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Industrial | Monthly bulletin | October 2019

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Heavy Industries

 

Europe – ATEX

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 1127-1:2019

Explosive atmospheres - Explosion prevention and protection - Part 1: Basic concepts and methodology

2022-02-28

EN 1127-1:2011

IEC Standards

Reference

Title

Publication date

IEC 60079:2019, Ed. 1.0 - 8/29/2019

 Explosive atmospheres - ALL PARTS

2019-09-23

 

Europe – Construction Products

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 14081-1:2016+A1:2019

Timber structures - Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section - Part 1: General requirements

2021-05-31

-

EN 15254-3:2019

Extended application of results from fire resistance tests - Non-loadbearing walls - Part 3: Lightweight partitions

2020-02-29

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Europe – Lifts

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 81-80:2019

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Existing lifts - Part 80: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts

2021-08-31

EN 81-80:2003

 

Europe – Pressure Equipment

 

Standards Updates

 

Below a summary table with some recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN ISO 15614-1:2017/A1:2019

Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys - Amendment 1 (ISO 15614-1:2017/Amd 1:2019)

2020-02-29

-

 

Brazil

 

Improvement proposal in the registration of products under INMETRO

 

On 2nd September 2019, the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO notified to World Trade Organization (WTO) their proposal Ordinance 404, 28 August 2019.

 

It proposes improvements in the criteria and procedures for the registration of products, inputs and services under INMETRO's regulatory scope and which compliance is compulsorily assessed. It would revoke INMETRO Ordinance 512, 11 November 2016.

 

Click here for getting the notification through the European Commission website with reference G/TBT/N/BRA/907.