN
• The pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus is a
group reporting to the CEN Technical board.
• There are 16 members (NSBs, EC, Notified
Bodies, Users, Manufacturers, CMC,..)
• The PE-AN is a forum for the management of
sector activities
• The PE-AN has plenary meetings 2 to 3 times a
year. Last meeting: 5th of April
PE-AN
• The PE-AN issues recommendations that
are handled by the CEN Programme
manager. This could lead for example to:
– BT decisions
– Messages to CEN/TCs
• The PE-AN could be addressed to answer to
specific concerns related to the sector
Specific principles in the pressure
sector
• The pressure equipment standards are
classified into two categories
– Type 1 standards (Cited in the Official Journal)
– Type 2 standards (not cited )
Classification of Standards: Type 1
standards
• Provide a technical solution to [fully] achieve one
or more specific PED Essential Safety
Requirements either by itself or by calling up
other references (see guideline 10.5).
• It can be a product standard (i.e. a standard
dealing with items of pressure equipment or
assemblies) or a standard dealing with materials,
procedures for permanent joining, approval of
NDT personnel etc.
Classification of Standards: Type 2
standards
• Provide useful elements that contribute to the
fulfilment of ESR(s)
• cannot alone give presumption of conformity
to these ESRs.
• Examples: NDT test methods, general
principles, terminology.
• Type 2 standards are likely to be used as
normative references in type 1 standards
The work programme and
status of standards
European Standards
• Some 24 CEN and 9 ECISS Technical
Committees relate to the PED
• 280 harmonized standards
• 562 supporting standards
Published harmonized standards and
amendments
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Standards
Amendments
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Harmonized standards by TCs
Technical Committee
Title
# of standards
TC 23
Transportable gas cylinders
TC 54
Unfired pressure vessels
TC 57
Central heating boilers
1
TC 58
Safety and control devices for gas-burners and gas-burning
appliances
4
TC 69
Industrial valves
TC 70
Manual means of fire fighting equipment
TC 74
Flanges and their joints
TC 79
Respiratory protective devices
TC 121
Welding
TC 132
Aluminium and aluminium alloys
3
TC 133
Copper and copper alloys
8
TC 138
Non-destructive testing
2
TC 155
Plastics piping systems and ducting systems
3
TC 182
Refrigerating systems, safety and environmental
requirements
8
3
31
32
3
11
1
30
Technical
Committee
Title
TC 190
Foundry technology
5
TC 194
Utensils in contact with food
1
TC 210
GRP tanks and vessels
4
TC 234
Gas Supply
2
TC 235
Gas pressure regulators and associated safety devices for use in gas
transmission and distribution
4
TC 237
Gas meters
2
TC 267
Industrial piping and pipelines
11
TC 268
Cryogenic vessels
21
TC 269
Shell and water-tube boilers
24
TC 286
Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and accessories
12
TC 326
Gas supply for Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV)
2
TC 342
Metal hoses, hose assemblies, bellows and expansion joints
2
ECISS/TC 9
Technical conditions of delivery and quality control
1
ECISS/TC 22
Steels for pressure purposes - Qualities
14
ECISS/TC 28
Steel forgings
12
ECISS/TC 29
Steel tubes and fittings for steel tubes
18
ECISS/TC 31
Steel castings
# of standards
5
The status of harmonized standards
Total: 280 WIs
21
68
165
26
Drafting
Enquiry
Formal vote
Ratified
The status of supporting standards
12 18 13
Total: 562 WIs
519
Drafting
Enquiry
Formal Vote
Ratified
Amendment, revision, maintenance
Standards are continuously amended or revised to stay
at the state of the arts or include new topics
•
Maintenance :
There are 3 Help desks covering major
standards
• EN 13445:2002 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessels’
• EN 13480 ‘Metallic Industrial piping’
• EN 12952 and EN 12953 for boilers
Because of the complexity of the standards for :
- correction of potential errors and mistakes;
- answering queries raised by users.
EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’
Help Desk
• A central point to collect questions &
feedback from the users of the standard
• A network to answer the queries in a very
short time
• An official body to give authorised answers,
accepted by the “authors” of the standard
• A professional body to prepare corrected
pages of the standard
• A place to find updated information about
the standard, its status, its future.
EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’
Help Desk
• The CEN Management Centre makes the
corrected pages available to the CEN National
Standard Bodies.
• The delivery of these corrected pages to the
final users is under the responsibility of CEN
National Standard Bodies.
EN 13445 MHD: Functioning
Receipt of a
question form
?? ?? ??
Expert
group
??
Analysis of the question by
experts designated by CEN
members
Decision
Interpretation
Information
on the website
Correction
Technical question
Correction notice
with corrected pages
issue 2 …. n
Transfer to TC 54
for action
EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’
Help Desk
• 38 experts from 10 countries
• The helpdesk is accessible through the CEN website but
also through www.unm.fr/en/general/en13445/
• A log of all pages for each Part, with their issue number and
date, is given as downloadable documents, for each
language version (English, French, German) :
• The 13th issue of EN 13445 was made available to the CEN
members in March
EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’
Help Desk
The status on the 1st of April was,
• 393 questions have been received among
which
–
–
–
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273 corrections issued
11 interpretations issued
63 technical questions (transferred to TC 54)
44 (not defined or no action)
Issue 13
Issue 12
Issue 11
Issue 10
Issue 9
Issue 8
Issue 7
Issue 6
Issue 5
Issue 4
Issue 3
Issue 2
corrected pages EN 13445 (EN+DE+FR)
250
200
150
corrected pages
100
50
0
The future of EN 13445
EN 13445 shall become the most popular PV standard in
Europe, and a major PV standard outside Europe
• promote EN 13445 during international conferences
• publish success stories concerning its use
• make comparison studies with its competitors
• explain the background of the rules
• organise training sessions
EN 13445 shall remain up-to-date
• encourage companies to send experts to CEN/TC 54
• initiate pre-normative research when needed
EN 13480 : Piping Help Desk
• The Help Desk is a CEN/TC 267 ‘Industrial
piping and pipelines’ working group
• It provides prompt official responses to questions
regarding the application of the Standard
• as well as updated information about the
evolutions of the standard.
• The helpdesk is accessible through the CEN
website but also through
http://comelec.afnor.fr/cen/en13480.
• 19 experts from 5 countries
EN 13480 : Piping Help Desk
Up to now,
• 55 questions have been received among which
– 10 have been treated
– 12 are under treatment
– 33 still to be distributed to the experts of the help desk.
In total there will be approximately 8 corrections that will
be incorporated in the 2nd issue of EN 13480 that will
be published probably in coming months.
EN 12952 and EN 12953 Boiler
Help Desks
• Experts have already been nominated
– Chairman and Secretary of CEN/TC 269
– Convenors of CENT/TC 269/WG 1, WG 2 and WG 3
• CEN/TC 269 will provide the following internet
address for the help desk:
• http://www.nard.din.de/index.php?lang=en&na_id
=nard
• The activity of the Boiler help desk has
encountered some delays but will start soon
EN 12952 and EN 12953 Boiler
Help Desks
• The MG shall deal with editorial problems.
• Any Technical problems, or lack of
agreement, shall be passed to the
appropriate WG for resolution.
The Promotion of Pressure
Equipment Standards
• CMC does not sell standards but encourages
their use
• The promotion of standards is to the benefit of
all, especially the NSBs
• Ways of promoting are:
– Writing “case studies” on the success of
manufactures using ENs
– Being present at important conferences (speakers,
booths)
– Publishing articles on important standards
– Organising workshops/conferences
– Developing help desks
–…
Promotion of standards outside
Europe: Visibility Fund
The European Commission Services’ Visibility Fund for
co-financing projects aimed at the promotion of
standards outside Europe has been used in 2004 for
four projects :
• Presentation of the Design Criteria of EN 13445 During
the 57th Annual Assembly of the International Institute
of Welding (IIW),Osaka (Japan) 11-16 July 2004; This
includes 16 presentations from European experts;
• Presentation of the European position on sealing
technology, creep damage and repairs at the Pressure
Vessel Research Council Meetings of April 5-8, 2004 in
Savannah, Georgia, USA.; by Guy Baylac;
• Presentation of the results of the “Comparative Study on
Pressure Equipment Standards” at the ASME PVP
Conference 2004, July 25 –29, San Diego, CA, USA, by
Prof. Josef Zeman TUW (Vienna, Austria);
• Lectures at the Pressure Vessel Association of China,
and the East China University of Science & Technology
in September 2004, by John Darlaston
Visibility: 2005 projects
• ASME PVP Conference in DENVER (July 2005): Guy
Baylac as co-ordinator
• Five papers will be presented:
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Non destructive testing of unfired pressure vessels
European acceptance criteria for radiographic testing
Inspection and testing of serially produced pressure vessels
Non destructive testing of welds
Non destructive testing and inspection of unfired pressure vessels
subject to cyclic loads in EN 13445-5
• Workshops in Korea in association with industry,
Korea Power Engineering and the University of Seoul
(Sept, Oct 2005) John Darlaston
Conclusions
• The CEN work programme supporting the PED has
well progressed
• Some gaps should be filled:
– Harmonized standards for Cast Iron are still an omission
– Develop copper and aluminium material standards for
pressure purposes
• CEN looks forward for the Completion of mandated
programme
• Major product standards are available and need to be
used more by industry
• CEN looks to further improve competitiveness of ENs
• And to promote EN standards
Useful websites
• www.cenorm.be CEN Home page
• http://ped.eurodyn.com Text of Directive,
Guidelines and links to standards, notified
bodies, JRC, etc
• www.eotc.be/newapproach “Blue” Guide
• http://www.newapproach.org/Directives/Default.asp
Directives and related standards
Restricted access electronic
platforms:
• CEN Livelink: For TCs having asked CMC
• DIN Livelink: Used by TCs hold by DIN
• COMELEC: Used by AFNOR TCs
– Access is granted by contacting the TC
secretary
– Mainly used for TC/WG daily work
Online Database
• PROJEX online (user restricted)
– Only for TC secretaries and
– TC Chairman
CEN Publications/ Communications
• Sector News (every month)
• Networking (every 2 months)
• COMPASS ‘European Standardization in a
nutshell’
Programme Managers and Info Desk
For targeted questions:
• There are 11 Programme Managers in the
CEN Management Centre
For General questions
• Ask the CMC InfoDesk
– infodesk@cenorm.be
CEN Programme Managers
Business domain
Sector
PM
Building & Civil engineering
Construction Products
ADC
JVT
Chemistry
Chemistry
GDJ
Explosives for Civil Uses
GDJ
Environment
Environment
(EHD)
G.G
SC
Food
Food
MCH
General standards
Quality
MCH
Measurement / Metrology
LP
Occupational Health & Safety
MCH
Personal Protective Equipment
MCH
Healthcare
Medical Devices
LP
Heating, cooling, ventilation & air-conditioning
Gas Appliances
Gas utilization
Gas distribution
AGU
Oil and solid fuel appliances
JVT
Others (Solar heating)
JVT
Household goods, sports & leisure
Toys
GDJ
Materials
Metallic
[Steel ECISS]
SJ
Health & Safety
Programme Managers
Business domain
Sector
PM
Materials
Non metallic
various
Mechanical engineering
Machinery & Lifts
SJ
Pressure Equipment
NH
Noise of machines
AA
Explosive atmospheres
NH
Services
Services
AGU
Transport & Packaging
Recreational Craft
TL
Transport of Dangerous
Goods
TL
Packaging
TL
Rail
TL
Cableway Transport
TL
Aerospace
LP
Energy
NH
Water
JVT
Utilities & Energy
Details of Programme managers
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(ADC) Amilcar Da Costa
amilcar.dacosta@cenorm.be
(GDJ) Guido De Jongh
guido.dejongh@cenorm.be
(MCH) Marie-Christine Héloire marie-christine.heloire@cenorm.be
(AGU) Andreea Gulacsi
andreea.gulacsi@cenorm.be
(SJ) Stefan Joannin
stefan.joannin@cenorm.be
(NH) Nouredine Hakimi
nouredine.hakimi@cenorm.be
(LP) Ludwig Paul
ludwig.paul@cenorm.be
(TL) Thierry Legrand
Thierry.legrand@cenorm.be
(JVT) Johan Van Tiel.
johan.vantiel@cenorm.be
(SC) Sam Cross
sam.cross@cenorm.be
(GG) Gerrald Goselink
gerrald.goselink@cenorm.be
Question/answers
The floor is open
Thanks for your attention