PRESSURE EQUIPMENT WORKSHOP The Slovak experience with the PED – transition and lessons learnt

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 2 Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing central body of state administration elaborates and submits conceptions to the government cooperates with ministries and other central bodies ensures in cooperation with ministries exchange of information

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 3 designates a legal entity for provision of the development, approval and issuance of standards designates STN suitable for conformity assessment announces the changes in lists of European harmonized standards grants and withdraws authorization and notification

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 4 regularly checks the existence and fulfilment of conditions for authorized or notified body publishes information of standards publishes information of authorization or notification granting or withdrawal, including the contents of authorization or notification

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 5 Legal basis up to now 28 NAD´s are implemented to our legal system most of them are transposed as Government Ordinance CPD and Packaging and Packaging Waste are transposed as Acts

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 6 Pressure Equipment Directive Queen Mary Theresa issued rule for checking steam locomotives Act No. 112/1871 on testing and periodical controls for steam generators In 1920 the Act No. 449 on testing of steam generators Government Ordinance No. 53/1952 on guarantee safety and economy of technical equipment

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 7 Act No. 174/1968 on state securing occupational safety and health at work, safety of pressure, lifting, electrical and gas technical equipments and on expert competence Public Notice 74/1996 devided pressure equipment to categories Act 95/2000 cancelled Public Notice 74/96

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 8 Act No. 330/1996 on safety and protection of health at work safety of technical equipment Public Notice 159/2001 on essential safety requirements for working tools safety of working tools

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 9 Government Ordinance No. 576/2001 on safety requirements and conformity assessment procedures for pressure equipment GO 329/2003 amended 576/ Notified Bodies 2 Recognized Third-Party Organizations

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 10 SKTC-104, TSÚ Piešťany (1299) SKTC-115, VUZ PI Bratislava (1297) SKTC-125, VÚD Žilina (1358) SKTC-169, TI Bratislava (1354) SKTC-174, Reaktortest Trnava SKTC-175, TUV STC Bratislava (1353) SKTC-176, Prvá zváračská a.s. Bratislava Notified Bodies for PED

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 11 all notified bodies in Slovakia are accredited by SNAS for whole scope of their notification they are active in standardization work working group of notified bodies for PED was established participation on NBF SOSMT regularly checks them

11-13 April 2005Pressure Equipment Workshop, Bratislava 12 Thank you for your attention

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