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

ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU Testing & Certification

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.

MET offers 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 | MET Labs 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.

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Why Eurofins MET Labs ?

We provide 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. MET 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.

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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.

We offer testing & certification services to the following EU ATEX standards:

EN/IEC 60079-0: Part 0: Equipment – General requirements
EN/IEC 60079-1: Part 1: Equipment protection by flameproof enclosures ‘d’
EN/IEC 60079-2: Part 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosures ‘p’
EN/IEC 60079-5: Part 5: Equipment protection by powder filling ‘q’
EN/IEC 60079-6: Part 6: Equipment protection by oil immersion ‘o’
EN/IEC 60079-7: Part 7: Equipment protection by increased safety ‘e’
EN/IEC 60079-11: Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety ‘i’
EN/IEC 60079-15: Part 15: Equipment protection by type of protection ‘n’
EN/IEC 60079-18: Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation ‘m’
EN/IEC 60079-26: Part 26: Equipment with equipment protection level (EPL) Ga
EN/IEC 60079-28: Part 28: Protection of equipment and transmission systems using optical radiation
EN/IEC 60079-31: Part 31: Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosure ‘t’
IEC/TS 60079-46: Edition 1 Explosive atmospheres – Part 46: Equipment assemblies
ISO 80079-36: Part 36: Non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres – Basic method and requirements
ISO 80079-37: Part 37: Non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres – Non electrical type of protection constructional safety ‘c’, control of ignition source ‘b’, liquid immersion ‘k’

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