
6. Conclusion
Pressure equipment regulations, now within the scope of the Environmental Code, are a complex set, to which are added specificities for ICPEs, notably with the impact of hazard studies. Even though the decree of November 20, 2017, by deleting a number of old texts, has simplified the regulatory base.
This article gives only a very partial and simplified view.
The current trend, however, is :
take into account professional technical specifications drawn up by professional groups and recognized, after discussion, by decisions of the Bureau de la sécurité des équipements à risques et des réseaux (BSERR);
encourage operators to formalize the implementation of analyses of actual or potential failure modes for their equipment, through inspection plans to be validated by authorized...
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Websites
Legislative texts (French administration website) http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr
INERIS. AIDA regulatory database http://www.ineris.fr/aida
SNCT (Syndicat national de la chaudronnerie et de la tuyauterie)
Standards and norms
- Unfired pressure vessels – Part 1: General information – Unfired pressure vessels. - NF EN 13445-1 - 2021
- Industrial metal piping – Part 1: General (cancelled 1er December 20172. - NF EN 13480-1 - 2017
- Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Depressurization and overpressure protection systems. - ISO/DIS 23251 - 2019
- Water-tube boilers and auxiliary systems – Part 1: General information....
Regulations
Decree no. 2015-799 of 1 er July 2015 on risky products and equipment.
Order of November 20, 2017 on in-service monitoring of pressure equipment.
BSERR decision no. 20-014 of March 18, 2020 and professional technical specifications for in-service inspections of tanks under embankments.
BSEI Decision No....
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ESP authorized bodies
APAVE http://www.apave.com
ASAP http://www.asap-pression.com
Bureau Véritas http://www.bureauveritas.com
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