EN 12732:2013/FprA1

Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements

This document amends prEN 12732 Clause 4.5 "Testing companies and personnel".

Gasinfrastruktur - Schweißen an Rohrleitungen aus Stahl - Funktionale Anforderungen

Infrastructures gazières - Soudage des tuyauteries en acier - Prescriptions fonctionnelles

Infrastruktura za plin - Varjenje jeklenih cevovodov - Funkcionalne zahteve - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 25.160.40 - Welded joints and welds
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 234 - Gas infrastructure
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 234/WG 3 - Gas Transportation
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 03-Jan-2014
• Due Date: 09-Nov-2014
• Completion Date: 03-Jan-2014
• Mandate: M/017 - Standardization mandate to CEN in the field of equipment and installation for the transmission and distribution of gas
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12732:2013/kFprA1:2013 - Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 12732:2013+A1:2014 - Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements
• Effective Date: 15-Jan-2014
• Amends: EN 12732:2013 - Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements
• Effective Date: 01-May-2013

Overview

EN 12732:2013/FprA1 is a draft amendment to the European standard EN 12732:2013 (Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements). This amendment specifically modifies Clause 4.5, which covers testing companies and personnel involved in destructive testing (DT) and non-destructive testing (NDT) of welded steel pipeline systems. The change clarifies certification expectations to address differing national interpretations of accreditation rules and to remove inconsistencies within the original clause.

This draft amendment was prepared by CEN/TC 234 and submitted under the Unique Acceptance Procedure. It aims to align requirements for testing providers and personnel to improve clarity, compliance and safety across gas infrastructure projects.

Key Topics

• Scope of the amendment: modifies Clause 4.5 "Testing companies and personnel" in EN 12732:2013.
• Certification requirement: the amendment replaces conditional language with mandatory certification phrases (e.g., replacing "should" with "shall at least"). This sets a minimum certification expectation for companies providing testing personnel.
• NDT provisions: the NDT company shall at least be certified according to EN ISO/IEC 17020 or EN ISO/IEC 17025. NDT personnel shall be certified according to EN ISO 9712.
• DT provisions: the DT company shall at least be certified according to EN ISO/IEC 17025.
• Rationale: the amendment resolves ambiguity where different national accreditation bodies applied EN ISO/IEC 17025 or EN ISO/IEC 17020 differently. It also addresses an internal inconsistency between clauses that previously mixed certification and accreditation terminology.

Applications

This amendment has direct practical value for organizations involved in gas pipeline welding and inspection:

• Pipeline operators and contractors: Use the clarified requirements when specifying acceptance criteria for inspection services and when selecting testing providers.
• Procurement and contract managers: Update tender documents and contracts to require the specified certifications for both NDT and DT companies and for NDT personnel certification to EN ISO 9712.
• Inspection and testing companies: Review internal policies and certification scopes to ensure compliance with the minimum requirements set out in Clause 4.5.
• Accreditation and conformity assessment bodies: Note the change in normative references and the move from mixed accreditation language to clear certification requirements.

Benefits include clearer compliance checks, reduced risk of misinterpretation across jurisdictions, and improved uniformity of inspection quality for gas infrastructure welding.

Related Standards

• EN 12732:2013 - Gas infrastructure: Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements (base standard)
• EN ISO/IEC 17020 - Conformity assessment: Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection
• EN ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
• EN ISO 9712 - Qualification and certification of NDT personnel

For implementers, align procurement, quality assurance and inspection procedures with these referenced standards to maintain compliance when the amendment is adopted.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2013
Infrastruktura za plin - Varjenje jeklenih cevovodov - Funkcionalne zahteve -
Dopolnilo A1
Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional requirements
Gasinfrastruktur - Schweißen an Rohrleitungen aus Stahl - Funktionale Anforderungen
Infrastructures gazières - Soudage des tuyauteries en acier - Prescriptions fonctionnelles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12732:2013/FprA1
ICS:
25.160.40 Varjeni spoji in vari Welded joints
91.140.40 Sistemi za oskrbo s plinom Gas supply systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 12732:2013
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
September 2013
ICS 25.160.40
English Version
Gas infrastructure - Welding steel pipework - Functional
requirements
Infrastructures gazières - Soudage des tuyauteries en acier Gasinfrastruktur - Schweißen an Rohrleitungen aus Stahl -
- Prescriptions fonctionnelles Funktionale Anforderungen
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 234.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 12732:2013. 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-CENELEC Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

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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