ATEX Directive Testing Certification

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Testing, certification, and product inspection services under the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU.

Electrical and non-electrical equipment designated for use in workplaces which are potentially at risk for explosive atmospheres must ensure a level of safety appropriate to the area of installation. All EU countries require CE and ATEX markings on products used in explosive atmospheres. The use of harmonized EN standards gives the manufacturer the “presumption of conformity” to the “Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs)” and a basis on which to issue a declaration of conformity (DoC) for the ATEX Directive.

We offer testing, certification and product inspection services under the ATEX Directive as well as the IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme. We provide expert assessment of the compliance of your products to help you ensure their suitability and explosion protection according to the requirements needed for obtaining the Distinctive Community Mark (Ex in hexagon), CE Mark, and approval for other international markets.

Eurofins E&E is one of very few Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs) that can provide seamless testing, certification and product inspection services under the ATEX Directive for products intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Why Eurofins E&E North America?

Eurofins E&E provides seamless testing, certification and product inspection services under the ATEX Directive, via an innovative Harmonized International Ex Testing Program. The program harmonizes test processes, engineering skill sets, and administration to ensure a consistent approach in securing all recognized approvals for potentially explosive atmosphere and hazardous locations.

In addition to ATEX and IECEx certifications, we also provide hazardous location certification for the U.S. and Canada. Eurofins E&E can conduct an investigation in accordance with the applicable EN standards simultaneously with a US and Canadian certification project.

Our single-source testing and certification capabilities, local expertise in major world markets, and global coverage can help you cut significant time off the certification process, rendering approvals in weeks instead of months.

Our EU ATEX Testing & Certification Capabilities

The ATEX Directive includes in its scope the following type of products:

Equipment and Protective Systems which may be used in potentially explosive atmospheres; Safety devices, controlling devices and regulating devices intended for use outside potentially explosive atmospheres but which are required for or contribute to the safe functioning of equipment and protective systems, with respect to the risks of explosion; Components defined as any item essential to the safe functioning of equipment and protective systems but with no autonomous function.

Eurofins E&E offers testing & certification services to the following EU ATEX standards:

EN 60079-0 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 0: General Requirements
EN 60079-1 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 1: Flameproof Enclosures “d”
EN 60079-2 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 2: Pressurized Enclosures “p”-Second Edition
EN 60079-7 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 7: Increased Safety “e”-First Edition
EN 60079-11 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 11: Intrinsic Safety “i”
EN 60079-15 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres Part 15: Electrical Apparatus with Type of Protection “n”
EN 60079-28 Explosive Atmospheres. Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using Optical Radiation
EN 60079-31 Explosive Atmospheres. Equipment Dust Ignition Protection by Enclosure “t”

Certification, International Approvals & Notified Body Services

As part of the Eurofins E&E network, our explosion protection experts support customers worldwide. We have Certification Bodies in Italy and Switzerland which are notified as NB under ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU for the following types of products and type of protection (Explosive Atmospheres Directive 2014/34 / EU (ATEX):