EN 12312-4:2003/prA1

Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges

Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen - Teil 4: Fluggastbrücken

Matériels au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières - Partie 4: Passerelles passagers

Podporna oprema na tleh za letalski promet - Posebne zahteve - 4. del: Mostiči za vkrcanje na potniška letala

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 49.100 - Ground service and maintenance equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 274 - Aircraft ground support equipment
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 274/SC 2/WG 4 - Passenger boarding bridges
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 28-Jan-2009
• Completion Date: 28-Jan-2009
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Directive: 98/37/EC - Machinery
• Mandate: M/079 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC for standardization in the field of machines
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12312-4:2004/kprA1:2008 - Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 12312-4:2003+A1:2009 - Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges
• Effective Date: 18-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 12312-4:2003 - Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Overview

EN 12312-4:2003/prA1 is a draft amendment (prA1, August 2008) to the European standard EN 12312-4:2003 covering aircraft ground support equipment - Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges (PBBs). Prepared by CEN/TC 274, this document updates normative references, clarifies safety and verification relationships, and adds informative annexes linking the standard to EU Machinery Directives. It is distributed for review and, if adopted, will modify the existing EN 12312-4 standard.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope: Specific requirements for the design, safety and interface of passenger boarding bridges used as aircraft ground support equipment.
• Safety framework: Aligns PBB safety requirements with machinery safety principles by replacing older references with modern standards such as EN ISO 12100 (Parts 1 & 2) and EN ISO 13850 (emergency stop principles).
• Interface requirements: Refers to aircraft–bridge interface standards ISO 7718 and ISO 16004 for main-deck passenger door connection and door interface requirements.
• Operational characteristics: Adds cross-references to EN 1915 series requirements, making PBBs demonstrably conformant with the general requirements for ground support equipment, including:
  • EN 1915-1 and EN 1915-2 (general requirements)
  • EN 1915-3 (vibration measurement methods and reduction)
  • EN 1915-4 (noise measurement methods and reduction)
• Verification and conformity: Modifications clarify verification details (see Clause 7) and remove or update outdated normative references (e.g., EN 1386, ISO 3795).
• Regulatory linkage: New informative Annexes ZA and ZB explain the relationship to EU Directives (98/37/EC and 2006/42/EC), stating that compliance with the normative clauses (with specified exceptions) provides a presumption of conformity with essential requirements.

Practical applications and users

• Manufacturers of passenger boarding bridges seeking to design and certify PBBs in compliance with European safety and interface expectations.
• Airport operators and ground handling companies implementing procurement, installation and maintenance programs for PBBs.
• Certification bodies and notified bodies assessing conformity to EU machinery directives and harmonized standards.
• Design and safety engineers responsible for mechanical, electrical and human-interface aspects of boarding bridges (including emergency stop systems, vibration and noise control).

Related standards

• EN 1915 series (Parts 1–4) - general requirements, vibration and noise methods
• EN ISO 12100-1 / -2 - safety of machinery: basic concepts and technical principles
• EN ISO 13850 - emergency stop principles
• ISO 7718, ISO 16004 - aircraft–boarding bridge interface requirements
• EN 1386, ISO 3795 - referenced and updated normative documents

Keywords: EN 12312-4, passenger boarding bridges, aircraft ground support equipment, CEN, safety standards, ISO 7718, EN ISO 12100, EN 1915, machinery directive.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 4: Passenger boarding
bridges
Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen - Teil 4: Fluggastbrücken
Matériels au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières - Partie 4: Passerelles
passagers
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12312-4:2003/prA1
ICS:
49.100 Oprema za servis in Ground service and
vzdrževanje na tleh maintenance equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 12312-4:2003
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
August 2008
ICS 49.100
English Version
Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part
4: Passenger boarding bridges
Matériels au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières - Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen - Teil 4:
Partie 4: Passerelles passagers Fluggastbrücken
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 274.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 12312-4:2003. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made
by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same
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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Modification to the Foreword .4
2 Modification to the Introduction.4
3 Modification to Clause 1 .4
4 Modification to Clause 2 .4
5 Modifications to Clause 3 .5
6 Modification to Clause 4 .5
7 Modification to 5.1.1 .5
8 Modification to 5.1.2 .5
9 Modification to 5.2.2 .5
10 Modification to 5.5.3 .5
11 Modification to 5.9.9 .6
12 Modification to 5.11.2 .6
13 Modification to Clause 7 .6
14 Modifications to Annex B.6
15 Modification to Annex ZA .6
16 Addition of Annex ZB .7

Foreword
This document (EN 12312-4:2003/prA1:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 274
“Aircraft ground support equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EC Directives.
For relationship with EC Directives, see informative Annexes ZA and ZB
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