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Gas appliances Regulation

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  Directive

Gas appliances Regulation ((EU) 2016/426)

  Scope

This Regulation applies to appliances and fittings.

For the purposes of this Regulation, an appliance is considered to be ‘normally used’ where the following conditions are met:

  • It is correctly installed and regularly serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;
  • It is used with a normal variation in the gas quality and a normal fluctuation in the supply pressure as set out by Member States in their communication pursuant to Article 4(1);
  • It is used in accordance with its intended purpose or in a way which can be reasonably foreseen

EXCLUSIONS

This Regulation does not apply to appliances specifically designed:

  • For use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises;
  • For use on aircrafts and railways;
  • For research purposes for temporary use in laboratories.

For the purposes of this paragraph, an appliance is considered to be ‘specifically designed’ when the design is only intended to address a specific need for a specific process or use.


Where, for appliances or fittings, the aspects covered by this Regulation are covered more specifically by other acts of Union harmonisation legislation, this Regulation does not apply or ceases to apply to such appliances or fittings in respect of those aspects.

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:

  • ‘Appliances’ means appliances burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, space heating, hot water production, lighting or washing, and also forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners;
  • ‘Fittings’ means safety devices, controlling devices or regulating devices and sub-assemblies thereof, designed to be incorporated into an appliance or to be assembled to constitute an appliance;
  • ‘Burning’ means a process in which gaseous fuel reacts with oxygen producing heat or light;
  • ‘Washing’ means the entire washing process, including drying and ironing;
  • ‘Cooking’ means the art or practice of preparing or warming food for consumption with the use of heat and employing a wide range of methods;
  • ‘Gaseous fuel’ means any fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 °C under an absolute pressure of 1 bar;
  • ‘Industrial process’ means the extraction, growth, refining, processing, production, manufacture or preparation of materials, plants, livestock, animal products, food or other products with a view to their commercial use;
  • ‘Industrial premises’ means any place where the main activity carried out is an industrial process that would be subject to specific national health and safety regulations;

  Description

The legal framework for the placing on the market and putting into service of gas appliances and their fittings is Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on appliances burning gaseous fuels (GAR). It became fully applicable as of 21 April 2018, replacing the previous Directive 2009/142/EC.

This Regulation is a full harmonisation legislation based on the ‘New Approach’ principles and aligned to the ‘New Legislative Framework’ policy. In addition, it clarifies the requirements each gas appliance and fitting has to fulfil. The need for interpretation of the provisions of the Regulation is reduced compared to Directive 2009/142/EC through an introduction of definitions for the sector-specific terminology used to facilitate the application of the legislation. The Regulation also introduces harmonised content for the communication of gas supply conditions in EU countries, enabling the design and construction of safe and correctly performing products.

The scope of the GAR is restricted to appliances burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting and washing. Regulating, controlling and safety devices and sub-assemblies thereof intended to be incorporated into appliances or assembled to constitute appliances – so-called fittings – are also covered. Appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises, for use on aircraft and railways as well as for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories are excluded.

  Harmonised standards

EN 30-1-1:2021 Domestic cooking appliances burning gas - Part 1-1: Safety - General
EN 30-1-2:2023 Domestic cooking appliances burning gas - Part 1-2: Safety - Appliances having forced-convection ovens
EN 88-1:2022 Safety and control devices for gas burners and gas burning appliances - Part 1: Pressure regulators for inlet pressures up to and including 50 kPa
EN 203-1:2021 Gas heated catering equipment - Part 1: General safety requirements
EN 203-2-1:2021 Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-1: Specific requirements - Open burners and wok burners
EN 203-2-2:2021 Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-2: Specific requirements - Ovens
EN 203-2-4:2021 Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-4: Specific requirements - Fryers
EN 257:2022 Mechanical thermostats for gas-burning appliances
EN 549:2019+A1:2023 Rubber materials for seals and diaphragms for gas appliances and gas equipment
EN 751-3:2022 Sealing materials for metallic threaded joints in contact with 1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases and hot water - Part 3: Unsintered PTFE tapes and PTFE strings
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EN 30-1-1:2021
Domestic cooking appliances burning gas - Part 1-1: Safety - General
EN 30-1-2:2023
Domestic cooking appliances burning gas - Part 1-2: Safety - Appliances having forced-convection ov...
EN 88-1:2022
Safety and control devices for gas burners and gas burning appliances - Part 1: Pressure regulators ...
EN 203-1:2021
Gas heated catering equipment - Part 1: General safety requirements
EN 203-2-1:2021
Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-1: Specific requirements - Open burners and wok burners
EN 203-2-2:2021
Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-2: Specific requirements - Ovens
EN 203-2-4:2021
Gas heated catering equipment - Part 2-4: Specific requirements - Fryers
EN 257:2022
Mechanical thermostats for gas-burning appliances
EN 549:2019+A1:2023
Rubber materials for seals and diaphragms for gas appliances and gas equipment
EN 751-3:2022
Sealing materials for metallic threaded joints in contact with 1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases and hot...
Show all the standards...

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