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  Directive

Pressure equipment Directive (2014/68/EU)

  Last Official Journal reference

Monday 12th of January 2026

  Description:

Portable fire extinguishers - Part 8: Requirements for the construction, pressure resistance and mechanical tests for extinguishers with a maximum allowable pressure equal to or lower than 30 bar, which comply with the requirements of EN 3-7

  Purpose

This document specifies, as far as the pressure risk is concerned, the rules of design, type testing, fabrication and inspection control of portable fire extinguishers with a metallic body which comply with the requirements of EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007. This part of EN 3 applies to portable fire extinguishers of which the maximum allowable pressure PS is lower than or equal to 30 bar and containing non-explosive, non-flammable, non-toxic and non-oxidising fluids. This document also applies to the marking of metallic propellant gas cartridges (see Annex E). This document does not apply to carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.

  Publication

Monday 3rd of October 2022

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