Pressure Equipment

Directive 2014/68/EU lays down requirements for pressure equipment and assemblies (such as boilers, pressure cookers, fire extinguishers, heat exchangers and steam generators). The stationary pressure equipment must conform to strict specifications if it is to be sold in the EU. The directive applies to the design, manufacture and conformity of pressure equipment with a maximum allowable pressure greater than 0.5 bar.
Legal act:
Directive 2014/68/EU
Consolidated act:
17/07/2014
Legal acts repealed:
Previous guidelines:
Guidelines related to the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) - January 2019
Guidelines related to the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) - 16 February 2017
Guidelines related to the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC (PED) - March 2015
Consolidated harmonised standards summary list - 20 April 2020
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/542 of 16 April 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1616 as regards safety devices for protection against excessive pressure, welded steel tubes for pressure purposes, unfired pressure vessels and metallic industrial piping - OJ L 121 of 20 April 2020, p. 4–8
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1616 of 27 September 2019 on the harmonised standards for pressure equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council - OJ L 250 of 30 September 2019, p. 95–99
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) - OJ C 326 of 14 September 2018