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Proposal for a new activityInternational legal
requirements for explosion protection
A Global Approach for Ex-Products
IECEx UNECE WP.6 Geneva 19.-21. June 2006
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General aspects

• Equipment for Hazardous Locations needs a high
  level of safety to protect workers and the
  environment all over the world
• Equipment needs third party certifications for
  placing on the market in many countries
• International Standards IEC/ISO are the basis
  for most Ex-Products
• National laws and regulations emphasize the
  mandatory approval of national authorities
  or domestically recognized notified bodies

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Market Volume in Europe in 2005
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31
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13
15
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Total Market Volume in the World 6.000 million
US
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Interest of the Industry using Ex-Products

• Users in the chemical and petroleum industry act
  more and more
• globally with a single engineering approach for
  their plants
• to earn savings of engineering, installation and
  maintenance costs
• to buy the equipment in a larger number and to
  get a better price per piece
• to have benefit from the global competition
  under manufacturers
• Barriers against this tendency are domestic
  rules and regulations
• which require special engineering for the plants
  from country to
• country.

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Interest of the Industry manufacturing
Ex-Products

• Manufacturers want to sell and manufacture their
  products
• without additional national differences for the
  product and delays to the market
• in accordance to one global standard (IEC / ISO)
• without double-testing of their product
• without formal restrictions to place it on the
  market

Barriers against this tendency are domestic
rules and regulations which require special
differences for the product from country to
country.
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Existing IECEx-Scheme

• IECEx founded in 1996
• First round of peer assessments and development
  of of operational rules and forms (1997
  1999)
• Commence mutual acceptance of IECEx Test Reports
  (ExTRs), to fast-track national
  certification (1999)
• IECEx internet based On-Line Certificates made
  available (2003, more than xxx existing
  certificates today)
• xx Ex-Certification bodies approved by peer
  assessments

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Status 2005 25 Countries
Norway New Zealand Romania Russian
Federation Singapore Slovenia South
Africa Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United
States of America Serbia Montenegro
Australia Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Finl
and France Germany Hungary Italy Japan Korea,
Republic of Netherlands
Malaysia as Observer discussions with India,
Brazil on the list
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Objectives of the IECEx-Scheme

• Harmonize the requirements for the equipment for
  Hazardous Locations based on IEC
• Acceptance of testing bodies globally
• an accreditation procedure with notified
  technical experts for certification bodies
  and laboratories under the rules of ILAC/IAF
  (ISO/IEC 170251999, ISO Guide 65) and with a
  final approval step done by the national legal
  authorities
• Arrange a dialog between the national
  authorities
• To eliminate national barriers for a free trade
  worldwide and to be the Global Centre of
  Excellence in the Ex-field

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Conclusions

• Specialized product sector with global relevance
• Products are mainly manufactured in accordance
  to IEC/ISO Standards
• Nevertheless trade barriers caused by national
  legislations but not caused by technical
  certification requirements

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