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In order to gain access to the markets of the European Union, the products marketed must comply with a series of requirements regarding safety, health and environmental protection. The CE marking on a product guarantees that the minimum requirements of all applicable directives have been met. Depending on the products and the relevant directives, the intervention of a Notified Body may be mandatory: Apave Italia CPM is a European Notified Body - CE 0398.

 

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Simple Pressure

Vessels

The Simple Pressure Vessels Directive (2014/29/EU) regulates vessels that are new on the Union market at the time of their placing on the market in order to ensure the protection of health and safety with regard to the risks of leakage or bursting.

The Directive covers, with certain exceptions, welded vessels manufactured in series, containing air or nitrogen, subjected to a pressure greater than 0.5 bar and not intended to be exposed to flame.

 

Parts and components may be made of unalloyed quality steel, unalloyed aluminium or annealed aluminium alloy. The Directive requires compliance by the manufacturer (or his authorised representative established in the Community) with the essential safety, design and manufacturing requirements, and requires conformity assessment of the simple pressure vessel by a European Notified Body.

 

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Pressure Equipment

PED

Pressure Equipment PED
Pressure Equipment PED

The PED Directive (2014/68/EU - recast of 97/23/EC) is one of the EU regulations on the design, manufacture and distribution of pressure equipment, and concerns vessels, piping, safety accessories, pressure accessories, assemblies, subjected, during their operation, to a maximum allowable pressure greater than 0.5 bar.

 

In order to assess the PED conformity, pressure equipment must be classified in different risk categories according to certain parameters (type of fluid contained, energy potential, pressure, volume, dimensions): depending on the risk category, it is necessary to choose the application module or conformity assessment procedure to be used among those provided for by the Directive.

 

The Directive requires the manufacturer (or his authorised representative established in the Community) to comply with the essential safety, design and manufacturing requirements, and requires conformity assessment of the pressure equipment by a European Notified Body.

 

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Transportable Pressure Equipment

T-PED

Directive 2010/35/EU on transportable pressure equipment, which succeeded 1999/36/EC, regulates the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of transportable pressure equipment in order to improve its safety and ensure its free movement on the Community market.

The scope of the directive covers various equipment intended for the transport of compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases, which have 3 characteristics: pressure, hazard and transportability.

 

  • Pressure vessels, their valves and accessories
  • Tanks (for LPG, transport of dangerous goods, etc.)
  • Battery vehicles, multiple element gas containers, their taps and accessories
  • Gas cartridges
  • Cylinders (for lpg, for transportable gases...)
  • Valves for transportable cylinders

 

The Directive requires compliance by the manufacturer (or his authorised representative established in the Community) with the essential design and manufacturing requirements, and requires conformity assessment by a European Notified Body.

 

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Toys

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Directive 2009/48/EC sets out the safety requirements for toys intended for children under 14 years of age.
It uniformly covers all mechanical-physical, flammability, electrical, hygiene and chemical requirements. It also identifies the various economic operators involved (manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor) and codifies their specific obligations figure by figure.

 

The Directive imposes an obligation on the manufacturer to draw up an EC declaration of conformity and to prepare all the technical documentation when the toy is placed on the European market.

The Notified Body may examine, at the request of the manufacturer, this technical documentation in order to find out whether the toy is dangerous, considering for example its structural strength, the presence of small ingestible parts, the risk of flammability, the electrical or chemical risk, carrying out an EC conformity assessment on the product.

 

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Machinery

In order to access EU markets, products placed on the market must comply with the requirements of safety, health and environmental legislation. The CE marking affixed to a product allows it to move freely within the European Economic Area (EEA) and is a sign that the manufacturer accepts responsibility for meeting the essential requirements of all applicable directives. Depending on the products and the relevant directives, the intervention of a Notified Body may be mandatory: Apave Italia CPM is a European Notified Body - CE 0398 for both the EC Type Examination and the Total Quality Certification for :

  • Presses, including bending machines, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working elements may have a stroke greater than 6 mm and a speed greater than 30 mm/s
  • Injection or compression plastics-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading
  • Injection or compression rubber-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading
  • Manually loaded household refuse collection buckets equipped with a compression mechanism
  • Vehicle liftsDevices for the lifting of persons or of persons and goods, having a hazard of falling from a vertical height of more than 3 metres

 The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which came into force on 29 December 2009, ensures the free movement of machinery and defines the safety and health requirements to which machinery is subject when it is first placed on the market and put into service. These requirements apply to the design, manufacture, installation, use, maintenance and decommissioning of machinery.

The Directive covers machinery, interchangeable equipment, safety components, lifting accessories, chains, ropes and belts, mechanical transmission devices, partly completed machinery (e.g. a drive system).

The Directive distinguishes certain categories of machinery (defined in Annex IV) for which a particular certification procedure is necessary, identifies the essential safety requirements that the machinery must meet (Annex I) and codifies, depending on the type of machinery, the procedures that the manufacturer must follow to declare conformity and affix the CE marking.

For machines included in Annex IV of the Directive, conformity to the requirements can be established during assessment procedures carried out by a European Notified Body.

 

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Lifts

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The Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU applies to lifts intended for the transport of persons and goods, in permanent service in buildings and constructions, in order to allow their free movement within the European Union and ensure a high level of safety for users and maintainers.

A "lift" is defined as a lifting appliance which connects defined planes by means of a carrier moving along guides which are rigid and inclined at an angle of more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, or a lifting appliance moving along a perfectly defined course in space but not moving along rigid guides.

According to the Directive, lifts, before being placed on the market within the European Union, must undergo a conformity assessment procedure by a European Notified Body and be CE marked.

 

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Construction products

The Construction Products Regulation 305/2011 covers all products (materials, products, systems, etc.) intended to be used as a permanent part of construction works (buildings and civil engineering works). These products must comply with essential requirements and performances, such as mechanical resistance and stability, safety in case of fire, hygiene, health and environment, safety and accessibility of use, protection against noise, energy saving and thermal insulation, sustainable use of natural resources for construction.

The manufacturer is also obliged to ensure the traceability of the products, so that they can be withdrawn or recalled from the market if they do not comply with the rules expressed by the CE marking.

 

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  • Apave Italia CPM, with identification number CE 0398, has the following mandates:

    • EN 12620: Aggregates for concrete
    • EN 13043: Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments and for applications in bound and unbound layers
    • EN 13139: Aggregates for mortar
    • EN 13242: Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil engineering work and road construction
    • EN 13383-1: Aggregates for armourstone - Specifications
    • EN 13450: Aggregates for railway ballast
    • EN 13055-1 : Lightweight aggregates – Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar and grout
    • EN 13108-1 : Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 1: Hot mix asphalt
    • EN 13108-2 : Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 2: Bituminous mixtures for very thin layers
    • EN 13108-3 : Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 3: Mixtures with very soft bitumen
    • EN 13108-4: Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 4: Studded bituminous conglomerate
    • EN 13108-5: Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 5: Closed anti-skid bituminous conglomerate
    • EN 13108-6: Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 6: Mastic asphalt
    • EN 13108-7: Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 7: Bituminous mixture with high void content
    • EN 10025-1 : Hot rolled steel products for structural uses – Part 1: General technical delivery conditions
    • EN 10210-1 : Hot finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels – Part 1: Technical delivery conditions
    • EN 10219-1 : Cold-formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels – Part 1: Technical delivery conditions
    • EN 13479 : Welding consumables – General product standard for filler metals and fluxes used in the fusion welding of metallic materials
    • EN 14399: High-strength structural bolting with controlled tightening - Part 1: General requirements
    • EN 1090-1: Execution of steel and aluminium structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components.
  • Tecno Piemonte, with identification code CE 1372, has the following mandates:

    ATTESTATION SYSTEMS 1 AND 1+

    • M/101 - EN 14351-1 - Windows and doors - Part 1: External pedestrian windows and doors without fire resistance and/or smoke control characteristics
    • M/114 - EN 14216 - Cement - Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for very low heat hydration special cements
    • M/114 - EN 197-1 - Cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements
    • M/114 - EN 413-1 - Masonry cement - Composition, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/128 - EN 450-1 - Fly ash for concrete - Definitions, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/128 - EN 14889-1 - Fibres for concrete - Part 1: Steel fibres - Definitions, specifications and conformity
    • M/128 - EN 14889-2 - Fibres for concrete - Part 2: Polymer fibres - Definitions, specifications and conformity

     

    ATTESTATION SYSTEMS 2+

    • M/100 - EN 1168 - Precast concrete products - Hollow core slabs
    • M/100 - EN 12737 - Precast concrete products - Slabs for stable floors
    • M/100 - EN 12794 - Precast concrete products - Foundation piles
    • M/100 - EN 12843 - Precast concrete products - Antennas and masts
    • M/100 - EN 13224 - Precast concrete products - Ribbed floor elements
    • M/100 - EN 13225 - Precast concrete products - Linear structural elements
    • M/100 - EN 13693 - Precast concrete products - Special roof elements
    • M/100 - EN 13747 - Precast concrete products - Floor slabs
    • M/100 - EN 13978-1 - Precast concrete products - Precast concrete garages - Part 1: Requirements for reinforced concrete garages made with monolithic elements or composed of single elements of all dimensions
    • M/100 - EN 14843 - Precast concrete products - Stairs
    • M/100 - EN 14844 - Precast concrete products - Box elements
    • M/100 - EN 14991 - Precast concrete products - Foundation elements
    • M/100 - EN 14992 - Precast concrete products - Wall elements
    • M/100 - EN 15037-1 - Precast concrete products - Joist and block floors - Part 1: Joists
    • M/100 - EN 15037-2 - Precast concrete products - Joist and block floors - Part 2: Concrete blocks
    • M/100 - EN 15037-3 - Precast concrete products - Joist and block floors - Part 3: Clay blocks
    • M/100 - EN 15037-4 - Precast concrete products - Floor slabs made of joists and blocks - Part 4: Expanded polystyrene blocks
    • M/100 - EN 15050 - Precast concrete products - Bridge elements
    • M/100 - EN 1520 - Prefabricated reinforced components of lightweight concrete with open structure
    • M/100 - EN 15258 - Prefabricated concrete products - Retaining wall elements
    • M/102 - EN 13969 - Flexible sheets for waterproofing - Bitumen sheets for the control of rising damp
    • M/107 - EN 13249 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in the construction of roads and other trafficked areas (excluding railways and inclusion in bituminous conglomerates)
    • M/107 - EN 13250 - Geotextiles and related products. Characteristics required for use in railway construction
    • M/107 - EN 13251 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in earthworks, in foundations and in support
    • M/107 – EN 13252 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in drainage systems
    • M/107 – EN 13253 - Geotextiles and related products. Characteristics required for use in surface erosion control works (coastal protection,  bank revetments)
    • M/107 – EN 13254 - Geotextiles and related products. Characteristics required for use in the construction of reservoirs and dams
    • M/107 – EN 13255 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in the construction of canals
    • M/107 – EN 13256 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in the construction of tunnels and underground structures
    • M/107 – EN 13257 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in solid waste landfills
    • M/107 – EN 13265 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in liquid waste containment projects
    • M/107 – EN 13361 - Geosynthetics — Characteristics required for use in the construction of reservoirs and dams
    • M/107 – EN 13362 - Geosynthetics — Characteristics required for use in the construction of canals
    • M/107 – EN 13491 - Geosynthetics — Characteristics required for use as fluid barriers in the construction of tunnels and underground structures
    • M/107 – EN 13492 - Geosynthetics — Characteristics required for use in the construction of landfills for the disposal of transfer works or secondary containment of liquid waste
    • M/107 – EN 13493 - Geosynthetics — Characteristics required for use in the construction of landfills for the accumulation and disposal of solid waste
    • M/112 - EN 14081-1 - Timber structures - Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section - Part 1: General requirements
    • M/112 - EN 14229 - Structural timber - Wooden poles for overhead lines
    • M/112 - EN 14250 - Timber structures — Product requirements for prefabricated structural members assembled with punched metal plate connecting elements
    • M/113 - EN 13986 - Wood-based panels for use in construction - Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking
    • M/114 - EN 459-1 - Building limes - Part 1: Definitions, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/114 - EN 15368 - Hydraulic binder for non-structural applications - Definition, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/114 - EN 13282-1 - Hydraulic binders for road use - Part 1: Quick-setting hydraulic binders for road use - Composition, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/116 - EN 771-1 Specification for masonry units – Clay masonry units
    • M/116 - EN 771-2 Specification for masonry units – Calcium silicate masonry units
    • M/116 - EN 771-3 Specification for masonry units – Vibro-compressed concrete masonry units (light and heavy aggregates)
    • M/116 - EN 771-4 Specification for masonry units – Autoclaved aerated masonry units
    • M/116 - EN 771-5 Specification for masonry units - Agglomerated stone masonry units
    • M/116 - EN 771-6 Specification for masonry units - Part 6: Natural stone masonry units
    • M/116 - EN 998-2 Part 2: Masonry mortars
    • M/120 - EN 1090-1 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components
    • M/124 - EN 13108-1 Bituminous mixtures - Part 1: Hot mix asphalt
    • M/124 - EN 13108-2 Bituminous mixtures - Material specifications - Part 2: Bituminous conglomerate for very thin layers
    • M/124 - EN 13108-3 Bituminous mixtures - Material specifications - Part 3: Conglomerate with very soft bitumen
    • M/124 - EN 13108-4 Bituminous mixtures - Part 4: Bituminous studded conglomerate
    • M/124 - EN 13108-5 Bituminous mixtures - Material specifications - Part 5: Bituminous closed anti-skid conglomerate
    • M/124 - EN 13108-6 Bituminous mixtures - Material specifications - Part 6: Mastic asphalt
    • M/124 - EN 13108-7 Bituminous mixtures - Material specifications - Part 7: Bituminous mixture with high void content
    • M/124 - EN 12591 Specifications for bitumen for road applications
    • M/124 - EN 13808 Bitumen and bituminous binders - Cationic bituminous emulsions
    • M/124 - EN 13924 Bitumen and bituminous binders - Paving grade bitumens
    • M/124 - EN 14023 Bitumen and bituminous binders - Polymer modified bitumens
    • M/124 - EN 15322 Framework for reference specifications for fluxed and flux-free bituminous binders
    • M/125 - EN 12620 Aggregates for concrete
    • M/125 - EN 13043 Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads, airfields and other trafficked areas
    • M/125 - EN 13055-1 Lightweight aggregates – Part 1: Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar and grout
    • M/125 - EN 13055-2 Lightweight aggregates – Part 2: Lightweight aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments, and for bonded and unbonded
    • M/125 - EN 13139 Aggregates for mortar
    • M/125 - EN 13242 Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil engineering work and road construction
    • M/125 - EN 13383-1 Aggregates for armourstone – Specification
    • M/125 - EN 13450 Aggregates for railway ballast
    • M/128 - EN 934-2 Additives for concrete, mortar and grout – Additives for concrete
    • M/128 - EN 934-3 Additives for concrete, mortar and grout – Additives for masonry mortar – Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and labelling marking and labelling
    • M/128 - EN 934-4 Additives for concrete, mortar and grout – Part 4: Additives for grout for prestressing tendons
    • M/128 - EN 934-5 Additives for concrete, mortar and grout – Part 5: Additives for sprayed concrete - Definitions, specifications and conformity criteria
    • M/128 - EN 12878 Pigments for the colouring of building materials based on cement and/or lime - Specifications and methods of test
    • M/128 - EN 1504-2 - Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Part 2: Surface protection systems for concrete
    • M/128 - EN 1504-3 - Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Part 3: Structural and non-structural repair
    • M/128 - EN 1504-4 - Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Part 4: Structural bonding
    • M/128 - EN 1504-5 Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Definitions, requirements, quality control and conformity assessment - Part 5: Concrete injection
    • M/128 - EN 1504-6 - Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Part 6: Anchoring of reinforcing steel
    • M/128 - EN 1504-7 Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Part 7: Corrosion protection reinforcement

     

    ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS 3

    • M/101 - EN 13241 Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Product standard, performance characteristics
    • M/101 - EN 14351-1 Windows and doors - Part 1: External pedestrian windows and doors without resistance to fire and/or smoke leakage characteristics
    • M/118 - EN 1433 Drainage channels for vehicular and pedestrian areas
    • M/127 - EN 12004 Adhesives for tiles — Definitions and specifications
    • M/127 - EN 14891 Liquid-applied waterproofing products for use beneath adhesively bonded ceramic tiling - Requirements, test methods, evaluation of conformity, classification and designation
    • M/128 - EN 14889-1 Fibres for concrete - Part 1: Steel fibres - Definitions, specifications and conformity
    • M/128 - EN 14889-2 Fibres for concrete - Part 2: Polymer fibres - Definitions, specifications and conformity

     

    ACCREDITED LABORATORY No. 1254L – (New number 00897) REG. (EU) 305/2011 – CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (CPR) – AVPC 3 SYSTEM REGULATIONS

    • RG-01 - Regulations for product certification according to EU Regulation 305/11 CPR
    • RP_M100 - Prefabricated concrete products
    • RP_M101 - Doors on escape routes
    • RP_M102 - Waterproofing membranes
    • RP_M107 - Geotextiles and geosynthetics
    • RP_M112 – EN 14250 Prefabricated structural members assembled with punched metal plate connecting elements
    • RP_M112 – EN 14081-1 Structural timber products
    • RP_M112 – EN 14229 Wood poles for overhead lines
    • RP_M113 - Wood-based panels
    • RP_M114 1+ - Cements
    • RP_M114 2+ - Hydraulic binders
    • RP_M116 - Masonry units
    • RP_M120 - Metal structural products
    • RP_M124a - Bituminous mixtures
    • RP_M124b - Bitumen and bituminous binders
    • RP_M125 - Aggregates
    • RP_M128a-b - Additives for concrete, mortar and injection mortar
    • RP_M128c - Fly ash for concrete
    • RP_M128d - Fibres for concrete

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