EN 60079-0:2006

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 0: General requirements

Superseded by EN 60079-0:2009

Elektrische Betriebsmittel für gasexplosionsgefährdete Bereiche - Teil 0: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Matériel électrique pour atmosphères explosives gazeuses - Partie 0: Règles générales

Električne naprave za eksplozivne plinske atmosfere - 0. del: Splošne zahteve (IEC 60079-0:2004, spremenjen)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 26-Jul-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Sep-2008
• ICS: 29.260.20 - Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 31 - Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres - General requirements
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 31 - Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 31 - Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 01-Jun-2012
• Completion Date: 01-Jun-2012
• Directive: 94/9/EC - Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60079-0:2006 - Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres -- Part 0: General requirements

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60079-0:2004 - Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 0: General requirements
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60079-0:2009 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 0: Equipment - General requirements
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60079-0

NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 29.260.20 Supersedes EN 60079-0:2004


English version


Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres
Part 0: General requirements
(IEC 60079-0:2004, modified)


Matériel électrique pour atmosphères Elektrische Betriebsmittel für
explosives gazeuses gasexplosionsgefährdete Bereiche
Partie 0: Règles générales Teil 0: Allgemeine Anforderungen
(CEI 60079-0:2004, modifiée) (IEC 60079-0:2004, modifiziert)




This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2005-09-13. CENELEC members are bound to
comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and
notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60079-0:2006 E

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EN 60079-0:2006 - 2 -
Foreword

The text of document 31/474A/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60079-0, prepared by IEC TC 31, Electrical
apparatus for explosive atmospheres, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was
approved by CENELEC as EN 60079-0 on 2004-03-01.

A draft amendment to the European Standard EN 60079-0:2004, prepared by the Technical Committee
CENELEC TC 31, Electrical apparatus for explosive atmospheres - General requirements, was submitted
to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC on 2005-09-13 to be combined with the published
standard and published as new edition of EN 60079-0.

This European Standard supersedes EN 60079-0:2004.

The following dates were fixed:

– latest date by which the amendment has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-02-01

– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2008-10-01

This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association and covers essential requirements of
EC Directive 94/9/EC. See Annex ZZ.

Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables and figures which are additional to those in IEC 60079-0 are prefixed
“Z”.

Annexes ZA, ZB and ZZ have been added by CENELEC.

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- 3 - EN 60079-0:2006
Endorsement notice

The text of the International Standard IEC 60079-0:2004 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard with agreed common modifications as given below.

COMMON MODIFICATIONS

1 Scope

Add:

This European Standard EN 60079-0 covers Category M2, 2G and 3G apparatus and partly also
Category M1 and 1G.

In all cases where apparatus are involved the references to zones shall be read:

Zone 1 Category 2G
Zone 2 Category 3G


3 Terms and definitions

Add:

3.Z1
category
within an apparatus group, a category is the classification according to the required level of protection

NOTE 1 The term "apparatus" used throughout this standard, has the same meaning as the term "equipment" used
in EC Directive 94/9/EC.

NOTE 2 The categories are defined as given in Annex ZA.


6 Requirement for all electrical apparatus

Add:

6.Z1 Operating faults

6.Z1.1 Equipment, which is intended to be used in Zone 1, must be so designed and constructed as
to prevent ignition sour
...