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European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC
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The European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC (called PED) aims at harmonising the national provisions,
specific to each member state, in order to enable free flow of equipment under pressure within the European Union.
The essential safety requirements under this directive only apply to risks linked to pressure.
The European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC applies to the design, the manufacturing, the conformity
assessment of equipment and sets intended to contain refrigerants, gasses or liquids under pressure, whose maximum
working pressure is higher than 0.5 bar.

Equipment for which the European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC applies can be the following:

Containers: casing designed and built in order to contain refrigerants under pressure
Piping
Safety accessories
Accessories under pressure
Sets (equipment under pressure assembled by a manufacturer and forming a functional unit)

APPLICATION TO CARLY PRODUCTS

CARLY products can be containers, piping or accessories under pressure.

n Definitions

- CE category

According to criteria such as volume and diameter, the nature of the refrigerant contained, and the maximum working

pressure (PS), each piece of equipment is assigned a risk category, the CE category.
There are 4 of them: CE categories I, II, III and IV. Category I, II, III and IV equipment items are subject to the essential

requirements such as defined in the Appendix 1 to the directive.

The sets are subject to Appendix 1 requirements, when they contain at least one category I equipment item, safety

accessories not included.

Article 33 relates to equipment or sets that are outside the scope of application of directive requirements.

n Definitions

- Technical features

Pressure / Pressure with reference to atmospheric pressure.

Maximum working pressure PS / Maximum pressure for which the equipment was designed.
Minimum / maximum working temperatures TS / Minimum and maximum temperatures for which the equipment was

designed.
Volume V / Internal volume for each compartment including the volume of the connections up to the first connection,

not including the volume of permanent internal elements.

Nominal size DN / Numerical designation common to all the elements of a piping system other than the elements

referenced by their outer diameter or by their thread size.

Nature of refrigerant contained / Liquid or gas, hazardous or non-hazardous.
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n Definitions

- Technical features

Final test / Includes a final examination (inner and outer visual examination, inspection of enclosed documents) and

a proof test, which is generally a hydrostatic pressure resistance test. This proof test is systematically performed
for products that fall within CE categories II, III and IV; it can be performed by sampling on CE category I products
manufactured in mass production.
Proof test pressure PT / Hydrostatic proof test pressure value, equal to 1.43 times the maximum working pressure

value PS, for CARLY product applications.

Classification of an equipment or set in a CE Category / Performed using tables contained in the Appendix II

to the directive. It relies on the following criteria: nature of the refrigerant contained and PS x V or PS x DN product
value.

APPLICATION TO CARLY PRODUCTS

The refrigerants chosen by CARLY are Group 2 gases, i.e. non-hazardous gases.
The following tables, to be found in Appendix II, are therefore used for classification within a CE category
Appendix II - Table No. 2 - Containers - Products selected according to their volume V
Appendix II - Table No. 7 - Piping - Products selected according to their nominal diameter DN

The features for each product (CE Category, PS, V/DN, min. TS, max. TS) are indicated in the Technical features table
in each chapter of the technical documentation.
For each product, a description sheet can be obtained from CARLY technical services on request; it certifies each
products features.

n CE

marking

CE marking is printed on each product and shows the following information:

CE marking (*)
Manufacturers name and address
Year of manufacture
Product reference
Manufacturing batch identification
The products technical features (PS, V/DN, max. TS, min. TS, PT (**))
Refrigerant families to be used

(*) For CE category II, III and IV products, the notified organisation identification number is printed next to the CE
marking - For CARLY, this number is 0034 (TV Saarland).
(**) For CE category II, III and IV products.
No CE marking is printed on article 33 products.

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n CE

declaration of conformity

The CE conformity statement is printed by the manufacturer and certifies that the product concerned matches the requi-

rements of the European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC in terms of design, manufacturing and conformity
assessment (final test).

APPLICATION TO CARLY PRODUCTS

CE CATEGORY I PRODUCTS
The CE conformity statement is not linked to manufacturing batch but to product design.
The original is kept by CARLY.
A copy can be obtained from CARLY technical services on request.
CE CATEGORY II PRODUCTS
A CE conformity statement is printed for each manufacturing batch.
The original is kept by CARLY; a copy is enclosed in each product's packing.
CE CATEGORY III PRODUCTS
A CE conformity statement is printed for each manufacturing batch.
The original is kept by CARLY; a copy is enclosed in each product's packing.

n CE

Instruction Notice

The CE Instruction Notice should catch the readers attention on the dangers linked to erroneous use and contain all

information dealing with the assembly, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the product concerned.
It also indicates the product features (CE Category retained, PS, V/DN, max. TS, min. TS, etc.).

APPLICATION TO CARLY PRODUCTS

CE CATEGORY I PRODUCTS
For each product, a CE instruction notice can be obtained from CARLY technical services on request.
CE CATEGORY II PRODUCTS
A CE instruction notice is enclosed in each products packing.
CE CATEGORY III PRODUCTS
A CE instruction notice is enclosed in each products packing.

n Pressure

limitation for Low temperatures

To comply with the European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC requirements in terms of brittle fracture risks

(low-temperature brittle fracture of materials), the following features are defined:

PS BT / Limited Working pressure (Low Temperature)
TS BT / Limited Working Temperature (Low Temperature)
If the PS BT and TS BT values are defined, then for a working temperature between the min. TS and TS BT values,

the Products maximum working pressure is limited to the PS BT value.

The PS BT and TS BT values for each Product are indicated in the Technical features" table in each chapter of the

Technical Documentation.
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