Dangerous Goods

Pressure receptacles

The following documents contain descriptions of procedures, approvals and specifications concerning pressure receptacles as announced by the German Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM) as the competent authority.

UN-pressure receptacles

The procedure described in the following is beeing applied in Germany for the approval of UN-pressure receptacles for multi-modal transport.

• Procedure for the UN approval of pressure receptacles (PDF, in German)
• Approved testing and inspection bodies for UN pressure receptacles* (PDF)
• Approved manufacturers of UN pressure receptacles* (PDF)
• Design type approvals for UN pressure receptacles* (PDF)

See mode approval (non UN-pressure receptacles)

• Information on the Application of See Mode Approvals  (PDF)
• Design type approvals according to IMDG-Code Chapter 6 (PDF) 

In agreement with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) national recognized technical codes (Accepted Technical Regulations ATRs):

ATRs concerning pressure receptacles in accordance with RID/ADR 6.2.5

These technical codes are published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development “Verkehrsblatt” in an Englisch and a German version and have been submitted to the competent OTIF and UN ECE Secretariats. For their application, see…

• Information of the BMVBS concerning the use of an ATR (excerpt from the VkBl. Heft 14-2010; S 282) (PDF; German only)
  The use of technical codes recognized by the German competent authority in accordance with RID/ADR 6.2.5 is hereby confirmed for the use in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, only. A German ATR may be used in the territory of another RID/ADR-member state if it is accepted by the relevant national competent authority including the corrigendum by Nr. 155 VkBl. Heft 22-2010; S 554, rendering the fifth paragraph in above mentioned excerpt void.

• List of ATRs recognised by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) for the approval of design types of pressure receptacles for transport by sea in accordance with the IMDG-Code.

Intervals of periodic inspection for composite pressure receptacles

The following documents are related to the procedure for the determination of the interval of periodic inspection for composite pressure receptacles in accordance with the German RSEB (2011) 4-4.4 and the German GGVSEB based on RID/ADR 4.1.4.1 P 200 (9) and in accordance with §6(5) of the German GGVSee based on the IMDG-Code 4.1.4.1 P 200 (2) d. This procedure has been agreed on by the competent authorities - ZLS representing the German Federal Laender and BAM representing the German Federal Republic. The BAM has been appointed as the contact authority in the field of these technical decisions.

• List of retest periods of composite pressure receptacles determined in Germany* (PDF)

Since beginning of April 2012 the used procedure is described in

• Determination of Retest Periods of Composite Pressure Receptacles (PDF)

with the appendix VA

• Composite Pressure Receptacles with a nominal water capacity up to 450 l - procedure, criteria, and requirements - (PDF)

und its technical appendixes:

• CAT (Concept Additional Tests): Concept of complemented tests for the registration and preservation of the status as a Xy-composite pressure receptacle (Xy-CRP) (PDF)

• LCT (Load Cycle Test): Procedure and assessment of hydraulic load cycle tests on Xy-composite pressure receptacles (Xy-CPR) (PDF)

• SBT (Slow Burst Test): Procedure and assessment of hydraulic slow burst tests on Xy-composite pressure receptacles (Xy-CPR) (PDF)

By this the following documents will not be used any more:

• Conditions for the determination of the intervals of periodic inspection (version 4.0 EN from 2008)

• Annex CRL (Creep rupture LPG from March 2006)

*In bilingual documents or in the case of English and official German version being available, in case of doubt, the German text is valid.

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